PLAYING MODS ONLINE?

[King Moss]

Hi everyone, recently my friends and I have installed some graphical mods (we've got the same mods e versions) of Rome 2 total war.
We've tried to play together but didn't managed to do it.
Is there a way to play mods online or is it just possible to play them offline?
Thanks for your help! :)

[Welsh Dragon]

The key thing to remember with Rome II multiplayer and mods is that both players must have exactly the same mods installed. The game will treat two copies of the game as different versions if there is even one file different. So one of you may have a stray file left over from another mod (or an older version of a mod) that is causing the problem.

This is compounded unfortunately by the way that the launcher/mod manager doesn't always remove all of the files when you tell it to delete a mod.

(Note that this isn't the case with official DLC, because the content is added to all players games by the patches. The DLC itself only makes it useable by that person, so if for example you want to play Rome Vs Sparta, only the player who wants to play Sparta will need the Greek States DLC.)

You also need to have exactly the same version of the game, so I would check you are both either using Patch 16 OR Patch 17. I think you also can't play multiplayer between different platforms (Windows, Mac etc.)

I would suggest both of you verifying the integrity of the game cache incase one of you has a corrupted file. If that doesn't work, you may need to manually delete all the mods, then install them again one at a time to see if maybe one of those is causing the problem.

Short answer, yes you can do multiplayer with mods with a little coordination between players.

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

[King Moss]

Thank you so much, you've been very helpful

[Welsh Dragon]

You're welcome.

All the Best,

Welsh Dragon.

[Dominic]

I had an issue with a friend... We have the exact same mods, even in the same order. But the game wont let us play and instead throw an error. We then tried using only one mod, reassuring that it was the same version (game and mod) and still it wont let us play. Any explanation about that?