Is this steam version of the game simply cut off from mods? or are there no mods available ?

I have remastered but coming back to this again, who else ? I think that remastered graphics feels abit cartoony and this one is more gritty although outdated.

So I spent my hard-earned denarii 💰 on Rome: Total War, hoping for some epic online clashes ⚔️... but guess what? The multiplayer scene is more deserted than a Roman camp after a bad Caesar speech 👀. Not a soul online. Nada. Zilch. 🥱 I didn’t pay just to stare at menus and wait forever to connect with nobody 😤. Where’s the community? Where’s the action? Where are the legions??? 🏛️🚫 I’m honestly feeling scammed here 😔. I’d appreciate a refund or at least some explanati...

Currently, when I start the game, I see that black and red picture with the Sega logo for a moment, and then the game goes fully black, not playing any animation or showing the menu or anything. I had it running on the same machine before with the same installation a few months ago (even though back then it was unstable and could spontaneously crash) and didn't change anything in between, save for my system doing general Windows updates in between. Also I tried fully reinstalling the game, doesn't work....

I have almost 1000 hours in RTW on Steam, it's one of my all time favorite games. I haven't played in a few weeks, decided to jump back in last night. Launched the game, but it won't load anything past the first kinda title screen with all the trademark info on it. Never had this happen before, and I don't want to uninstall/reinstall and lose all my saved games. Any ideas on what the problem is and how to solve? Please help me lol...