Need a save file

[King Singh]

I am very new to this forum and I have no clue where to put this so I am placing it here, hoping someone will help me...
Well, I have a problem where when i click imperial campaign then a faction it goes to the previous screen.
But that isn't what i want help with. i have read the forums and they all say you will have to uninstall Rome Total War and then re-patch it blah-blah-blah. Now the thing is that i don't want to play as the Julii,Scipii etc. again so i am wondering if there is a save file of Egypt right when it starts out i.e right when you click the start campaign thing with Egypt.
Now if someone tells me how to skip the imperial campaign with Rome and play as the the other factions after uninstalling that would be great. But all I want is the save file of Egypt when it starts up. So i was wondering how to get this file....

Much obliged

[ByzantineKnight]

I know this is an old thread but no one answered so please forgive me for resurrecting it :P

I am very new to this forum and I have no clue where to put this so I am placing it here, hoping someone will help me...

And you're in the right spot! :D I think... Welcome to the .Org!

Well, I have a problem where when i click imperial campaign then a faction it goes to the previous screen.
But that isn't what i want help with. i have read the forums and they all say you will have to uninstall Rome Total War and then re-patch it blah-blah-blah. Now the thing is that i don't want to play as the Julii,Scipii etc. again so i am wondering if there is a save file of Egypt right when it starts out i.e right when you click the start campaign thing with Egypt.

So if I'm understanding you right your imperial campaign won't start up... I can make you a save game and upload it to filefront if you want but I'm pretty sure that a save wont work if the campaign doesn't and I need to know what difficulty you want it set to, long campaign/short campaign, etc...

Now if someone tells me how to skip the imperial campaign with Rome and play as the the other factions after uninstalling that would be great. But all I want is the save file of Egypt when it starts up. So i was wondering how to get this file....

This I can definitely help you with :) Now if you reinstall Rome - Total War and follow these instructions I'll walk you through the process...

1) Uninstall and Reinstall Rome - Total War
2) Go the location you installed it in, for me it is C:\Program Files (x86)\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War
3) From that directory, go into \data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign
4) Open descr_strat.txt
5) Replace this:

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campaign imperial_campaign
playable

romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii

end
unlockable

egypt
seleucid
carthage
germans
greek_cities
parthia
gauls
britons
macedon

end
nonplayable

romans_senate
pontus
armenia
dacia
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace
slave

end

with this:

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campaign imperial_campaign
playable

romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
egypt

end
unlockable

seleucid
carthage
germans
greek_cities
parthia
gauls
britons
macedon

end
nonplayable

romans_senate
pontus
armenia
dacia
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace
slave

end

They will not be in the exact order in your copy of descr_strat but the order doesn't matter. The important thing is that egypt is moved from underneath unlockable to the playable section :)

Much obliged

No problem :) let me know if you need any more help and enjoy playing!