Does BI raise the faction cap?

[Burns]

Simple question, are the new factions additions or replacements?

[Meneldil]

If you use BI, there's no senate faction anymore, and the WRE and ERE do not share their map, so I guess yeah it raises the faction cap indirectly.

[Dromikaites]

Yes, it does. You can have now 20 playable factions + rebels.

[SigniferOne]

Has anyone tried adding more factions? Seeing as how religion and culture are now moddable, factions might be so as well.

[Meneldil]

The limit on the total number of factions still exists; the intention was to remove it, but various technical issues to do with the code prevented it. So, if you remove a BI faction you could add a Rome one, but it would be a lot of work.

Jerome

Here you go