I want to kill the scipii and brutii

[johnmk]

I don't like the pace that RTW compels when playing as a Roman faction. I'd also like to be the sole representeur of the Roman Empire, and not merely a faction. These in mind killing the scipii and brutii factions on turn 1 of a new Imperial Campaign game is my goal. Towards that end I have created a file descr_script.txt and have the following lines within:


script
console_command kill_faction romans_brutii
console_command kill_faction romans_scipii
end_script

At the end of descr_start, I call the script like this:



script
descr_script.txt

I proceed to start the Imperial Campaign, select the Julii, and before the campaign can load successfully I get a CTD.

What am I doing wrong, and is there a better way to accomplish my goal?

Thank you very much for any time you can spare folks.

[Atilius]

I'm not sure why your aproach causes problems, but it's likely related to the initial Senate missions.

Here are a couple of tutorials on removing Roman factions, primarily to reuse them. The
first (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=50446) (if you read the whole thread) will show you how to retain the Senate if you'd like. The
second (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=63904) gives a concrete example of how to reuse one of the Roman factions.

[Comrade Alexeo]

Question: Couldn't he remove the Scipii and Brutii families like he did, and THEN remove their initial Senate missions from the relevant file? I assume that they are in a file because the initial missions are always the same.

[Atilius]

Question: Couldn't he remove the Scipii and Brutii families like he did, and THEN remove their initial Senate missions from the relevant file? I assume that they are in a file because the initial missions are always the same.

No, the initial Senate missions are hardcoded.

[johnmk]

Thank you folks for your assistance. I decided instead to download a mod to make this happen. I downloaded the somewhat minimalist-mod "Terrae_Expugnandae" and found that a good compromise. Ideally I would have liked to preserve the independence of Rome and the Senate. Now I'll simply have to role-play.