Activision vs Sega, Is this why I can't play all factions?

[IceWolf]

Kindly forgive me for re-visiting this but it's driving me nuts (why doesn't my stuff work as good as other's :furious3: ?)
It has now come to my awareness that there are versions of RTW produced by Activision. Mine is the CA-Sega version of RTW Gold. I've tried installing the 1.5 patch and overwriting the playable factions file. It still doesn't farkin work :wall: Is the Sega version resistant to this mod? This is drivin me up the wall, kindly help, thanks

IceWolf

[Warmaster Horus]

If you've got Gold I don't think you need to instal the 1.5 patch.

[caravel]

Gold is patched up to v1.5 already. Post up the contents of the file you're trying to edit inside [ code][ /code] tags.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi IceWolf,
I too have the SEGA DVD version of R:TW Gold, yet it works for me. As last time I am still utterly confused as to why. May I request information about what files are in your C:/Program Files/Rome - Total War/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign folder. Is there a file called descr_strat. If there is then it will look like this:

https://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3217/preeditingdescrstratms2.gif

All you have to do is change it to (the spaces at the front are tab keys):

https://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7226/posteditingdescrstratbc3.gif

Hopefully that should enable you to play as all factions.

Thanks for you patience about the pictures, cheers!

BTW, Cambyses II, I think you can disable that code thingee from working by typing and inserting the tags between the noparse tags.

[The Foolish Horseman]

Kindly forgive me for re-visiting this but it's driving me nuts (why doesn't my stuff work as good as other's :furious3: ?)
It has now come to my awareness that there are versions of RTW produced by Activision. Mine is the CA-Sega version of RTW Gold. I've tried installing the 1.5 patch and overwriting the playable factions file. It still doesn't farkin work :wall: Is the Sega version resistant to this mod? This is drivin me up the wall, kindly help, thanks

IceWolf

It workd for me Icewolf and :stop: half heartedly swearing
like this:

farkin work

or you will end up with a warning point before you say "b******"

[IceWolf]

Sorry Brittanicus, this has been an ongoing frustration for me,

Icewolf

[IceWolf]

Ok, I uninstalled the thing, reinstalled and I ended up with 4 different descr notepads, they now look like this 1st is the original

; Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
greek_cities
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
scythia
spain
thrace
numidia
britons
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
romans_senate
slave
end

THEN there's patch 1.2 original


; Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
scythia
spain
thrace
numidia
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
romans_senate
slave
end

THEN there's 1.2 Alll factions playable

; Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
scythia
spain
thrace
numidi
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
romans_senate
slave

end

FINALLY THERE's 1.5 All Factions playable

Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
romans_senate
slave
end



I didn't download anything these are what pops up with the original installation and then I did cut and paste work. i made some progress, I started off with the normally lockked factions appearing immediately, not the basic 5, but
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace

STILL DO NOT APPEAR. SO basically i have what I had before after winning a campaign but now my saves are gone:wall: Any ideas? Thanks
Icewolf

[IceWolf]

Ok correction (I can't edit posts for some reason) apparently it didn't do a full uninstall, even though I went through add/remove programs b/c my saved stuff is still there, but should this mattter? thanks
IceWolf

[Barbarossa82]

You can't have four different descr_strat.txt files with the same name in the same folder. If you have just reinstalled the game and not done anything else, then whichever one is just called descr_strat.txt is the perfect, original 1.5 file. Make a backup copy and then alter it exactly as Omanes has shown you.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi again IceWolf,
You can't edit your posts as you are still a Junior Member. Never fear however, you should be a full member in no-time, very soon! Good luck with your problem, cheers!

BTW, Barbarossa82's advice should help you out.

[IceWolf]

This mod is becoming my own personal "White Whale". Since the last uninstall didn't work (I still had the "all factions" patches in there, I am uninstalling again. Do I need to put an old game into the fireplace as a sacrifice to the computer game gods? Anyway, i'm going to do a hard boot, reinstall and see if the old stuff is there still. Why is this so hard? :wall: (sigh)

IceWolf

[Barbarossa82]

After uninstalling, why not delete all the various versions of the descr_strat file? Then when you reinstall you'll just have one and you can easily mod that to make all factions playable.

[Roman_Man#3]

If it is frustrating you that much, just download the all factions mod from the total war center. The forum is dead at the moment, but when it comes back online, I will post a link.

[Titan of Gaul]

Just go to TWC and download the "all factions" thing, not sure if it is here, havent really looked.

[IceWolf]

Thanks Omanes, meghas. My second uninstall, despite going through add/remove programs didn't work for whatever reason. the four files and my saves are in there after I reinstalled the discs :furious3: So I'm going to try to delete the other 3 descr files and modify the original one, verbatim from Omanes. I'd like some strong drink right now, but that doesn't really help with operations like this, I've learned :beam: thanks

IceWolf (the cursed)

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Your welcome IceWolf :bow: