How To – Change the faction names

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How To – Change the faction names

To change the faction names you will have to edit the following files in the Data\text folder:

strat.txt - Contains the victory/defeat messages
shared.txt - Contains the faction names themselves
expanded.txt - Contains the many names and strings associated with the faction.

First open up strat.txt.
When you open the files, the culture names should be listed at the top. Now search for:

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{SMT_SHORT_VICTORY_ROMANS_BRUTII}

Listed below are the victory messages. Here, all you need to do to change the faction name, is find every reference to the faction you want to change the name of and change it. Note: You MUST NOT edit the names on the left in the curly brackets{}. Because of this, you should only use Find and Replace with great caution and certainly don’t click ‘Replace All’

Save and quit.

Now open shared.txt
The faction names should be listed at the top:

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Text file converted with loc_parser {ST_JULII} The House of Julii {ST_BRUTII} The House of Brutii {ST_SCIPII} The House of Scipii {ST_SENATE} S.P.Q.R. {ST_MACEDON} Macedon {ST_EGYPT} Egypt {ST_SELEUCID} The Seleucid Empire {ST_CARTHAGE} Carthage {ST_PARTHIA} Parthia {ST_PONTUS} Pontus {ST_GAULS} Gaul {ST_GERMANS} Germania {ST_BRITONS} Britannia {ST_ARMENIA} Armenia {ST_DACIA} Dacia {ST_GREEK_CITIES} The Greek Cities {ST_NUMIDIA} Numidia {ST_SCYTHIA} Scythia {ST_SPAIN} Spain {ST_THRACE} Thrace {ST_SLAVES} Rebels

To change a faction name, simply change the name on the right, again do not edit the names on the left

Extra Info: This is the only reference to the faction names in this file, though there is a reference to the culture names. Search for ‘{ST_CULTURE_ROMAN}’ to find it.

Now save and quit and open expanded.txt
As you can see, the file consists entirely of the messages associated with the factions. It takes a long time to edit them all. In this case you can use Find and Replace - Replace All, but you must be careful. To make sure you do not replace any of the names on the left you must add a space after the name. For example, to change the Seleucids to the Italians, I would Find and Replace: ‘Seleucid ’. Notice the space after Seleucid. Doing this should replace most of the names, but you will still have to edit the battle messages and the victory titles. These look like:

Battle messages:

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{EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_JULII} Your forces attack an army of the Julii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_BRUTII} Your forces attack an army of the Brutii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_SCIPII} Your forces attack an army of the Scipii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_SENATE} Your forces attack an army of the Senate {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_MACEDON} Your forces attack an army of Macedon {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_EGYPT} Your forces attack an army of Egypt {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_SELEUCID} Your forces attack an army of the Seleucid Empire {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_CARTHAGE} Your forces attack an army of Carthage {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_PARTHIA} Your forces attack an army of Parthia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_PONTUS} Your forces attack an army of Pontus {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_GAUL} Your forces attack an army of Gaul {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_GERMAN} Your forces attack an army of Germania {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_BRITON} Your forces attack an army of Britannia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_ARMENIA} Your forces attack an army of Armenia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_DACIA} Your forces attack an army of Dacia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_GREEK} Your forces attack an army of the Greek Cities {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_NUMIDIA} Your forces attack an army of Numidia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_SCYTHIA} Your forces attack an army of Scythia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_SPAIN} Your forces attack an army of Spain {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_THRACE} Your forces attack an army of Thrace {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_ARMY_SLAVE} Your forces attack an army of Rebels {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_JULII} Your forces attack a navy of the Julii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_BRUTII} Your forces attack a navy of the Brutii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_SCIPII} Your forces attack a navy of the Scipii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_SENATE} Your forces attack a navy of the Senate {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_MACEDON} Your forces attack a navy of Macedon {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_EGYPT} Your forces attack a navy of Egypt {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_SELEUCID} Your forces attack a navy of the Seleucid Empire {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_CARTHAGE} Your forces attack a navy of Carthage {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_PARTHIA} Your forces attack a navy of Parthia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_PONTUS} Your forces attack a navy of Pontus {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_GAUL} Your forces attack a navy of Gaul {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_GERMAN} Your forces attack a navy of Germania {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_BRITON} Your forces attack a navy of Britannia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_ARMENIA} Your forces attack a navy of Armenia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_DACIA} Your forces attack a navy of Dacia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_GREEK} Your forces attack a navy of the Greek Cities {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_NUMIDIA} Your forces attack a navy of Numidia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_SCYTHIA} Your forces attack a navy of Scythia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_SPAIN} Your forces attack a navy of Spain {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_THRACE} Your forces attack a navy of Thrace {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACK_NAVY_SLAVE} Your forces attack a navy of Rebels {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_JULII} Your forces ambush an army of the Julii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_BRUTII} Your forces ambush an army of the Brutii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_SCIPII} Your forces ambush an army of the Scipii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_SENATE} Your forces ambush an army of the Senate {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_MACEDON} Your forces ambush an army of Macedon {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_EGYPT} Your forces ambush an army of Egypt {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_SELEUCID} Your forces ambush an army of the Seleucid Empire {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_CARTHAGE} Your forces ambush an army of Carthage {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_PARTHIA} Your forces ambush an army of Parthia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_PONTUS} Your forces ambush an army of Pontus {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_GAUL} Your forces ambush an army of Gaul {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_GERMAN} Your forces ambush an army of Germania {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_BRITON} Your forces ambush an army of Britannia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_ARMENIA} Your forces ambush an army of Armenia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_DACIA} Your forces ambush an army of Dacia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_GREEK} Your forces ambush an army of the Greek Cities {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_NUMIDIA} Your forces ambush an army of Numidia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_SCYTHIA} Your forces ambush an army of Scythia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_SPAIN} Your forces ambush an army of Spain {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_THRACE} Your forces ambush an army of Thrace {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSH_ARMY_SLAVE} Your forces ambush an army of Rebels {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_JULII} Your forces are attacked by an army of the Julii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_BRUTII} Your forces are attacked by an army of the Brutii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_SCIPII} Your forces are attacked by an army of the Scipii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_SENATE} Your forces are attacked by an army of the Senate {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_MACEDON} Your forces are attacked by an army of Macedon {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_EGYPT} Your forces are attacked by an army of Egypt {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_SELEUCID} Your forces are attacked by an army of the Seleucid Empire {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_CARTHAGE} Your forces are attacked by an army of Carthage {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_PARTHIA} Your forces are attacked by an army of Parthia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_PONTUS} Your forces are attacked by an army of Pontus {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_GAUL} Your forces are attacked by an army of Gaul {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_GERMAN} Your forces are attacked by an army of Germania {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_BRITON} Your forces are attacked by an army of Britannia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_ARMENIA} Your forces are attacked by an army of Armenia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_DACIA} Your forces are attacked by an army of Dacia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_GREEK} Your forces are attacked by an army of the Greek Cities {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_NUMIDIA} Your forces are attacked by an army of Numidia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_SCYTHIA} Your forces are attacked by an army of Scythia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_SPAIN} Your forces are attacked by an army of Spain {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_THRACE} Your forces are attacked by an army of Thrace {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_ARMY_SLAVE} Your forces are attacked by an army of Rebels {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_JULII} Your forces are attacked by a navy of the Julii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_BRUTII} Your forces are attacked by a navy of the Brutii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_SCIPII} Your forces are attacked by a navy of the Scipii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_SENATE} Your forces are attacked by a navy of the Senate {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_MACEDON} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Macedon {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_EGYPT} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Egypt {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_SELEUCID} Your forces are attacked by a navy of the Seleucid Empire {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_CARTHAGE} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Carthage {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_PARTHIA} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Parthia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_PONTUS} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Pontus {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_GAUL} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Gaul {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_GERMAN} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Germania {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_BRITON} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Britannia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_ARMENIA} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Armenia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_DACIA} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Dacia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_GREEK} Your forces are attacked by a navy of the Greek Cities {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_NUMIDIA} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Numidia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_SCYTHIA} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Scythia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_SPAIN} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Spain {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_THRACE} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Thrace {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_ATTACKED_NAVY_SLAVE} Your forces are attacked by a navy of Rebels {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_JULII} Your forces are ambushed by an army of the Julii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_BRUTII} Your forces are ambushed by an army of the Brutii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_SCIPII} Your forces are ambushed by an army of the Scipii faction {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_SENATE} Your forces are ambushed by an army of the Senate {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_MACEDON} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Macedon {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_EGYPT} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Egypt {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_SELEUCID} Your forces are ambushed by an army of the Seleucid Empire {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_CARTHAGE} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Carthage {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_PARTHIA} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Parthia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_PONTUS} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Pontus {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_GAUL} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Gaul {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_GERMAN} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Germania {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_BRITON} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Britannia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_ARMENIA} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Armenia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_DACIA} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Dacia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_GREEK} Your forces are ambushed by an army of the Greek Cities {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_NUMIDIA} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Numidia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_SCYTHIA} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Scythia {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_SPAIN} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Spain {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_THRACE} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Thrace {EMT_YOUR_FORCES_AMBUSHED_ARMY_SLAVE} Your forces are ambushed by an army of Rebels

Victory titles

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{EMT_VICTORY_JULII} The House of Julii are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_BRUTII} The House of Brutii are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_SCIPII} The House of Scipii are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_SENATE} The Senate and People of Rome are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_MACEDON} The Macedonians Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_EGYPT} The Egyptians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_SELEUCID} The Seleucids are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_CARTHAGE} The Carthaginians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_PARTHIA} The Parthians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_PONTUS} The Pontic are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_GAUL} The Gauls are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_GERMAN} The German are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_BRITON} The Britons are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_ARMENIA} The Armenians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_DACIA} The Dacians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_GREEK} The Greek are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_NUMIDIA} The Numidians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_SCYTHIA} The Scythians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_SPAIN} The Spanish are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_THRACE} The Thracians are Victorious {EMT_VICTORY_SLAVE} The Rebels are Victorious

Once you have edited all this, you have changed every aspect of a faction name.

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Actually, it's not working for me =/ ATM I just want to edit names that are shown in the menu (when player chooses the faction) for Custom Battles.. I overwritten the old entry in shared.txt but still got old "House of Julii". Any ideas please??

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ps. I changed entry in menu_english.txt in text\ folder too... I am working on Rome 1.5, maybe that's the problem.. help. :S

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Originally Posted by Elessar

I am working on Rome 1.5, maybe that's the problem.. help.

Yes, that IS the problem. For 1.5 you need to edit expanded_bi.txt. The file expanded.txt is no longer used.

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Ah! :D Of course.

Thank you VERY much Atilius! Thanks! :D

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I have done all of this and it hasn't worked for me. It sounds so very simple, there are only 3 text files to play with, etc., but it just hasn't worked. Any suggestions?:dizzy2:

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Did you edit expanded_bi.txt? Like Atilius said a few posts before this, if you're on version 1.5 or above (which I belive you are) expanded.txt is no longer used.

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Even if we are using Original RTW, without BI, we still have to edit expanded_bi instead of just expanded?

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Yeah it's part of the 1.5 patch so if it's there, that's the one you should edit.

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Yes indeed, RStoner, I also changed Bi expanded...in fact I went to all 6 of those files and changed 'em. Still no luck.

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C'mon, Myrddraal, I'm beegging you here-my mod is almost finished Certainly, I'm going to have to continue to test for many minor situations, but the reality is- I'm almost done with my changes. But, call me a fool...it's very important to me that this faction be called "The Celts" rather than the "Gauls"

There is a very good book, entitled, "BARBARIANS" by Terry Jones, (surprisingly of Monty Python fame) and Alan Ereira which lays to rest many of the ridiculous limitations imposed by this game on most of the barbarian factions, most particularly the Celts.

The Celts were at this time at least, far superior to most cultures in metal-working.

The list goes on, but it would be superfluous for me to itemize all the obvious and erroneous assumptions by this game on the mechanics, limitations, and hard-coded impositions on Barbarian cultures per se-but at least in the changes that I have made; they have a chance in the end-game. It is not imperative that they win within a limited amount of moves, or else their settlements are all going to rebel from unrest.

The reality is, that (at least perhaps) the barbarian towns and cities were probably more content than those in the Empire.

So to reiterate, I'd really appreciate yor, or frankly anyone's advice on why this particular aspect of modification has not worked.

Thanks, once again in advance for any gems of wisdom that the community has to bestow on me...heh heh:clown:

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For instance, in text\expanded_bi.txt you changed

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{GAULS} Gaul

to

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{GAULS} The Celts

If so, I don't know what else to tell you. Perhaps if you specified a single text element you want to change we could figure out what the problem is.

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How exactly do you do that with the box showing verbatim parts of the text files? If I could just print my text file here (the expanded_bi) perhaps someone might be able to see the problem.

Also, I was wondering if there might be another file that Myrdraal didn't mention because it seemed so obvious to him (and to everyone else except dumb modders like me, heh heh)? Because those are the only ones that I changed, both strats, both shareds, and the expanded and expanded_bi.

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:wall:
Sheesh! I finally figured it out. I was changing the expanded_bi in the BI folder. I didn't realize there was one in the data/text folder. Once I changed that, everything worked like a charm.

Anyway, thanks for the input, Atilius and RStoner. I'll go back to banging my head some more.

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I'm having problems with changing the RTR factions' names.

I edited all the faction name stuff in expanded_bi, strat, and shared but it still didn't work. :help:

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make sure you are changing the lowest version of the names, if reads the bottom one so if you have

{romans_julii} romans_julii

at the top and

{romans_julii} freds faction

lower down, you'll get "freds faction" in game, if you are changing expanded_bi.txt in the data/text folder you should be OK, only other thing to watch is I if you're using mod-folder version RTRPE (?) are you changing the version in their mod-folder and not in RTW/data ?

Are you seeing anything change at all, or just missing some bits?

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Well see I only have one folder and that's for RTR PE v1.9, I don't have one for vanilla rtw. So, do I need to uninstall rtw, reinstall it and then change the faction names in both folders (rtw and rtr)?

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No, don't un-install anything, RTRPE is a mod-folder mod, that means you will have the original data folder inside the Rome - Total War folder which contains the vanilla information, that will be in
Rome - Total War/data/text etc
and I suspect it is what you have been changing.

when RTRPE installs it installs to a separate folder within the same game installation and should probably end up somewhere like
Rome - Total War/RTRPE
that will have similar files inside it to the ones in RTW/data but that are read first, so the ones you need to change will be in
Rome - Total War/RTRPE/data/text/...

I'm sorry I don't know what their mod-folder is actually called, if it isn't obvious look at the properties and target line of the shortcut you are launching from, the folder name will be after -mod:

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Thanks, I got it to work. :2thumbsup:

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I'm having some Difficulty. I have modded the files shown and both expanded.txt files incase and yet Numidia is still called Numidia instead of Nomads. :help: I've used the "find" tool to make sure they're all changed on the right hand side and none are changed on the left.

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You need to edit expanded_bi.txt (and also campaign_descriptions.txt for some bits)

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I did say i have edited both expanded.txt but does this mean i have to find all the files which include the name of the faction?

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Sorry, I was sure if "both expanded.txt" meant expanded.txt and expanded_bi.txt.

The expanded_bi.txt will change every instance of the name except those that appear on the campaign faction selection screen, so you will need to edit the other text file too.

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i have to find all the files which include the name of the faction?

That's the principle, yes.

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HOW DO I CHANGE THOSE FACTION NAMES HOW?!