Unlocking factions in RTW

This seems to be an embarassingly basic question, I know, and I'm not sure if it's been answered before (I've looked and not found any), but does anyone know how to play as, say, Numidia or Thrace or Armenia?

I know how to edit the desc_strat-- I've done that, and the factions all show up on the imperial campaign screen, but so far, of the factions originally not playable, only Macedon has been able to play. Clicking on the icons of any other non-playable faction causes a crash-to-desktop.

Below is how I edited my file. Is there anything I did wrong?

Quote:

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

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Yep, you moved them from unplayable to unlockable instead of playable

This is how it should be:

Code:

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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

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You need also make faction description in campaign_descriptions.txt which located in data/text folder..
Like this

Code:

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{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_ARMENIA_TITLE}Armenia
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_ARMENIA_DESCR}...

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for all unplayable factions.
At least this is what I did to get it work..

You can still use them if you put them to unlockable, but only if you either beat the campaign or defeat the faction.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Charge

Yep, you moved them from unplayable to unlockable instead of playable

[[detailed descripion]]

At least this is what I did to get it work..

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Oh..... thanks. I'll try that when I get my computer back. =)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by TruePraetorian

You can still use them if you put them to unlockable, but only if you either beat the campaign or defeat the faction.

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But why did Macedon work? I've played the game many, many times, as every one of the originally playable factions, and beaten the campaigns.

Macedon and Pontus were going to make 'playable' or 'unlockable' factions, and has their descriptions ~:)

It worked!! Thanks, Charge.

Numidia ahoy!