Unlocking unplayable factions - Question

[LedZeppelin87]

I read the below in the thread for the guide of the macedonians in RTW. I followed it and edited the text ok but I can't actually save the changes. How do I?

Thanks

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Originally Posted by Accounting Troll
The Macedonians are one of the minor factions, so they are not unlocked when you win the game as one of the Roman factions. However, they are perfectly playable and it is simple to edit the game to unlock them.

Go to the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign

Open up the text file entitled descr_strat

At the beginning of the file, it lists which factions are unlocked, which factions can be unlocked and which factions cannot be unlocked. Change this section so it looks like the following:

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

end
nonplayable

slave
end

It is a good idea to back up this text file before you edit it in case you make a mistake. When you have edited and saved it, load up the game and start a new campaign. All 16 factions will be playable, but you might experience some peculiar side effects if you lead the senate. I owe a beer to the person who figured the above out.

[Thor the Bassist]

What program are you using to edit it? If it is notepad you should simply click file then save.

[HouseOfHam]

If you're running Windows Vista, it's probably the damn UAT feature, again. More info about it here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=106639

[Thor the Bassist]

Solution: Burn Vista in righteous fire!

Here's an idea Microsoft -write an OS that doesn't have huge firewall holes in it and then you wont need UAC.

[Tzar469]

Save it to your desktop. Then overwrite your old descr_strat with your new descr_strat

[Spartan198]

To disable the UAT or whatever it's called that's blocking it, just left click the file, click on properties, go to security, click edit, then check all the permissions for administrators boxes.