Faction Switching

[Juvenal]

...and, Juvenal I dont even understand your post...

Sorry, here is a fuller explanation. The control cheat command doesn't work from the console, but it does work from scripts.

Create a script in "Rome - Total War\bi\data\scripts\show_me" called my_script.txt

script
    console_command add_money 10
    console_command control empire_west_rebels
    console_command add_money 10
end_script

Substitute empire_west_rebels with the internal name for the desired faction, you can get it from the file descr_sm_factions.txt. I only put the add_money commands in so you can see whether the script ran.

Go to "Rome - Total War\bi\data\export_descr_advice.txt" and uncomment Trigger 2137 by removing the leading semi-colons. NB. it was commented out in my mod, I'm not sure if that is the case in vanilla BI, but check it anyway.

;------------------------------------------
Trigger 2137_Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Trigger
    WhenToTest ScrollAdviceRequested

    Condition ScrollAdviceRequested help_scroll

    AdviceThread Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Thread  0

Uncomment and add a reference to the new script in the Advice Thread definition for that trigger (you will find it in the same file).

;------------------------------------------
AdviceThread Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Thread
    GameArea Campaign

    Item Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01
        Uninhibitable
        Verbosity  0
        Threshold  1
        Attitude Normal
        Presentation Default
        Title  Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01_Title
        Script scripts\show_me\my_script.txt
        Text Help_Campaign_Keyboard_Shortcuts_Scroll_Text_01_Text1

To run the script:

• Press F1 to get the Keyboard Shortcuts scroll.
• Press the question-mark icon (top right of scroll) - the Advisor pops-up.
• Press the Show-me area of the Advisor and the script should then run.

I am told that after changing faction, the AI gets confused and won't play your original faction very well. But this wasn't a problem for me because I just wanted to replay important events from my save games without continuing the campaign.