Revealed maps

**WarpGhost** · 10-17-2009, 14:41

A bit noobish perhaps, I did a search but couldnt turn up anything on this. I've noticed that many of the AARs include maps that show the territorial progression of all factions in the world and all the Eulethroi provinces, and dont appear to just be acquired through diplomacy or spying (too comprehensive and seemingly up-to-date). Is there some script trick to getting this, or is it actually done through the mundane methods I just talked about? Some also seem to be using different colours for some of the factions; I'm guessing theres a file somewhere that you can modify colours (Ptolies spring to mind as a candidate...), so can someone point me in the direction of that too, please. Thanks.

**Hax** · 10-17-2009, 14:43

You can turn off the fog of war (which hides the map) by pressing the tilde key (~) and typing "toggle_fow". Do the same again to turn on the fog of war.

The file which you refer to is the "descr_sm_factions" found in "../Rome - Total War/EB/Data/"

**Fixiwee** · 10-17-2009, 14:44

open up the consule with ^
type "toggle_fow"

voila.

**WarpGhost** · 10-17-2009, 16:03

Ah, excellent. Thanks guys.

Maybe this should be added to the gameplay guides?

**Trivmphator** · 10-18-2009, 08:51

It's considered a cheat thats why.

**WarpGhost** · 10-18-2009, 13:10

People are using it to help them write AARs, not to win games.

**Mediolanicus** · 10-18-2009, 16:18

Yes, but it still is a cheat, so you can find it when you look for RTW cheats.

It's not because it is considered a cheat that it is considered cheating.

**Alexandros_III** · 10-21-2009, 02:33

Its not a cheat.

**Belisarius II** · 10-21-2009, 03:41

Originally Posted by Alexandros_III

Its not a cheat.

It's an unfair advantage

**the man with no name** · 10-21-2009, 03:49

Originally Posted by Trivmphator

It's considered a cheat thats why.

Originally Posted by WarpGhost

People are using it to help them write AARs, not to win games.

Originally Posted by Mediolanicus

Yes, but it still is a cheat, so you can find it when you look for RTW cheats.

It's not because it is considered a cheat that it is considered cheating.

Originally Posted by Alexandros_III

Its not a cheat.

Originally Posted by Belisarius II

It's an unfair advantage

Its only really a cheat if you use it to see your enemies' movements. Otherwise i think it's fine.

**IrishHitman** · 10-21-2009, 09:30

Originally Posted by the man with no name

Its only really a cheat if you use it to see your enemies' movements. Otherwise i think it's fine.

It toggles the fog of war, I'm pretty sure the enemy can see the map as well.

**Mediolanicus** · 10-21-2009, 10:31

Originally Posted by Alexandros_III

Its not a cheat.

Like I said, it's a cheat in the meaning you have to enter a cheat or change the files to toggle the fow.

I don't consider it cheating in the gameplay sense either.

**Atraphoenix** · 10-22-2009, 19:25

LOL

It is technically a cheat. Linguistically if you use something to exploit something other than fair, normal, legal way , we call it a cheat.

I am writing this as a Linguist, we need a lawyer to express in law language .....