Tutorial: Converting a Roman Faction to a Different Culture

**Atilius** · 08-18-2007, 17:42

The faction line is right under the faction line. Perhaps you accidentally deleted it. For Parthia it should read:

Code:

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faction						parthia
culture						eastern
symbol						models_strat/symbol_parthia.CAS
rebel_symbol				models_strat/symbol_eastern_rebel.CAS
primary_colour				red 168, green 62, blue 154
secondary_colour			red 0, green 0, blue 0
loading_logo				loading_screen/symbols/symbol128_parthia.tga
standard_index				8
logo_index					243
small_logo_index			255
triumph_value				5
intro_movie					fmv/intros/eastern_intro_640x480_bars.wmv
victory_movie				fmv/victory/eastern_outro_320x240.wmv
defeat_movie				fmv/lose/parthia_eliminated.wmv
death_movie					fmv/death/death_parthia_sand_320x240.wmv
custom_battle_availability	yes
can_sap						yes
prefers_naval_invasions		no
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**Makanyane** · 08-18-2007, 19:02

Zain your descr_sm_factions looks like one from patch 1.2 not 1.5.

Which patch are you meant to be using? I'd recommend 1.5 unless you have a good reason not to use that, as I think it fixed some bugs and is probably a bit more flexible about what you can do to it as well.

If you are using 1.2 I'm not sure where, how or if you can change the culture of a faction!

**Atilius** · 08-21-2007, 07:19

I've updated the tutorial to describe how to remove the Senate Offices button. I've also added acknowledgements to wlesmana for pointing out the problem and to Makanyane for verifying that the offending button disappears if the romans_senate faction is renamed.

I'm embarrassed to say that, in spite of reading her post several times, I had failed to realize she had verified a solution to the problem, uh, over three months ago.

**Zain** · 08-21-2007, 20:11

Haha, I suppose I'm going to have to update... can I keep the modded files or do I have to reinstall to get the patch to work?

**Atilius** · 08-22-2007, 15:42

Best to start from scratch after installing 1.5.

**Maxinius Scipio** · 10-08-2007, 23:53

I'm having a little trouble.

I copied the unit card and unit card info for hoplites into the romans_julii folder, but it still shows up as a gray peasant. Is there something else I need to do?

Btw, thanks for making this guide.

**Atilius** · 10-09-2007, 09:22

If you're following the guide precisely, the unit card file needs to be copied to the newly created ROMANS_BRUTII folder. If you're giving ownership of this unit to the julii, I need more information.