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    Default Am I missing something?

    I just got RTW Gold. When I try to start a new campaign, I can only select one of the three Roman factions. Ummm, wtf? I thought you could play as Carthage, Egypt, Greeks, etc. You can only play as the Romans? I honestly don't believe it. Something has to be wrong.

    I come from Medieval and if I'm going from 20 factions to 3, I'm going to be quite pissed.

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    you unlock the others by defeating them in the campaign, and/or winning a campaign. even then a few like Macedon still arn't unlocked for some bizzare reason. the easier way is to edit one of the files, i can't remember which because it's been so long.

    do a search in the forum, and you'll find what you're looking for

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    You need to complete the game as one of the roman factions first to unlock the rest.

    But if u want the fast way out you can edit the game in one of the folders
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    In the Imperial Campaign, by default, when you first start you can only play one of the three roman families. Any unlockable faction you personally eliminate from the game becomes playable from that point on, and winning a campaign - even a short campaign - allows you to play all the unlockable factions. Again, by default, the Gauls, Britons, Germans, Dacians, Scythians, Greek City States, Seleucids, Parthia, Egypt and Carthage are playable. Armenia, Numidia, Spain, and Macedonia are not. I can't remember if Thrace and Pontus are playable or not. There's a file that lists them in individual sections: one is unlocked, one is unlockable, and one is unplayable. You can move the names into the "unlocked" section to make them playable.

    NOTE WELL: do NOT move SPQR into the playable section. The game crashes if you try to play the senate.
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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    Detailed instructions for unlocking the factions are given at the beginning of frogbeastegg's guide, which is highly recommended for new RTW players:

    https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=38382

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    If you want to play the unplayable factions in 1.5, this is your link:
    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...834#post994834

    Heed Quillians advice about the Senate though, it was never meant to be playable and trying to do so will cause all kinds of trouble (quoting Jerome Gadsky, one of the CA guys who, despite all, post occasionally in this forum)

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    Don't try the rebels, either.
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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    Quote Originally Posted by Quillan
    In the Imperial Campaign, by default, when you first start you can only play one of the three roman families. Any unlockable faction you personally eliminate from the game becomes playable from that point on, and winning a campaign - even a short campaign - allows you to play all the unlockable factions. Again, by default, the Gauls, Britons, Germans, Dacians, Scythians, Greek City States, Seleucids, Parthia, Egypt and Carthage are playable. Armenia, Numidia, Spain, and Macedonia are not. I can't remember if Thrace and Pontus are playable or not. There's a file that lists them in individual sections: one is unlocked, one is unlockable, and one is unplayable. You can move the names into the "unlocked" section to make them playable.

    NOTE WELL: do NOT move SPQR into the playable section. The game crashes if you try to play the senate.

    I have eliminated Pontus. They are apparently unlockable. I wanted to play as them too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quillan
    NOTE WELL: do NOT move SPQR into the playable section. The game crashes if you try to play the senate.
    acually YOU can play as SPQR as long as you dont look in the senate tab. but the game crashes randomly while playing them.

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    To mod them to be available is quite simple.

    Go to my computer > local disk > program files > activision > rome - total war > data > world > maps > campaign > imperial campaign > descr_strat

    You'll see this:

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


    Simply change this to:


    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
    romans_senate
    slave
    end
    unlockable
    end
    nonplayable
    end

    Just don't click on the faction info (or was it senate) tab if you play as the Senate as the game will crash.

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    What possible reason could CA have for putting perfectly playable factions like Macedon/Pontus/Numidia etc into the unplayable category??

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    Default Re: Am I missing something?

    Grey Fox,

    Thank you for putting such a detailed set of instructions on making other factions playable. I went and made the changes a few moments ago. There seems to be a problem which I'm sure you would know what to do.

    The only factions playable now are Julii and Brutii. (not the problem) I thought, "Well, go beat the other factions, and they will become playable as well.

    So, (here's the problem) I clicked on Brutii with the intention of going East to make Thrace, Scythia, and Pontus open, and after selecting which campaign, difficulty level and so forth, hit the arrow on the right to begin, and was taken back to the menu where I choose "imperial campaign, custom battle, historical battle," (whatever). I'm sure you recognize it. I keep trying to proceed with the imperial campaign, but it keeps taking me back to that screen.

    There were two factions I left as unplayable though, The Senate, and Rebels. I did not see a problem with leaving them unplayable as it would keep me out of trouble later.

    Anyway, it will not start a new campaign now at all, and would that previous paragraph be the reason? Another possibility would be; "Should I delete the saved games?" The saved games are working fine.

    With the exception of leaving the senate and rebels as unplayable, my screen read verbatim what yours did.

    I hope to hear from you soon.

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    Respectfully,

    Celt Centurion


    Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Fox
    To mod them to be available is quite simple.

    Go to my computer > local disk > program files > activision > rome - total war > data > world > maps > campaign > imperial campaign > descr_strat

    You'll see this:

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


    Simply change this to:


    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
    romans_senate
    slave
    end
    unlockable
    end
    nonplayable
    end

    Just don't click on the faction info (or was it senate) tab if you play as the Senate as the game will crash.
    Last edited by Celt Centurion; 08-12-2006 at 18:43.

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