Am I missing something?

[Graphic]

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.

[Thon]

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

[Shadow]

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

[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.

[econ21]

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

[Ciaran]

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)

[Avicenna]

Don't try the rebels, either.

[Celt Centurion]

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.

Strength and Honor,

Celt Centurion

[The Spartan (Returns)]

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.

[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.

[orangat]

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

[Celt Centurion]

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.

Strength and Honor.

Respectfully,

Celt Centurion

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.