Am I missing something?

[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??

[Ignoramus]

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

To annoy us? Who knows?

[x-dANGEr]

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

Well, let's see...

Macedonia got Alexander.. But that is not the real reason. I think it hasn't as all their experiences are the same. But, on the other hand, look at the playable Factions..

Egypt: Easy.
Carthage: Very Hard.
Seleucid: Very Hard.
Germania: Moderate.
etc..

In short, I think they scripted the campaign in some way, that all Romans and Numidia along with Spain attack Carthage, and so on.. But haven't had the time to do that for the factions you posted, and by that making them exciting rather than boring.

[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.

[Grey_Fox]

Alright, for BI just go to my computer > local disk > program files > activision > rome - total war > bi > data > world > maps > campaign > barbarian_invasion > descr_strat

Then make the same changes made above, moving factions from the unplayable list to the playable. However factions that come into being after the game starts (the Romano British is the only one I can think of at the moment) cannot be chosen.

The only reason I can think of regarding your problems in starting a campaign is that you made a mistake someplace along the line. Could you please post the relevant section of your descr_strat please?

[roman pleb]

Celt Centurion, which version are you playing with?

[Celt Centurion]

Greetings Grey Fox,

It's the Rome Total War I'm having problems with, not BI. I have since re-modded it to verbatim, letter for letter what yours read, then went to "file" and saved. Then I backed out, and the Julii and Brutii discs were the only ones showing. I have tried both, and as I said earlier, I pushed for start the Imperial Campaign, and it directed me to where the same screen showing

Prologue
Imperial Campaign
Custom Battle
Historical battle,

and so forth, but stops there The arrow on the right is not there, and pretty much the only thing I'm able to do with it is play the Prologue up to the Second Mission to take Bovianum, and then it does a CTD. I can also play saved games, but sooner or later, I'd like to start a new campaign. It's ok. I am a man of tremendous patience.

I even tried taking it all back to where it was before I attempted to mod it, and nothing changed at all. So, I will look for your next suggestion, as well as check the personal message which I assume you sent, and I am sure that we will get this rascal figured out.

Strength and Honor,

Celt Centurion

Alright, for BI just go to my computer > local disk > program files > activision > rome - total war > bi > data > world > maps > campaign > barbarian_invasion > descr_strat

Then make the same changes made above, moving factions from the unplayable list to the playable. However factions that come into being after the game starts (the Romano British is the only one I can think of at the moment) cannot be chosen.

The only reason I can think of regarding your problems in starting a campaign is that you made a mistake someplace along the line. Could you please post the relevant section of your descr_strat please?