new faction possible?

[iberus_generalis]

i've been looking around foruns and playing a bit around with RB0.74, and noticed that there are 20 factions only in the game now...my question is, who is the faction not being used in 0.74, and how could it be made playable, and how could i tranform it, it a playable indian faction...if we have a western part of india, i find it well logical to be able to play as them...i could i achieve this? any tutorials would be welcome...=)

[Discoskull]

There's a new faction possible for RTW 1.5 because the Senate slot has been opened.

There is indeed a new faction for 0.8, but the EB team hasn't released any info about it yet...though I don't think it will be anywhere near India.

Look at the Res Geastae (however you spell it) mod by Prometheus, and there you will find a rather awesome Indian faction with some very pretty elephants and the like.

[iberus_generalis]

and in 0.74 can the senate slot be opened? or the 1.2 version of rtw doesn't allow me to alter it?

[CountArach]

The Senate slot could only be opened if the Senate were actually used. AFAIK there is no way for the faction to be played without the senate missions. Also playing the faction would be highly unrecommended and likely unstable.

[abou]

That will be different with 0.8 since it uses 1.5, which can use the Senate slot by renaming the faction. There is a thread around here detailing how it was done, but yes, there will be another playable faction.

[Olaf The Great]

If its not the Sabeans its the Mauryans.