Unlock all factions in the campaign

[Takeda Itetsunaba]

hi, I'm trying to unlock all the factions in the Imperial campaign, but I don't know how, I found this via gamespot:

Run or go to <your directory>\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt then you will see a list of the nations you can use in the beginning the end unlockable ones and the non playables. cut and past the unplayable factions to the unlockable nations. then save it and close it. now you need to complete a campaign mode and all of the factions will be unlocked

but have no clue how to do so, can anyone help?

[Roman_Man#3]

well, to simplify it, and to basically say the exact same thing, follow this. go to the rome directory, enter the data folder, enter the world folder, open maps, open campaign, open imerial_campaign, and open descr_strat. at the top, it will say(minus the first few lines)

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

now cut the unlockable factions. and paste them into the playable section. it should look something like this:

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

then copy the unplayable factions into the playable, or unlockable section, but not both. it should look like this:

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

or

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

there you go, they should all work, except the factions in the unlockable section. you will only be able to play them when you beat the campaign, or when the faction is destroyed in game.

a few rules to remember when doing this.

you cannot play as the roman senate or slaves doing this. always make a back up (the original) file of the actual descr_strat in your documents(or else where, besides the data folder. the last rule also applies to anyfile you modify. MAKE A BACK UP IN CASE SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!!!!!!!
and always use -show_err in the command line. on your desktop, right click on the RTW shortcut, and click properties. at the end of the target line, add
-show_err.

hope it helps. if anything goes wrong, the -show_err should tell you whats wrong. if it doesnt, post it here, and someone will help you.

[Takeda Itetsunaba]

thanks, but all I found were 2 WinRaR documents, and neither had any folders in it..

[Roman_Man#3]

where did you find the winrar documents?

[Takeda Itetsunaba]

I explore'd the "SegaRome" disc, and there were only 2 things called Data, which where both WinRaR

[Roman_Man#3]

oh, haha. you have to go: My Computer: Local Disk (C:): Program Files: Activision (or the creative assenmbly if its published by sega): Rome Total War: Data.

then you continue to where i told you in the my first post explaining the whole thing to you.

[Takeda Itetsunaba]

thanks.

[Caius]

The SPQR is playable.And the rebels too.They dont have winning conditions, and i cant maked them for work.

[Roman_Man#3]

if possible, the spqr is playable only after some heavy modding, and someone (i think prof spatula) made a mod for bi where the slaves are playable, and i think that would be lot easier than the spqr, but it would take a bit of modding, as it is more than just changing the descr_strat file.

[Caius]

In UTw it is possible, you have changed it?

[Roman_Man#3]

no, you unite them under the julii, not the senate.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

In my game you can play as the Senate the same way you can play as the Armenians...

[Caius]

That was in a older version(the never version was bugged)

[IceWolf]

I did all the above, and I've also installed the 1.5 and 1.6 patches, extracting the files to their appropriate destuinations, but after winning a campaign i still got the basic 8 factions. I bought the game in the gold edition format, is this why it's not working for me? Please help, thanks,
IceWolf

[Roman_Man#3]

did you put the unplayable factions in the unlockable or playable section? all should be available. if a faction is in the playable section, it is playable when you start the game. if it is in the unlockable section, you have to beat the campaign or destroy the faction in the game to be able to play it. if it is in unplayable, nothing except modding can bring it into the game.

[IceWolf]

I made it look just like the above example, I've never had so much trouble monkeying with a game Any other ideas? Thanks

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

Go into your descr_strat, paste the parts you changed so we can see them. Also, if you put them in unlockable, try putting them in playable.

[Poulp']

always make a back up (the original) file of the actual descr_strat in your documents(or else where, besides the data folder. the last rule also applies to anyfile you modify. MAKE A BACK UP IN CASE SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!!!!!!!
and always use -show_err in the command line. on your desktop, right click on the RTW shortcut, and click properties. at the end of the target line, add
-show_err.

hope it helps. if anything goes wrong, the -show_err should tell you whats wrong. if it doesnt, post it here, and someone will help you.

true, true

and if you happen to make multiple modifications, keep a notepad about what you have modified, it can be something as simple as:
"EDB, temple mars => victory+EDA ancillaries"

it's a simple reminder, and it can be a lifesaver
in case something goes wrong, just go to your backup and replace the part you modified in your data folder with the original.

[IceWolf]

ok, here's what it looks like now


; Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor

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

end
nonplayable

slave
end



This biatch still won't stand up and bark for me, what am I doing wrong? thanks
IceWolf

[Roman_Man#3]

I would suggest making it look more like this:

; Custom campaign script generated by Romans Campaign Map Editor

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

end
nonplayable
	romans_senate
	slave
end

if you try to play as the senate, it might work, but it will cause a ctd due to the missions and everything. You should copy that and put it in your descr_strat file, overwriting the original. Report back to us about the results.

[jimmy]

i thought there was a mod avaliable that you just downloaded. [ the all factions mod] and it was simple as it installed it,s self directly to the game without you having to do anything except download it.?

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

I'm pretty sure that if you do do that, you still need to install it, but I think that works, too.