How to play as the Mongols/Timurids without modding!

**~Isabella of Castile~** · 02-24-2007, 06:36

I got to control the Timurids, but I waited 102 turns seeing nothing but the fog of war! talk about boring!! so I saved the game to wait later!..

**dph948** · 02-24-2007, 19:18

thats a simple fix, press ~ to open up the medieval shell, and type "toggle_fow" to see the whole world. I'd make sure you have the settings so that you dont have to watch every AI stack in the entire world move though.

**Skott** · 02-25-2007, 05:20

Does this work for the Papal states? I'm trying to figure out how to play them in a campaign without downloading an entire mod that has a bunch of other things I dont care for.

**Carl** · 02-25-2007, 14:30

Yeah, you can play them by just copying them to the playable list in fact. Be aware that you can control the rebels, but it will cause a crash if you do. Likewise, you need to be in control of a Faction when the warning about the mongols arriving shows up as thats what triggers thier apperrance, if your not in control of a faction when that message shows, they won't turn up ever.

**pike master** · 02-25-2007, 15:13

when the patch comes will it cause problems because of the changes in settings i have made. and where i have altered the faction playable lists?

also i have the backup folder for mercenaries. but i am using a folder right now i modified so i could get certian mercenaries sooner and in more numbers.will that cause problems when i download the patch.

do i need to bring all the settings back to original on all this so i wont have any problems?

**Carl** · 02-25-2007, 15:15

I doubt it, but we'll have to wait till the patch is out.

**pike master** · 02-25-2007, 16:23

now i think i heard someone say you could copy the aztecs to playable too? is there any way for them to build a port or create a unit cheat to get boats in their fishing villages?

**VAE VICTUS** · 08-01-2007, 05:27

call me retarded but i cant find the folder to edit. do i need the 1.1 patch?

**sirnoob** · 08-01-2007, 12:52

In 1.2 to play the papal states you can just mod descr strat.

**sweeve** · 08-02-2007, 01:47

hi,

im trying to play as the timurids and i followed the instructions but when i start my campaign i get this screen:

and it reappears after EVERY turn! does anyone know how i can stop this screen from appearing?

**sweeve** · 08-04-2007, 01:55

Originally Posted by sweeve

and it reappears after EVERY turn! does anyone know how i can stop this screen from appearing?

hello? can someone answer me please? a couple of months ago this wasnt happening, but i reinstalled the game and now suddenly im getting this screen..

**Magraev** · 08-02-2007, 11:23

Papal states can be easily played in vanilla. It's a simple matter of editing the Desc_strat file and cut papacy from unplayable to playable in the top of the file. Make a backup first just in case...

Or you could download an excellent mod like bugfixerPure from this site!