How to mod desc_strat ( for those who don't no )

**Ossie The Great** · 03-02-2007, 20:01

From the file desc_strat you can mod start and end date of a campain, the population of a settlement, the buildings in a selltement, the denari a fraction starts of with and make all fractions playble

allways make a back up file of Desc_strat when u change it

First you have to go in desc_stat, located in c:/programfiles/activison/rometotalwar/data/world/maps/campain/imperialcampain and there is desc_start text file ( c: stand for hard drive )

now open the text file and it should look like this

Make all fractions playble

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
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace
slave
end

start_date -270 summer
end_date 14 summer

just cut and paste the factions you want into playble but do not make slave playble, the reason for this is that slaves are really buggie .

Changing the campain end and start date

you should see this

start_date -270 summer
end_date 14 summer

simply change the numbers ( note - stands for bc )

changin the population of a settlement

now scroll down till where u meet

faction romans_scipii, bureaucrat napoleon
superfaction romans_senate
denari 5000
settlement
{
level large_town
region Campania

year_founded 0
population 4800
plan_set default_set
faction_creator romans_julii
building
{
type barracks militia_barracks
}
building
{
type core_building governors_villa
}
building
{
type defenses wooden_pallisade
}
building
{
type hinterland_roads roads
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms+1
}
}

all u have to do is change the population to the one u want it to be ( note it make take a while to find the right region )

Adding a building

Just add the building name u want like this

building
{
type barracks milta_barracks
}
}
to the end of the list ( note if you want a imperial_palace just type imperial_palace where governors_villa is etc.... )
Changing the denari of a fraction

faction romans_scipii, bureaucrat napoleon
superfaction romans_senate
denari 5000
settlement

just find the fraction you want to change the denari with. and change the number of denari

p.s my spelling is really bad . but make saw u have the right spelling when you edit this file

**Roman_Man#3** · 03-02-2007, 21:53

Good tutorial for beginners, but one thing. I would check your spelling. It is has to be spelled perfect because RTW is so sensitive.

Good job though
RM3

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 03-02-2007, 22:10

Thankyou for providing this oscarreeve! I, and many other, will find it very useful.

**Ossie The Great** · 03-03-2007, 11:04

Originally Posted by Meghas Alexandros

Good tutorial for beginners, but one thing. I would check your spelling. It is has to be spelled perfect because RTW is so sensitive.

Good job though
RM3

I know my spelling is really bad

And I made this tutorial for beginers because so many new people are always asking how to unlock all fractions

**Caius** · 03-03-2007, 20:37

Deleting the senate as giver of missions

Delete the Superfacion line

**Aemilianus the Younger** · 03-03-2007, 21:22

Does anyone know the exact coordinates for the cities: Croton, Tarentum, Messana, Capua, Rome, Arretium, Ariminum?

i was editing the descr_strat by moving some of the character's starting places around and i somehow lost track of the starting coordinates.