well, thanks for the help. I found the problem. i had changed the brutii ans scipii to other factions, then deleted them completely..whoops! Intsead of strating another thread and clogging the board. I'll post my other questions I referred to.
First, I have followed the directions for adding more hidden resources, but whenever i have the game generate a new map.rwm, the game will not run, it crashes when i click on a faction to start the imperial campaign. I noted that whenever I do this map.rwm thing, 2 files appear in the creative assembly file.
1 is corrected_regions.tga or some such name, and I don't remember what the other one is. I have changed territory ownership in descr_strat.

Is it possible that I need to replace descr_regions with this new file...corrected_regions? I know its not part of the bi patch. I really would like to add some hidden resources.

Second question, what programs are needed to mod Rome Total War's every useful aspect? I want to go into depth with my modding but lack any of the necessary programs except notepad
thanks for the help.