I recently tried to play as the Senate. Obviously, you have to mod the desc_strat file in your RTW directory to unlock this faction, but I have heard testimony that it was impossible to play as the Senate due to bugs or whatever.
I never saw anything like this. Sure, it's difficult to get the Senate off the ground simply because Rome is hemmoraging money like crazy, but managed correctly I saw nothing wrong. I quickly conquered Caralis and Lilybaeum with my considerable standing army and set Rome's tax rate to very high and started having a positive income.
Now, I did locate one bug, and that was the 'Senate' tab on the diplomacy screen. Using the other Roman factions, you would click this tab to see the Senate's status, but, as the Senate, obviously your priorities are different. Upon clicking on this tab, the game immediately crashed to the desktop. However, it would seem to me that if you either a) Never touch that tab, or b) Somehow mod the Senate's game so that that tab is unavailable, the Senate would be a fully playable faction.
What I'd like to know is about any future bugs. Anyone have any info?
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