How to unlock all factions?

[brinklehoff]

Hey im having trouble unlocking all the factions on Rome Total War.Any help would be appreciated. thanks

[Ace Blazer]

Make sure you back up your files.

Go to your main RTW folder and then go to the following folder:
Rome - Total War/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign

In this folder is the descr_strat.txt file
Change the top of the code to 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
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
romans_senate
slave
end

Now you can play with any faction except SPQR and Slave. You could play as the Roman Senate but pressing certain buttons will crash the game, so it's better if you don't. And you can't play as the Slaves/Rebels cause it'll crash.

[LouThunders]

And you can't play as the Slaves/Rebels cause it'll crash.

You can. My game is version 1.5, and I tried to play as the Rebels. We can, and it's the most diverse culture you may find. I tried turning the entire ancient world to rebels, gives that old evil villain feel MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Corpius]

I can confirm the rebel part, just don't be surprised íf weird stuff does happen to you during the game or having the game not launching at all.

With that disclaimer in place, my personal rebel campaign was as stable as the next (non-rebel) campaign.

[Jacl]

so, how do you unlock all factions without editing the game files ?

[Mindblank]

so, how do you unlock all factions without editing the game files ?

Win the game once with any Roman faction, and then you can play any faction (except Senate and Slaves/Rebels).

[LouThunders]

Win the game once with any Roman faction, and then you can play any faction (except Senate and Slaves/Rebels).

No, some factions would still be unplayable, such as Spain, Armenia, or Macedonia.

[flamingryu30]

i really wish you didnt have to edit the files to get macedon because my new computer is not letting me save the edits to the dest.strat file making it annoying for me to try and play my favorite faction

[Corpius]

i really wish you didnt have to edit the files to get macedon because my new computer is not letting me save the edits to the dest.strat file making it annoying for me to try and play my favorite faction

That's not your new computer, rather the new Windows version that doesn't let you do that. You have to give yourself permission to edit this file. To do this, go to the document (descr_strat), right click and go to properties.

This brings up several tabs, go to the tab security there you will find a user/group list. Select your username and click on the large edit button under this list. Now check the option (first one in the list) that grants full access to the document and you should be able to save the changes you make to descr_strat.

*note: some tabs/steps might slightly differ in their actual name, this was a translation of the steps I took with my dutch windows version.

[Gordon003]

Save the new folder as descr_strat1 then delete the original descr_strat. Then rename the new one as the old one is. So simple.