Descr strat.txt

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==Usage==

The Descr_strat.txt contains all info about the beginning of every campaign. It controls simple things such as the starting date, end date and playable factions. Furthermore it also contains info about the different resources. Most of the file however consists of info for all of the factions, such as diplomacy relations, starting money, settlement level and buildings, armies and agents and family relations.

==Modding==

Descr_strat.txt is argueably one of the easiest files to edit. It can also be quite difficult for a novice modder to get into. Here are some examples of what can be done with it:

===Setting all factions as playable===

This is the [[vanilla]] (unmodded) version of the [[Medieval II: Total War]] descr_strat.txt. At the very beginning of the file, you should see this:

<pre>
playable
england
france
hre
spain
venice
end
unlockable
sicily
milan
scotland
byzantium
russia
moors
turks
egypt
denmark
portugal
poland
hungary
end
nonplayable
papal_states
aztecs
mongols
timurids
slave
end
</pre>

Now, if say, you want to make the [[Turks]] playable, you need to move it to the playable section. The easiest way to do this is to highlight "turks", right click it and select 'cut'. Then, after "venice" press enter (to make a new line), make a single tab (this doesn't really mean anything, it's just cleaner this way), and then paste "turks" there. Now if you load up the game the Turks should be playable. If you just want to make every faction playable, highlight all of them, cut and paste in the playable section. Same goes for [[Rome: Total War]].

'''NOTES:'''
*You can also make nonplayable factions playable, but beware. There is a reason for not having them playable by default. Factions such as the [[Mongols]] and [[Timurids]] only appear after some turns, so you don't want to play as them (unless you make them playable from the beginning, something which isn't covered in this article). The [[Papal States]] and the [[Senate]] ([[SPQR]]) from [[Rome: Total War| RTW]] will probably generate alot of crashes, as they have some special coding attached to them that makes them issue missions to you, amongst other things. (For example when playing as SPQR in [[Rome: Total War| RTW]] and opening up the [[senate-scroll]], you will have an immediate crash).

*In [[Rome: Total War| RTW]] alot of factions that are normal factions are nonplayable. Basically what you can do here is to make all factions except the [[rebels]] (slave) and the SPQR playable. The nonplayable factions don't have any descriptions, intro videos or faction leader portraits though.

*After the [1.3]-patch for [[Rome: Total War]], making all factions weren't that simple anymore. You also had to add some starting maps, leader portraits etc to the faction. This is easiest by just copying another factions files, renaming them while keeping the content the same. (This will be inaccurate, but an easy way of making them playable).

*In [[Medieval II: Total War]], there is an even easier way of making all factions (except the [[Papal States]], [[Aztecs]], [[Mongols]], [[Timurids]] and [[Rebels]]) playable. This is done by adding two lines of text to the preference file:

<pre>
[misc]
unlock_campaign = true
</pre>

The result is the same, but some may find this method easier.

===Adding Money to a Faction===

Adding money to a faction is a very simple operation. Here's how to do it:

Scroll down to the factions section. It can be found easiest by pressing 'ctrl'+'F', and then type in the faction you want to add money to. (Sometimes the first hit it gives you is the faction name in the playable-/nonplayablefactions-section. To avoid this click with your mouse someplace after this.) Let's take the [[Gaul]]s in [[Rome: Total War| RTW]] as an example. Once you have scrolled down you should see this:

<pre>
faction gauls, religious smith
denari 5000
</pre>

After it there is a list of every settlement the [[Gaul]]s has, but just ignore it.
Anyway, simple change the number after denari, and when loading up the game the [[Gaul]]s will have more or less money than in [[vanilla]], depending on what you set it to!

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