HowTo:Unlock All Factions
Unlocking all playable factions in the TW games is rather simple. Note that in Shogun: Total War and Medieval: Total War all factions are playable from the beginning.
Contents
Rome: Total War
1. Go to:
C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign. (gold edition)
C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign. (Normal RTW)
2. Open Descr_strat.txt with notepad.
3. You will see three headings. Drag select the factions under unlockable and paste them under playable. this will unlock those factions for play.
4. For non playable Simply drag them from the nonplayable header to the playable one. All RTW factions are now unlocked. Save the file over the original and start RTW.
Caution: Playing as the Slaves or Senate can cause the game to crash.
Barbarian Invasion
The process is exactly the same as for RTW. Go to
C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\BI\data\world\maps\campaign\barbarian_invasion. (Gold Edition)
c:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\bi\data\world\maps\campaign\barbarian_invasion(Normal BI).
and copy the unlockable and nonplayable to the playable header. All BI factions are now unlocked. Save the file and close it.
Medieval 2 Total War
1. Go to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign.
2. Open descr_strat.txt with notepad.
3. Copy the nonplayable and unlockable factions to playable. Save the file and close it.
Note: Playing with the Timurids has been said to result in crashes.
Medieval 2 Total War Kingdoms
Britannia Campaign
1.Go to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\british_isles\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign.
2. Right click Descr-strat.txt and take it off read only or edits will not stay.
3. Open Descr_strat.txt and copy the factions under unlockable and nonplayable to playable. Congrats you have unlocked all factions for the Britannia Campaign. Save the file and close it
Americas Campaign
1. Go to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\americas\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign.
2. Right click Descr-strat.txt and take it off read only or edits will not stay.
3. Copy all factions under unplayable and unlockable to playable. Congrats you have unlocked all factions for the Americas Campaign. Save the file and close it.
Crusades Campaign
1. Go to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\crusades\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign.
2. Right click Descr-strat.txt and take it off read only or edits will not stay.
3. Copy all factions under unplayable and unlockable to playable. Congrats you have unlocked all factions for the Crusades Campaign. Save the file and close it.
Teutonic Campaign
1. Go to C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\teutonic\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign.
2. Right click Descr-strat.txt and take it off read only or edits will not stay.
3. Copy all factions under unplayable and unlockable to playable. Congrats you have unlocked all factions for the Teutonic Campaign. Save the file and close it.
