HowTo:Unlock All Factions
Unlocking all factions in the TW games is quite easy
Rome: Total War
1. Go to your
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. Congrats you have just unlocked every faction. 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 just gp top
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. Congrats all bi factions are now unlocked.