HowTo:Unlock All Factions

Unlocking all factions in the TW games is quite easy. Note that Shogun and Medieval Total War have all factions available from the start.

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. Save the file and close it.

Medieval 2 Total War

1.Similar to RTW 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. Congrats you have unlocked all factions for M2TW. Save the file and close it.

It has been said that playing as the Timuds can make the game crash so watch out.

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.