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This is a quick guide to how to Unlock all the Factions in Medieval 2: Total War.
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This is a quick guide to how to Unlock all the Factions in [[Medieval 2: Total War]]. However there are some stability issues when playing as the [[Mongols]], [[Timurids]] or [[Aztecs]] and this is not recommended.
  
There are two ways to do this, both being relativly simple.
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== Method ==
  
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1. Go to your "Medieval II Total War" folder.
  
== First way ==
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2. Right click on the preferences.cfg file, select the properties tab and uncheck the read only box, then open it with notepad. This is so that you can edit the file.
  
1. Go to your "Medieval II Total War" folder.
 
2. Right click on the preferences.cfg file, select the properties tab and uncheck the read only box, then open it with notepad. This is so that you can edit the file.
 
 
3. Scroll to the bottom of the file.
 
3. Scroll to the bottom of the file.
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4. Add the following lines:
 
4. Add the following lines:
[misc]
 
  
unlock_campaign = true
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  [misc]
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  unlock_campaign = true
  
 
5. Save and exit the file. You should now be able to play with all the factions next time you open the game.
 
5. Save and exit the file. You should now be able to play with all the factions next time you open the game.
  
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Thanks to Aristocrat for creating the original article
  
== The Second Way ==
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[[Category: M2TW Modding]]
 
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[[Category:M2TW Modding Tutorials]]
1. Go to the "Medieval II Total War/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign" folder.
 
2. Right click on the file "desc_strat.txt", select properties and uncheck the read-only box. This is so that you can edit the file.
 
3. Open the desc_strat.txt file in notepad.
 
4. Move all the factions from the unlockable section into the playable section. Make sure no faction is mentioned twice.
 
The file should look like this:
 
 
 
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playable
 
england
 
france
 
hre
 
spain
 
venice
 
sicily
 
milan
 
scotland
 
byzantium
 
russia
 
moors
 
turks
 
egypt
 
denmark
 
portugal
 
poland
 
hungary
 
end
 
unlockable
 
end
 
nonplayable
 
papal_states
 
aztecs
 
mongols
 
timurids
 
slave
 
end
 
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Next time you open the game all the factions should be enabled.
 

Latest revision as of 10:09, 18 September 2018

This is a quick guide to how to Unlock all the Factions in Medieval 2: Total War. However there are some stability issues when playing as the Mongols, Timurids or Aztecs and this is not recommended.

Method

1. Go to your "Medieval II Total War" folder.

2. Right click on the preferences.cfg file, select the properties tab and uncheck the read only box, then open it with notepad. This is so that you can edit the file.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the file.

4. Add the following lines:

 [misc]
 
 unlock_campaign = true

5. Save and exit the file. You should now be able to play with all the factions next time you open the game.

Thanks to Aristocrat for creating the original article