How to unlock all factions?

[mrsuperficiale]

so the game will be released tomorrow.if someone find the process to unlock all the factions from the begin can please post the instructions here???

thanx a lot(i'm not very good in english)

[H.r.E.]

descr_strat?

[Aurelus]

Nope. The game files are so much confusing to me... It dont look like the clear file structure of older engine.
Hope that somebody will find how to unlocks all factions an change ending date.

[Avicenna]

signed!

It's not as easy as the other TW games.

[Chukada1]

Someone find out how please.

[random_samurai]

can we get a screen cap of the file types? Is everything still in .txt or not?

[Aurelus]

Most of the files are that strange .pack type.

[random_samurai]

i meant after unpacking, but i suppose the correct question would be if we are able to unpack it yet

[Agostinos]

It seems as descr_strat is gone. I am currently downloading the game and took a look in the empire folder. In the campaign folder is a file called startpos.esf which is about 65mb large and regions.esf with about 14mb. I dont see a chance to edit this file atm unless we get the tools to convert or edit these files

[DeadlyBlowfish]

db\factions_tables

File: factions

Perhaps?

[Chukada1]

How do you unlock factions?

[Chukada1]

Doesn't anyone care? I know I don't want to play with the factions they give you.

[Lucius Tiberius Vorenus]

signed!

It's not as easy as the other TW games.

lol.. and CA was touting how much more user friendly ETW would be for modding...

A big WTF shout out to CA! Why the fek would these files packed? I can barely look at the data folder and chew gum at the same time without messing something up. Now I have to unpack all the game files... I'd bet a million dollars the first time I try the unpacking thing I'll totally hose up my 4 hour download of ETW and the game will CTD, if it even launches.

[Turkeys!]

I hope they release the tools soon or else they will have a lotta angry gamers on their hands.

[Innos]

When somebody finds out how to unlock all factions, will it just be for the campaign or can they do it for custom battles as well?

[Andcus]

i think both. not sure though. Im kinda mad about CA stating that the game would be easy to mod

[IndoPruss]

can we get a screen cap of the file types? Is everything still in .txt or not?

Everything is nicely packed in .xml files.

[Xerces]

Everything is nicely packed in .xml files.

You say that like you know how to to get at them? Do you?

[PumpkinBread]

i imagine you just use the demo .pak (or .pack, whichever it is) unpacker. a .pak file is a .pak file., demo or full game.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=228790

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=227839

[Korvus77]

Yeah please throw a dog a bone.

Currently in the process of unpacking main.pack.