EMPIRE TOTAL FACTIONS...... (Last updated 17/08/2011)

[Eldorado]

The starter work but it change nothing in the game.Hekp me please

[husserlTW]

I suppose when game starts you can see the first screen of ETF and not vanilla. If yes then indeed starter works o.k but for some reason the game does not load the mod pack. Try to make it "movie" type. To do so follow instructions in FAQ 2b but replace NTF.pack with ETF.pack which you will find in ...\empire total war\data\ETF_mod\. Try ro play all playable and If it works repeat with the other mod packs (except ui_loc) if you want to play other campaigns.

After that there is a possibility to have sound issues in game's menu. If (and only if) this happens go in your script folder and make user.empire_script.txt as Read only (right click and then Properties) so ETF cannot edit it. Make sure that there is not ETF mod command in there.

[Vega13]

Hope this isn't thread necromancy, I forgot to check the last posted date. Anyway!

Is there any mod that makes it possible to play an emergent faction in the early campaign (1700 start)? Or is it just not possible to "steal" a province from an existing empire at that point?

[tolis]

hi. i have special forces. when i use the startpos.esf or the etf it drops me. i have tried etf alone, etf with startpos.esf but nothing works. it always crashes when i press "start campaign". can u help me plz?

[husserlTW]

Hope this isn't thread necromancy, I forgot to check the last posted date. Anyway!

Is there any mod that makes it possible to play an emergent faction in the early campaign (1700 start)? Or is it just not possible to "steal" a province from an existing empire at that point?

There is not problem to have any emergent playable in early campaign, it is just strange to have some nations present in 1700, that is why I've made them in late campaign. Try US in Sturm und Drang 2.

hi. i have special forces. when i use the startpos.esf or the etf it drops me. i have tried etf alone, etf with startpos.esf but nothing works. it always crashes when i press "start campaign". can u help me plz?

Startpos.esf alone cannot work since it has to be in its mod folder. When you start mod launcher and before start the game, check your user.empire_script.txt. Is there the mod command there? If there are other commands delete them. Also make sure that you do not have other mod files in your data folder.

[tolis]

were can i find user.empire_script.txt
i have win 7
and when i open etf and for example i go early camp i cant choose a faction cauze it dont let me to choose faction and dont has description or sthng. only start campaign which dropes me as i press it
and in my data folder i have startpos and scripting.lua

[Cheyne89]

Hey great mod, but i seem to have an odd problem the late era campaign works with the emergent factions but i cant seem to get the early era to work it loads up the game but when it comes to chose a faction only the original factions are there. There is a user-empire.scripts fill in appdata and i chenge the data pack form mod to movie as is recommended but still the early era mod wont run and i have windows 7.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[husserlTW]

were can i find user.empire_script.txt
i have win 7
and when i open etf and for example i go early camp i cant choose a faction cauze it dont let me to choose faction and dont has description or sthng. only start campaign which dropes me as i press it
and in my data folder i have startpos and scripting.lua

I cannot follow you. Startpos.esf and scripting.lua have nothing to do with data folder. Do not remove files if you do so. Use this tool to access user.empire_script.txt.

Hey great mod, but i seem to have an odd problem the late era campaign works with the emergent factions but i cant seem to get the early era to work it loads up the game but when it comes to chose a faction only the original factions are there. There is a user-empire.scripts fill in appdata and i chenge the data pack form mod to movie as is recommended but still the early era mod wont run and i have windows 7.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

What you mean "only" original? It is supposing to be the original. All playable in Early campaign means that you can play as any major or minor faction while in vanilla only major are available. Emergent are available only in Late campaigns.

[Cheyne89]

Sorry should of bee more specific in the early era campaign only the major factions are there and none of the minor ones are available. Hope that makes my problem a little clearer.

[husserlTW]

In that case your anti-virus probably has deleted the 1.exe file (see here for more). Check if the file is in ...\empire total war\data_ETF\AutoPlay\Docs. If it is not there then you have to reinstall mod but first deal with your anti-virus (I suggest Avast, it is free and I use it for years with no problem).

[Malinwa]

I've a problem. I installed your mod but coz it didn't work I started my normal game and it crashes every time what is happening?? I've reinstalled several times and deleted your mod (sorry) but it crashes??

[husserlTW]

Check your user script file. When does it crash?

[Malinwa]

In the beginning screen, where do I find the user script?

[husserlTW]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=342894

[Tactical [N]Duke]

HEEEEELP!!!!!!!! WARNING: TERRIBLE ENGLISH

This is a great mod. awesome. I PLAYED it alot, but now it does not work. idk how it stopped working but here is my "story": I just started empire total factions to play as Norway (thanks for adding that country as i am Norwegian .)
i saw the start screen with the words: empire total factions. nothing unusual. then i went to main menu>single player where it says: Load game, Battle Toturials, Road to independence, EMPIRE TOTAL FACTIONS, <blank>, play battle. i pressed the EMPIRE TOTAL FACTIONS, and then i got confused. it was only the normal factions (GB, france, austria etc.)
i started looking at the problem. i went to the main menu>single player and tried to press the blank button where the warpath button should be (yes i got that DLC), and it worked like the mod was not there...
i tried to start with both early and warpath, but it was still like the only thing the mod or launcher changed was the start image.
i tried to delete/uninstall ALL empire total war/faction files, and then install everything again, but the problem was still there. and when i quitted the game and closed the launcher it said: cannot find disable_script.exe.
i started to read the whole forum and listened to your advice. i downloaded the 1EXE_DISABLESCRIPT and made an exception from norton 360 anti-virus, and tried to start empire total factions. the same thing happend except i didnt got the "couldnt find deisable_script.exe" error.
now i started to get a bit angry. i checked out ur FAQ2 and did everything that u wrote. the same thing happend. and i tried if other mods worked. and it didnt................ W..........T.........F is going on here???????????????(mods dont work on empire total war only.... ur napoleon total factions works perfectly... GREAT MOD, GREAT JOB)

[Malinwa]

I don`t understand but can I also solve the problem by buy a new ETW( its very cheap here) and create a new steam account?

[husserlTW]

HEEEEELP!!!!!!!! WARNING: TERRIBLE ENGLISH

This is a great mod. awesome. I PLAYED it alot, but now it does not work. (...) i checked out ur FAQ2 and did everything that u wrote. the same thing happend. and i tried if other mods worked. and it didnt................ W..........T.........F is going on here???????????????(mods dont work on empire total war only.... ur napoleon total factions works perfectly... GREAT MOD, GREAT JOB)

First use a fix if it specific says that it is for your problem and do not install every fix you meet around. Since it worked before and now does not it is obvious that you did something meantime. In this case you have to do these:

1. Uninstall ETF. Make sure that you have no mod files (any mod) at all in your games data folder. Use use this utility even you are sure that your data folder is in vanilla status.

2. Make also sure that your user.empire_script.txt is blank, nothing in it.

3. Try to start vanilla. If you can start campaign proceed next steps. If not let Steam fix your installation until you can play vanilla correctly.

4. Install ETF and try to play. If you have problem do nothing. Post here the problem with exact infos. It would help me if after CTD but before close ETF launcher take a screenshot of your data folder.

I don`t understand but can I also solve the problem by buy a new ETW( its very cheap here) and create a new steam account?

What you do not understand? It is utility to access and edit script file.

If you cannot use it then you can find the file in: C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts for vista/win7 and in C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts for winXP.

[Malinwa]

And what I've to edit then?

[husserlTW]

You said that:

... I installed your mod but coz it didn't work I started my normal game and it crashes every time what is happening?...

When you close my mod your script txt must be empty. If it is not perhaps this is the reason of normal game crash. If you don't have the original game you should buy it.

[Tactical [N]Duke]

please..... help me... with my.... problem...