need help [giving a Region to an other faction]

**simple** · February 03, 2008, 07:36 AM

hello,

i want to give the regions calabria (City: Tarentum) and bruttium (City: Croton) to the romans. could someone tell me how to do that?

**AqD** · February 03, 2008, 10:15 AM

Just send a diplomat to meet the romans
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DEPAKOTE SIDE EFFECT

**simple** · February 03, 2008, 12:37 PM

i want to own that regions when i am playing rome myself. and i do not want to give that regions away...

**AqD** · February 03, 2008, 01:13 PM

ah do you mean initial regions?

open C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt

search for "faction romans_", here you can see a list of settlements for romans, and the "faction slave", rebel settlements. Just cut-and-paste the regions you want.

don't forget to backup the file
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**simple** · February 03, 2008, 03:26 PM

after doing so i cant start a campaign anymore. the regions i want to change are not owned by rebels but by the faction epirus.

**AqD** · February 04, 2008, 07:11 PM

hm so find the real faction name for "epirus" and give the region to romans.

BTW have you tried to move/delete "map.rwm" after the changes?
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**HANDsolo** · February 06, 2008, 06:39 AM

No, no, no! You are doing it all wrong! :-)

You also have to delete the current garrison from that settlement in the descr_strat, else the game gets confused. You may need to know the x,y coordinates of the settlement so you can find the garrison in the file. But since they are Epirot, the garrisons will be in their army section below their settlement section. The epirots will probably be called the Brutii or Scipii. Don't forget to add your garrison, else they wont be your settlements for too long. Its tricky editting the descr_strat at first, but you will get the hang of it.

If you were a real man, you would edit the descr_strat file so you only start with Roma, your faction leader and hier, no money and no troops. Thats what I do. I love the challenge.

**simple** · February 06, 2008, 10:28 AM

ok i did, thank you for the help.

**HANDsolo** · February 06, 2008, 11:17 AM

What!? No rep!? :-)

**simple** · February 07, 2008, 03:31 PM

done, sorry that i didnt gave you both rep+ after you helped me!

**Lord Marsh** · February 13, 2008, 03:51 AM

HANDdolo, that is a great idea. As sson as someone can offer wisdom on why I cannot get TE to start (hint-hint) I'll edit the descr_strat and push Rome back to its beginnings

Seriously, could someone swing by my post at the top and suggest what's gone wrong? I've installed loads of mods to RTW and M2TW over the years but TE just wont open :hmmm: