how to create a new faction

[Rick_<3]

can someone tell me how to add a new faction?? or give me a link to a tururial

thnx

[Squid]

You can't, there's a limit of 20 factions + slave faction. If you want a new faction you must replace an existing one.

[Rick_<3]

how much factions does Rome total war have then??
but maybe i gonna replace one...:hmmm:
is there a turturial for replacing a faction?

[HiiMmyself]

You can always replace faction symbols and banners for a faction and change the faction rentries in your:
"C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War\data\text"
(or other folder leading to the text folder)

strat.txt
shared.txt
expanded.txt (only use if you don't have the gold version
expanded_bi.txt (only if you have the gold version)

And replace an unimportant faction that you don't want. EX:

NOTE: DO NOT EDIT THE VALUE IN THE "{}" PLEASE, ONLY THE ADJACENT VALUE

This a will change Macedon to Athens (partially, not all values of this faction are changed.)

{MACEDON} Macedon

{EMT_MACEDON_SPY} Macedonian Spy
{EMT_MACEDON_ASSASSIN} Macedonian Assassin{EMT_MACEDON_DIPLOMAT} Macedonian Diplomat
{EMT_MACEDON_ADMIRAL} Macedonian Navy
{EMT_MACEDON_GENERAL} Macedonian Army
{EMT_MACEDON_NAMED_CHARACTER} Macedonian Family Member

{EMT_MACEDON_VILLAGE} Macedonian Village
{EMT_MACEDON_TOWN} Macedonian Town
{EMT_MACEDON_LARGE_TOWN} Macedonian Large Town
{EMT_MACEDON_CITY} Macedonian City
{EMT_MACEDON_LARGE_CITY} Macedonian Large City
{EMT_MACEDON_HUGE_CITY} Macedonian Huge City

(NOT ALL ENTRIES FOR MACEDON USED IN THIS TUT.)

You can then edit the values to have something like this.

{MACEDON} Athens

{EMT_MACEDON_SPY} Athenian Spy
{EMT_MACEDON_ASSASSIN} Athenian Assassin
{EMT_MACEDON_DIPLOMAT} Athenian Diplomat
{EMT_MACEDON_ADMIRAL} Athenian Navy
{EMT_MACEDON_GENERAL} Athenian Army
{EMT_MACEDON_NAMED_CHARACTER} Athenian Family Member

{EMT_MACEDON_VILLAGE} Athenian Village
{EMT_MACEDON_TOWN} Athenian Town
{EMT_MACEDON_LARGE_TOWN} Athenian Large Town
{EMT_MACEDON_CITY} Athenian City
{EMT_MACEDON_LARGE_CITY} Athenian Large City
{EMT_MACEDON_HUGE_CITY} Athenian Huge City

[Squid]

If I wasn't clear Rome & BI use all 21 faction slots, hence my comment about, if you want a new faction you have to replace an existing one.

[Rick_<3]

thanx guys

[Aragorn II Elessar]

Do rebels count towards a faction? Can i replace them with a new faction of my choosing? If yes, are there any guides that show how to do this step-by-step?

[Squid]

No you cannot replace the rebels, you can only replace one of the other 20 factions.

[One-Eye]

it is not 19+1 factions?

[Squid]

No its 20+1 factions. Just do a count of vanilla descr_strat.txt to verify.