Where i can unlock the factions for the Custom battle?

**Malak410** · March 27, 2009, 05:03 PM

Hey,

2-Questions:

where i can find the file in the patch.pack file, where i can unlock the factions
for the custom battle?

And where is the file for the factions in the campaign, to unlock them too?

I hope someone can help me^^

Greetz,
Malak

**~~ToonTotalWar~~** · March 27, 2009, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Malak410

Hey,

2-Questions:

where i can find the file in the patch.pack file, where i can unlock the factions
for the custom battle?

And where is the file for the factions in the campaign, to unlock them too?

I hope someone can help me^^

Greetz,
Malak

Here is a good place to start as i have my own on pages 9 & 10 and the first page has a good faction unlocker for custom battle: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=234011

Campaign is here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=234251

**Malak410** · March 28, 2009, 05:25 AM

i know these files, but i want to do it by myself.
Cause i'm interested in creating a Mod wich doesn't include each "unlockable" faction.

Please give me an answer, what ive too do to unlock these factions by myself!^^

**MrThib** · March 28, 2009, 06:15 AM

The factions for campaign are in the starpos.esf wich is still hard to mod.
For custom battle that's in the faction db, with 2 entries early and late availability either on true or false.

**Malak410** · March 28, 2009, 08:06 AM

okay,

**Aldgarkalaughskel** · March 28, 2009, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by MrThib

The factions for campaign are in the starpos.esf wich is still hard to mod.
For custom battle that's in the faction db, with 2 entries early and late availability either on true or false.

MrThib, thanks for the info, but could you be more specific?
startpos.esf --> CAMPAIGN_ENV/CAMPAIGN_MODEL/WORLD/FACTION_ARRAY/FACTION (the one I'd like to modify) --> and which data do I have to modify?

faction_id - int
faction_db_name - uft16
faction_display_name - utf16
unknown - Boolean
unknown - Boolean
Is Major Faction? - Boolean
unknown - Binary Data
Official Religion - utf16
unknown - Boolean
capitol_region_id - Int
capitol_region_id - Int
unknown - Boolean
Is Emergent? - Boolean
unknown -Uint
unknown - Binary Data
unknown - int
unknown - int
Main AI mode - utf16 (FULL or MAINTAINANCE)
AI Personality - utf16
protector faction_id - int

**MrThib** · March 28, 2009, 10:14 AM

I have not tried yet to deal with the starpos...
But from looking at it, I think you should follow the tutorial about emergant factions. I don't think it's CAMPAIGN_ENV/CAMPAIGN_MODEL/WORLD/FACTION_ARRAY/FACTION
but more CAMPAIGN_PREOPEN_MAP_INFO/CAMPAIGN_PLAYER_SETUP/PLAYER_ARRAY/
then you find your faction and slect one PLAYER_SETUP (not inside it with victory condition etc...), you should see that:

france
false
true
false

for non playable faction change the second boolean to true must do the trick.
I'm not really used to this through or even have I tested it....

**EmperorJulian** · March 29, 2009, 10:03 PM

There are a couple of bolean values, visible in the ESF editor that are set to true for major/playable factions, but false for minors. These values show up on either side of the official religion identifier. What's odd is, setting those values to true for a faction your editing causes ETW to crash. I don't know what they do but the game sure doesn't like it when you fiddle with them.