Originally Posted by
Serapio
i like the mercians and their cavalry. in this scenario they have other starting conditions and i thought, it would be interesting to fight together with wessex. i´ve played the uthred-campaign till the i conquered york. and now i want to try something else. thanx for the info.
Ok. To play Mercia whatsoever, although TLK is a scenario-mod ... just open
...:\...\...\Rome - Total War\bi\VI2\data\world\maps\campaign\barbarian_invasion
(... stands for your RTW location-path)
Then open the file
descr_strat.txt
Find this in the first lines
Code:
playable
saxons ; Wessex (Saxon)
huns ; Danes (Viking)
;vandals ; Norwegians (Viking)
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
franks ; Mercia (Saxon)
sarmatians ;Northumbria (Saxon)
sassanids ; East Angle (Saxon)
;huns ; Danes (Viking)
vandals ; Norwegians (Viking)
goths ; Welsh (Celtic)
alemanni ; Alba (Celtic/Gaelic)
celts ; Leinster (Celtic/Gaelic)
ostrogoths ;Ui Neill (Celtic/Gaelic)
slave
end
Change it to (bold part is the change)
Code:
playable
saxons ; Wessex (Saxon)
huns ; Danes (Viking)
;vandals ; Norwegians (Viking)
franks ; Mercia (Saxon)
end
unlockable
end
nonplayable
sarmatians ;Northumbria (Saxon)
sassanids ; East Angle (Saxon)
;huns ; Danes (Viking)
vandals ; Norwegians (Viking)
goths ; Welsh (Celtic)
alemanni ; Alba (Celtic/Gaelic)
celts ; Leinster (Celtic/Gaelic)
ostrogoths ;Ui Neill (Celtic/Gaelic)
slave
end
Close and save the file. Close everything.
(Make the same with every faction you wanna play, but not recommended for slave. In case of vandals (Norwegians), just remove the semicolon in front of vandals)
Start a new campaign.