Unlocking non playable nations

**McGib** · August 09, 2011, 04:58 PM

I've looked and cant find a way to unlock the nations not included in the Grand Campaign. Is there a way?

**TheFoolOnTheHill** · August 09, 2011, 07:18 PM

Yes there is its in decr_strat just change the files at the top to playable

**crzyrndm** · August 10, 2011, 03:36 AM

Assuming you are already set up for modding (unpacked, io file switch working)

descr_strat is located in the M2TW(main folder)\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign folder

Change the top lines from:

playable

england
france
hre
spain
venice
end

unlockable

sicily
milan
scotland
byzantium
russia
moors
turks
egypt
denmark
portugal
poland
hungary
end

to :

playable

england
france
hre
spain
venice
sicily
milan
scotland
byzantium
russia
moors
turks
egypt
denmark
portugal
poland
hungary
end

unlockable

end

**Silverheart** · August 17, 2011, 09:02 AM

You never tried google or youtube?
You can find info on this in both mediums.

**GreatKhan** · August 17, 2011, 11:04 AM

Is there any way to play as Mongols?

**Aeratus** · August 17, 2011, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by GreatKhan

Is there any way to play as Mongols?

The Teutonic campaign has Mongols as a starting faction, by the way. You can play the Mongols as you play any other faction.

BTW, Nice avatar. The Eastern Armored Horse in the game seems to be ripped off from this pic, which shows an Ottoman Spahi

**GreatKhan** · August 18, 2011, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by Aeratus

BTW, Nice avatar. The Eastern Armored Horse in the game seems to be ripped off from this pic, which shows an Ottoman Spahi

Thank You

**Gazz** · August 18, 2011, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by GreatKhan

Is there any way to play as Mongols?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=307596

**Silverheart** · August 17, 2011, 11:28 AM

Yes, if you make the Mongols playable by putting them in the "playable" section.
But as far as I´ve heard, you have to wait until the Mongol invasion before you can do anything...
Same thing with the Timurids.

**Willowran** · August 18, 2011, 10:13 PM

about the mongols...

i cheated in the teutonic campaign an unlocked them (set them to playable and all that). I am huge on ranged units (mongols are great with those), so i started a hotseat campaign against a family member, them as rome me as mongolia. my kings purse was -2500 from the first turn in the game. is this just the mongols, or did the total war peoples design it this way deliberately, so that if you unlock the faction you will automatically lose? it infuriated me.

**crzyrndm** · August 18, 2011, 10:31 PM

Originally Posted by Willowran

about the mongols...

i cheated in the teutonic campaign an unlocked them (set them to playable and all that). I am huge on ranged units (mongols are great with those), so i started a hotseat campaign against a family member, them as rome me as mongolia. my kings purse was -2500 from the first turn in the game. is this just the mongols, or did the total war peoples design it this way deliberately, so that if you unlock the faction you will automatically lose? it infuriated me.

It's just the mongols, and another difficulty to overcome. It forces you to expand rapidly initially, and then go minimal on the armed forces while you set yourself up economically. Makes for a very challenging game.

**Aeratus** · August 20, 2011, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Willowran

about the mongols...

i cheated in the teutonic campaign an unlocked them (set them to playable and all that). I am huge on ranged units (mongols are great with those), so i started a hotseat campaign against a family member, them as rome me as mongolia. my kings purse was -2500 from the first turn in the game. is this just the mongols, or did the total war peoples design it this way deliberately, so that if you unlock the faction you will automatically lose? it infuriated me.

See this guide here to Mongols in Teutonic campaign

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=462550