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Rome Total War
Editing FAQ
(v1.0, 16-6-05)
by Mostafa Safi ([email protected])

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1st : the units
2nd : the buildings
3rd : The Ancillaries
4th : the Character Traits
5th : The imperial campaign
1st step : playable unlockable nonplayable factions
2nd step : Change the TimeLine
3rd last Step : Change faction stats
6th : CREDITS
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first of all befor using any file make a 1 or 2 backups from it !!!
first of all befor using any file make a 1 or 2 backups from it !!!
first of all befor using any file make a 1 or 2 backups from it !!!
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1st : the units
look for : export_descr_unit.txt in Rome - Total War\Data

look for :

stat_cost Number of turns to build,
Cost of unit to construct,
Cost of upkeep,
Cost of upgrading weapons,
Cost of upgrading armour,
Cost for custom battles

stat_ownership List of factions and cultures that may have this unit

there is another options but we will us the to i

talked about

for example : we will use

type roman archer
dictionary roman_archer ; Roman Archers
category infantry
class missile
voice_type Light_1
soldier roman_archer, 40, 0, 0.8
attributes sea_faring, hide_forest, can_sap
formation 1.6, 2, 3.2, 4, 3, square
stat_health 1, 0
stat_pri 7, 2, arrow, 120, 30, missile, archery, piercing, none, 25 ,1
stat_pri_attr no
stat_sec 3, 2, no, 0, 0, melee, simple, piercing, knife, 25 ,1
stat_sec_attr no
stat_pri_armour 0, 2, 0, flesh
stat_sec_armour 0, 0, flesh
stat_heat 1
stat_ground 2, 0, 3, 0
stat_mental 4, normal, untrained
stat_charge_dist 30
stat_fire_delay 0
stat_food 60, 300
stat_cost 1, 190, 170, 20, 30, 190
ownership romans julii,romans brutii,romans scipii,romans senate


i will explain what i understand :

stat_cost 1, 190, 170, 20, 30, 190
stat_cost Number of turns to build, 1 *
Cost of unit to construct, 190 *
Cost of upkeep, 170 *
Cost of upgrading weapons, 20
Cost of upgrading armour, 30
Cost for custom battles 190

the ones with the stars i change them and the game

still working

ownership : you only need to know the right name of the unit ownership and add your correct faction name
for example :>
type roman archer
ownership romans julii,romans brutii,romans scipii,romans senate

make it :>
type roman archer
ownership romans julii,romans brutii,romans scipii,romans senate,macedon,numidia

when you run the game it should be that if you play with macedon you can train roman archer

this is for the unit stats
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2nd : the buildings

look for : export_descr_buildings.txt in Rome - Total War\Data

search for :

construction : is for the turn you take to complete the building ( is mnimum any thing else is maximum )
but i think 99 is the maximum

cost : is for the money you spend to begin the building

gate_defences : is the stat of your wall and gate defences ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum )

gate_strength : is the stat of your wall and gate strength ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum )

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the next stats you can add it to any building you want under
{
capability
{

weapon_simple : is the level of the light weapon you build your unit with ( 1 is minimum 3 is maximum)

weapon_bladed : is the level of the heavey weapon you build your unit with ( 1 is minimum 3 is maximum)

weapon_missile: is the level of the ranged weapon you build your unit with ( 1 is minimum 3 is maximum)

armour : is the level of the armour you build your unit with ( 1 is minimum 3 is maximum)

happiness_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your happiness_bonus ( 1 is minimum 999 is maximum)

recruits_morale_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your recruits_morale_bonus ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)

recruits_exp_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your recruits_exp_bonus ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)

trade_base_income_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your trade_base_income_bonus ( 1 is minimum 999 is maximum)

population_health_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your population_health_bonus ( 1 is minimum 999 is maximum)

population_growth_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your population_growth_bonus ( 1 is minimum 999 is maximum)

law_bonus bonus : is the bonus add to your law_bonus ( 1 is minimum 999 is maximum)

weapon_simple bonus : is the bonus add to your weapon_simple ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)

weapon_bladed bonus : is the bonus add to your weapon_bladed ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)

armour bonus : is the bonus add to your armour ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)


weapon_missile bonus : is the bonus add to your weapon_missile ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)

farming_level bonus : is the bonus add to your farming_level ( 1 is minimum 9 is maximum)
for example

building market
{
levels trader market forum great_forum curia
{
trader requires factions { barbarian, ct_carthage, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, }
{
capability
{
trade_base_income_bonus bonus 1
population_growth_bonus bonus 1
}

you can make it :

building market
{
levels trader market forum great_forum curia
{
trader requires factions { barbarian, ct_carthage, eastern, parthia, egyptian, greek, roman, }
{
capability
{
trade_base_income_bonus bonus 999
population_growth_bonus bonus 999
population_health_bonus bonus 999
happiness_bonus bonus 999
law_bonus bonus 999
armour bonus 9
weapon_missile bonus 9
weapon_missile 3
armour 3
}

trust me the game will work okey
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for recruit other faction special unit :

recruit "- the name of the special unit -" 0 requires factions { - the name of the faction you want to own it _, }

for example :


temple_of_naval_awesome_temple requires factions { romans_scipii, }
{
capability
{
recruit "naval corvus quinquireme" 0 requires factions { roman, }

change it to :

temple_of_naval_awesome_temple requires factions { romans julii, }
{
capability
{
recruit "naval corvus quinquireme" 0 requires factions { romans julii, }

so that the julii faction will be the one to build it , aslo you will need give your faction the right to build the temple from the bigining

what i mean is that

temple_of_naval_shrine
temple_of_naval_temple
temple_of_naval_large_temple
temple_of_naval_awesome_temple
temple_of_naval_pantheon

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i think it Obvious but as you can add you can delete so you make your opponent factions become more and more weak

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3rd : The Ancillaries
look for : export_descr_ancillaries.txt in Rome - Total War\Data

its so easy all you need to do is to add from 1 to 9 or -1 to -9

for example open the export_descr_ancillaries.txt

and look for

Ancillary actor
Image effete_man_ancillary.tga
ExcludedAncillaries comedian, playwright
ExcludeCultures barbarian, carthaginian, eastern, egyptian, roman
Description actor_desc
EffectsDescription actor_effects_desc
Effect Influence 1

you see the " Effect Influence 1 "

okey change it to " Effect Influence 9 " for best effect

or change it to " Effect Influence -9 " for worest effect

Warning : not all the effect are good for those who cant understand all the english word please check for the effect meaning to know if its bad
or good if it bad add -1 to -9 if it good add 1 to 9

its all work like it , just look for the effect word and change the number to get what you want

also you can add more effects or delete more effect from any ancillary

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4th : the Character Traits
look for : export_descr_character_traits.txt in Rome - Total War\Data

its so easy like the ancillaries

the same you done for the ancillaries you will do for the traits so i dont think its need any explain but i will give an example

look for

Trait GoodCommander
Characters family
AntiTraits BadCommander

Level Confident_Commander
Description Confident_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Confident_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Confident_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Command 1

Level Good_Commander
Description Good_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Good_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Good_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 2

Effect Command 2

Level Superior_Commander
Description Superior_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Superior_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Superior_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 4

Effect Command 3

Level Great_Commander
Description Great_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Great_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Great_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 8

Effect Command 3

Level Legendary_Commander
Description Legendary_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Legendary_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Legendary_Commander_gain_desc
Epithet Legendary_Commander_epithet_desc
Threshold 16

Effect Command 5

you can make it like this

Trait GoodCommander
Characters family
AntiTraits BadCommander

Level Confident_Commander
Description Confident_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Confident_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Confident_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 1

Effect Command 5

Level Good_Commander
Description Good_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Good_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Good_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 2

Effect Command 6

Level Superior_Commander
Description Superior_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Superior_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Superior_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 4

Effect Command 7

Level Great_Commander
Description Great_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Great_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Great_Commander_gain_desc
Threshold 8

Effect Command 8

Level Legendary_Commander
Description Legendary_Commander_desc
EffectsDescription Legendary_Commander_effects_desc
GainMessage Legendary_Commander_gain_desc
Epithet Legendary_Commander_epithet_desc
Threshold 16

Effect Command 9
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5th : The imperial campaign

look for : export_descr_character_traits.txt in Rome - Total War\Data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign

this one i think it will need a little more work

but i will try to take you step by step

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1st step : playable unlockable nonplayable factions

to make all the factions playable cut all the factions from nonplayable and add them to unlockable

like this

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
end
unlockable
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
end
nonplayable
romans_senate
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
scythia
spain
thrace
numidia
slave
end


to this

campaign imperial_campaign
playable
romans_julii
romans_brutii
romans_scipii
end
unlockable
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
gauls
germans
britons
greek_cities
romans_senate
macedon
pontus
armenia
dacia
scythia
spain
thrace
numidia
slave
end
nonplayable

end

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2nd step : Change the TimeLine

example :

change from :
start_date -270 summer
end_date 14 summer

to :
start_date -300 summer
end_date 100 summer

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3rd last Step : Change faction stats (( The pain In the ASS ))

in this section you can change this :

1- faction denari : it mean the start money you begin with you can make it for example 10000000

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2- faction settlement : this is the real thing to talk about :

first look for " region Etruria "

it will be like this :

settlement
{
level large_town
region Etruria

year_founded 0
population 4000
settlement_tax 51
plan_set default_set
faction_creator romans_julii
building
{
type barracks militia_barracks
}
building
{
type core_building governors_villa
}
building
{
type port_buildings port
}
building
{
type defenses wooden_pallisade
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms
}
building
{
type hinterland_roads roads
}
}

know you can make your settlement level from large_town to huge_city

and make the population from 4000 to 9600

it will be look like this

settlement
{
level huge_city
region Etruria

year_founded 0
population 9600
settlement_tax 51
plan_set default_set
faction_creator romans_julii

now you need to look for the best building to add to your seetlement for my self i add those

settlement
{
level huge_city
region Etruria

year_founded 0
population 9600
settlement_tax 51
plan_set default_set
faction_creator romans_julii
building
{
type core_building imperial_palace
}
building
{
type defenses epic_stone_wall
}
building
{
type amphitheatres great_amphitheatre
}
building
{
type barracks royal_barracks
}
building
{
type equestrian circus_maximus
}
building
{
type missiles siege_engineer
}
building
{
type smith foundry
}
building
{
type market curia
}
building
{
type hinterland_roads highways
}
building
{
type hinterland_farms farms+4
}
building
{
type port_buildings dockyard
}
building
{
type health city_plumbing
}
building
{
type academic ludus_magnus
}
building
{
type temple_of_leadership temple_of_leadership_pantheon
}
building
{
type hinterland_mines mines+1
}
}

for you i recommend that you opend export_descr_buildings.txt and find the best buildings to your faction and add it

to add a building do this

building
{
type - name of the kind building - - the upgrade name -
}


so it will be look like this for the wall

building
{
type defenses epic_stone_wall
}

as the type defenses : is for type - name of the kind building -

and the epic_stone_wall : is for - the upgrade name -

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3- faction character and army (( another pain in the ass ))


this is for change your faction genreals traits and ancillaries , age and army stats

okey here we go :>

first : the faction genreals ages

its easy just change your faction leader age to 16

sorry but i couldnt make it work for all my generals



second : the faction generals traits and ancillaries

you will need to open the ( export_descr_character_traits.txt / export_descr_ancillaries.txt ) that you already hack them and change them

now select some of the traits and ancillaries that you make them with good stats and add them to your general

as example :

character Flavius Julius, named character, leader, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 47, , x 89, y 82
traits GoodCommander 2, NaturalMilitarySkill 1, GoodDefender 1, PoliticsSkill 3, GoodAdministrator 2, Austere 1
ancillaries aged_retainer




after the change i make them for myself like this

character Flavius Julius, named character, leader, command 0, influence 0, management 0, subterfuge 0, age 16, , x 89, y 82
traits GoodCommander 5, NaturalMilitarySkill 4, GoodDefender 5, PoliticsSkill 3, GoodAdministrator 3, Austere 3, GoodAttacker 5, GoodAmbusher 3, GoodSiegeAttacker 3, GoodSiegeDefender 4, Brave 5, CapturedEagle 3, RegainedEagle 2, Intelligent 3, RomanHero 5, Praetor 1, Aedile 1, Energetic 4, MathematicsSkill 3, GoodInfantryGeneral 3, GoodCavalryGeneral 3, Scout 3, StrategicSkill 3, TacticalSkill 3, HaleAndHearty 3
ancillaries aged_retainer, drillmaster, merchant, quartermaster, doctor, bodyguard, scribe_ancillary, shieldbearer, actor, treasurer, librarian, master_embalmer, heroic_saviour, desert_scout, spymaster, freeman_clerk, famous_warrior, chief_eunuch, beastmaster, armourer

[Edited by twister_x, 6/16/2005 9:17:44 AM]

third : the faction generals army

you will find your army under your generals ancillaries and it will be for " flavius Julius " like this

army
unit roman generals guard cavalry early exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman hastati exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman hastati exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman triarii exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0
unit roman archer exp 1 armour 0 weapon_lvl 0

now what we can change is this

the exp : from 1 to 9

the armour : from 1 to 3

the weapon_lvl : from 1 to 3

and also you can add some other units but i dont suppose to do this because it may not work but i add one unit and its work

so for me it was like this

army
unit roman generals guard cavalry early exp 9 armour 3 weapon_lvl 3
unit roman hastati exp 9 armour 3 weapon_lvl 3
unit roman hastati exp 9 armour 3 weapon_lvl 3
unit roman triarii exp 9 armour 3 weapon_lvl 3
unit roman archer exp 9 armour 3 weapon_lvl 3
unit roman triarii exp 9 armour 3 weapon_lvl 3


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do all the past step form the 3rd last Step : Change faction stats with evrey settlement that releated to your faction



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6th : CREDITS
Thanks go to:
Activision and Creative Assembly for the incredibly stratgy game.

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[Edited by twister_x, 6/16/2005 9:22:18 AM]

why dont you post ist your txt is eser