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GreyFox	Vista sux - how to unlock all factions		Lead	[-]
Posts: 6302 06/06/08 10:09:27 Sergeant	Tags : None Ok, so I just installed MTW2 on my new laptop, and when I try to unlock all the factions so I an play the Turks by modding the preferences.cfg or the descr_strat.txt file, but when I save the changes I keep getting a message saying that it can't be done, something about making sure the pathways are correct or something. I know it can be done because I did it on my home computer when I first got the game, the only difference in my method being that the laptop is Vista and the PC is XP. Any help would be appreciated. And no, answers along the line of "just do a campaign" will not be appreciated. The notion of 'hidden' factions is for n00bs and is the one of the stupidest design decisions CA has made.
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Coffeejunkie		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6 06/06/08 10:34:03	1. play standard faction gc 2. install WinXP 3. play mods ...just kidding. Hope you didn't stop reading yet, cause here is how I made it on my cousin's pc: move the descr_strat.txt to your desktop (or MAYBE any other folder), change it, and move it back where it belongs. And thus I signed up here. Only to help you. Greetz & have fun
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GreyFox		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6302 06/06/08 10:38:25 Sergeant	It worked! Thanks a million.
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ElusiveHonor		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 567 06/06/08 10:39:37	There is actually a much easier way. Vista has a lot of security functions built into it. Unfortunately, sometimes these effect certain programs in a negative way. In fact, it stopped me from playing Rome: Total War, until I figured out you had to run it as Administrater. The way to do this is: right click the file, go to security, and click "EDIT" to edit the permissions, and enable them all. That way you can modify this file as much as you want. Vista's actually pretty neat, its just a little screwy sometimes.
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Coffeejunkie		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6 06/06/08 11:01:52	So mine was the nooby solution ^^ I just don't understand why MS seem so bent on confusing their longtime customers with every new OS they produce. But I'm getting off topic. Not a problem, GreyFox
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Rolls		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 136 07/03/08 08:59:01	where is this strat.txt file?
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Kaiser Invictus		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4898 07/03/08 09:35:56 Administrator	C:Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat And Rolls, I will close the thread you opened, as your question has been answered :) Feel free to ask more questions in this thread. Thanks
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toozer		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/01/08 08:32:09	My factions will not unlock! I enter edit, then copy and paste the factions I want unlocked but get a "Can't save message". I right click the descr_strat file but cannot find any "security" item to click. I have Vista 32 Bit. Please help!
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toozer		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/01/08 08:36:05	Whatever i try I still get this message: "Cannot create the C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt file. Make sure the path and file name are correct. Now what do i do?
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kublai101		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2935 11/01/08 08:40:35	Right click on the file. Go to properties. Untick read only. Apply. Then save the file. Then you have to make it read only again.
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toozer		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/02/08 09:42:09	"Right click on the file. Go to properties. Untick read only. Apply. Then save the file." Tried this, but when I right clicked on this file it was NOT read only (box not ticked). Same problems with exact same error message ensue. Frustrating.
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toozer		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/02/08 09:46:51	"Cannot create the C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\descr_strat.txt file. Make sure the path and file name are correct" keeps appearing over and over again. Sheesh!
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toozer		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/02/08 09:52:25	These changes were easily applied when I loaded this game into my old windows Xp OS pc. So, I have to find a Vista work aroung where I can get this Vista os to accept my changes. Yes, i am the administrator of this pc.
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toozer		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/02/08 10:19:57	Found the problem and then fixed it. I had toi disable my User Account (which sent security warnings flashing on the desktop) and THEN copied and pasted the revised descr_strat file. NOW I can play more than four factions. Thanks everyone!
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toozer		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/02/08 10:29:36	Check that, the factions now appear, but when i try to launch the new campoaign I get kicked back to the main menu. What the hell?
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Manoflooks		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 421 11/02/08 10:51:15	that is because of bad modding. what exactly did u mod?
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toozer		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/03/08 00:39:04	Well, I have various mods installed. One of these--the Retrofit mod--had only the opening factions allowed in MTWII. After much experimenting and tweaking, I looked at my SS 6.0 Data_world_maps_descr_strat file and saw what an unlocked file should look like. Turns out I had let a few lines spaced too far apart. Now it works--finally! Thanks to all.
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daelin4		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5713 11/03/08 21:08:10 Administrator	wow toozer, you can just edit your posts, you know! haha copied to spam container for longest consecutive posts ever!
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toozer		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 118 11/03/08 21:23:03	...but it did have a happy ending!
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