How to Unlock All Factions in "Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms"
- 1). Navigate to "C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign" in Windows. Note that this location will be different if you installed the game to anything other than the default installation directory.
- 2). Right-click on the "descr_strat" file and select "Open With," then select Notepad.
- 3). Press "Ctrl-F" to bring up the "Find" dialog box. Enter "unlockable" into the text box to jump to the "unlockable" section of the file.
- 4). Highlight all entries under the "unlockable" header, then press "Ctrl-X" to "cut" the section from the document. Press "Ctrl-F" again and this time enter "playable" into the text field.
- 5). Right-click on the area under the "playable" section a press "Ctrl-V" to paste the text into this area.
- 6). Click on "File" then "Save," then close Notepad. The next time you play "Medieval II," all factions should be available.
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