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Is there a way to tinker with the victory conditions so I can play past taking Rome and controlling 50 regions?

I thought the game gave you an option to continue playing after you meet the victory conditions?

Surlethe wrote:Is there a way to tinker with the victory conditions so I can play past taking Rome and controlling 50 regions?

One way that I thought up but never got around to testing is to conquer all of Italy except Rome itself, and then go on to conquer the rest of the world. The one possible flaw in this is that after being surrounded by enemy territor, the Senate might just surrender....however their hatred for you might be enough to prevent them from ever doing so, which would give you more than enough time to conquer to your heart's delight.

I didn't think so, from the last time I beat the game, but my save right before victory doesn't want to open, so I can't be sure.

Shadow WarChief wrote:One way that I thought up but never got around to testing is to conquer all of Italy except Rome itself, and then go on to conquer the rest of the world. The one possible flaw in this is that after being surrounded by enemy territor, the Senate might just surrender....however their hatred for you might be enough to prevent them from ever doing so, which would give you more than enough time to conquer to your heart's delight.

That's actually what I'm going to do if there's no way to edit the data files. It's just that, if that's the case, I need to adjust my Italian Peninsula campaign strategy accordingly -- i.e., bring troops up the eastern corridor above Capua, instead of through Latium around Rome.

Surlethe wrote:I didn't think so, from the last time I beat the game, but my save right before victory doesn't want to open, so I can't be sure.

Shadow WarChief wrote:One way that I thought up but never got around to testing is to conquer all of Italy except Rome itself, and then go on to conquer the rest of the world. The one possible flaw in this is that after being surrounded by enemy territor, the Senate might just surrender....however their hatred for you might be enough to prevent them from ever doing so, which would give you more than enough time to conquer to your heart's delight.

That's actually what I'm going to do if there's no way to edit the data files. It's just that, if that's the case, I need to adjust my Italian Peninsula campaign strategy accordingly -- i.e., bring troops up the eastern corridor above Capua, instead of through Latium around Rome.

Erm, I think there is an option you can check off on starting a game that requires you to take every province on the map to win. Total Conquest or some such.

Update to the latest patch version. The original version cut off the game when you met the victory conditions, but they added the "keep playing" option in one of the patches.

There's another victory message when you take every province on the map (which I've done), and then you can't play any more.

Okay; thank you.