How to play SPQR on Imperial Campaign

Well, sometime today after playing the Selucid Empire and struggling to fight off Egypt and the other two Factions up above. I asked myself, why cant the SPQR ever be played. So i did some digging and i came across something on another site. Something i never tried before.

Yes, im guessing everyone here may say it wont work, i too said the same. However, i was stunned to find out it worked. I was playing the Senate on Imperial Campain, im currently on year 256 i believe. Anyways, down below in the "" is exactly what i copy and paste from the other site. Oh and im playing the Rome Anthology, ive im not using an update, patch. I just reboot my whole computer and installed the game a few days ago. So i dont know if it will work with the other Rome games or if it needs patches and all. Still make sure you have two copies of the files down below in each Step. If it works for you, enjoy it :)

"It's a little modding tutorial for people who want to play with SPQR, Armenia, Scythia, Macedonia, etc.

1.STEP
Before starting I recommend to have a copy about the following files.

You have to find .../Rome - Total War (or your folder's name)/data/world/maps/campaign/imperial_campaign/descr_strat.txt and open it

Create the security copy of it.

Open the file. You see something 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
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace
slave
end

Now change it to this:

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

2.STEP

Now find and copy the .../Rome - Total War (or your installation directory)/data/text/campaign_descriptions.txt

Then open it, and copy this into there:

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_ROMANS_SENATE_TITLE}SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANUS
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_ROMANS_SENATE_DESCR}The Senate and People Of Rome

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_ARMENIA_TITLE}Armenians
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_ARMENIA_DESCR}Armenians

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_DACIA_TITLE}Dacians
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_DACIA_DESCR}Dacians

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_NUMIDIA_TITLE}Numidians
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_NUMIDIA_DESCR}Numidians

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_SCYTHIA_TITLE}Scythians
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_SCYTHIA_DESCR}Scythians

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_SPAIN_TITLE}Iberians
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_SPAIN_DESCR}Iberians

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_THRACE_TITLE}Thracians
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_THRACE_DESCR}Thracians

{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_SLAVE_TITLE}Rebels
{IMPERIAL_CAMPAIGN_SLAVE_DESCR}Rebels

And then start Rome Total War, then Single Player -> Imperial Campaign -> and select one of the unlocked factions."

At first i didnt think it would work, the last time i did it the old fashion way where you just copy paste the factions to playable, i didnt know about this bit for Step 2. As the game was loading just before you get on the map, i kept saying its going to crash, its going to crash....omg! it didnt crash!

WARNING
I do not know if this will work for everyone, its working for me, the only time it crashed is when i click on the Senate icon and the Senate Office Scroll where all family members from all roman factions are. It crashes each time. Also the guy didnt add the Rebels, im guessing it doesnt work, ive not tried it, but you can at your own risk. The game may crash now and again during normal game play, but ive not noticed it yet, apart from when i cheatted with add population and create every building on my 2nd game play today as the SPQR but didnt do it on my other 2 game plays after.

SPOILER

SPQR doesnt have any shrines, none at all. The game may get rather boring. Even if you cheat to the last city evolution, you cant get the Romans with the eagle, i dont even remember getting the other nice looking Roman units like Urban and Legion that are without it. Just the basic 2 units you get for both the Large Village and Minor City. I dont recall any of the Roman factions making war on any faction you attack, like Egypt, i dont think they make war unless they do it themseleves. You cant give out missions either, in case you thought you could. I honestly dont know if you can get the good units until later on in the game, might have to wait until the other Roman Factions reach the huge city stage or im just missing something which i hope i am.