Downloads: USA Unlocked in 1700: A Lite Mod

Credit
This mod, and all credit for it, belongs to Scourge012.

What this mod does
This mod unlocks the United States for play at the start of the Grand Campaign. It provides the US with two regions (New York and New England), a school, a trading port and a shipyard. The US does not have any starting armies or navies, but you start with enough money to recruit them.

Known issues
If you fortify Boston, the game will crash.

For more known issues, see the OP of the mod thread.

How to install
1. Download the file using the link below.

2. On a Windows PC, open your C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/empire total war/data/campaigns/main folder. Rename startpos.esf to something like vanilla startpos.esf. When you start the Grand Campaign, the game uses the startpos.esf file in this folder to define the starting position. Keep a backup copy of the vanilla startpos file somewhere else (for example in a sub-folder called Vanilla files)

3. If you don't have 7zip, download 7zip and install it. Right-click on the zipped file and select Zip, then 'Extract to startpos'.

4. Open the folder, copy and paste the startpos.esf to C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/empire total war/data/campaigns/main folder.

5. Check your installation. Is the modded startpos.esf in the correct folder? Is it called startpos.esf (if you renamed it, for example to modded_startpos.esf, the game won't use it)?

Download link

Click on the '+Download' button to download the mod.