Complete idiot seeking assistance on how to create my own faction.

[The Bloody Baro]

Okay I've gone far and wide to find help on how to create my own faction. The downloadable guides wouldn't work on my computer. So I've come to you guys. I need you to explain to me like you would a 2 year old on how to create my own faction.

Please note that I have no idea how to make a back up of a file so just tell me EXACTLY what to do.

[Mr. President]

You can take one of the existing faction files and edit the text and attributes to match that of the faction you want to create, then save it under a different name. I'd walk you through it, but I'm at school right now and I don't have the relevant information with me.

[The Bloody Baro]

Whenever I save it says " You don't have permission to open this file" So I can't do anything with it.

[Googlie]

Presumably you've tried fACedit, that comes with the game?

[The_Spartan]

Here is a 3rd party editor ive found it isnt as good as the one that comes with the game IMHO.

[gwillybj]

The Bloody Baro says:
Whenever I save it says " You don't have permission to open this file" So I can't do anything with it.

That looks like an administrative lockout in WinNT/2K/XP. You wouldn't happen to be running one of these OS's? If so, you need to get the SysAdmin to loosen your collar and lengthen your leash. If not, ahdunno.
I also recommend ACEdit, posted above by The_Spartan. It has its irritating moments, but I can correct its mistakes easily enough in Notepad. Now that I'm familiar with the format, though, I hardly ever use ACEdit - I just roll my own .