Thanks for all the replies, guys, that was really useful. Appreciated.

<t> What's the most effective aircraft to embark on an escort carrier to combat enemy subs? What weapon type? Does the game engine assume the targets are submerged, on the surface or at persiscope depth? Are any effective? Or should we stick to ASW escorts like the Kaibokan ships and forget escort ...

It's the 'and back' part of that sentence I'm interested in. It's witploadae not witpaeload apparently :/ Explains why I couldn't find it! Thanks.

<t> Hi, as the AE Editor seems to be the only tool to change the DAT files for a scenario, has anyone saved a set of empty DAT files from which to populate and build a new mod? Or is a manual 'cut' of each line in the editor the only way to obtain a clean set of DATs on which to build? I'm sure ...

<t> Thanks for the reply, Alfred. To be clear, I'm not trying to break the limits, just understand what they are. It's pretty evident how to save a handful of the engine slots to allow for some of the previously experimental prototypes later in the game timeline. As for the 'radical' efforts you ...

<t> Hi.<br/>
The editor manual says there's a device limit of 999 devices, despite there being 1999 fields. Is that correct or a typo? Also, after digging around on these forums I've found an old thread that says there's a hard-coded limit on Jap a/c engines of 20. Are there any other undocumented ...

Controlling complexity is the essence of programming, as Kernighan would say. Sounds like it could have done with more design to achieve simplicity. C++ presumably? Not my fave.

Thanks, Alfred, understood. Wish I could get my hands on the source code and really 'mod' the game! Perhaps someday we'll get a more advanced codebase that's suitable for modding. Amazing how much has been accomplished regardless.

<t> Quick question for the more seasoned modders here, what is the earliest possible campaign start date and for that matter latest end date that a scenario can have? And indeed the maximum turns (days?) as a result. I ask because I was under the impression that 7 dec 1941 was hardcoded in as was ...

Thank you JuanG, thanks Chemkid, the mirrored files work perfectly for me! Very helpful. Cheers.

One at a time, as suggested. Download still hangs at 77MB then cuts out. Is there a filesize or time limitation on downloads also?

<t> Repeatedly tried to download the maps using the links on the first post of this thread. Both Sunny & Cloudy extended verions. Archive size seemed to say 177MB for both yet stopped after 77.7MB downloaded with an 'archive' error when trying to unpack. Is that an error in download or packing ...

Thanks for the reply, Dili, learning a lot here
So I take it from that reply, that I can also define it as a vehicle device in the editor and it will still count towards the unit's air defence value?

<t> Hi, just trying to mod an historical AA gun carrier used by the IJA, for use with a motorised battalion. Basically it's just a Type 94 6 wheel truck with flat bed and a Type 98 20mm AA cannon loaded on the back, which could also be offloaded and fired from the ground. My question however is how ...

Hi GP, was looking at RA 7.2, just downloaded 7.3 (hard to keep up!) Scen 50, and the issue is still there. So presumably BTS too?

Location ID 2335 as well. Looks like two 'JNAF Air Fleet' entries, one with AA Guns, one without. Maybe this just needs a cleanup?

It seems the missing device is the big 88mm T99 AA Guns. Older versions of RA updated to device 1486 8.8cm/45 T99 AA so assuming this was the intended item will use this ID instead.

<t> Japanese TOE for Location ID's 2331-3 (JNAF Air Fleet, IJA AA Rgt & IJN AA Bn) show device ID 1918 which is blank - presumably a change was made and wasn't updated here. There may be other units I haven't found as yet. Have similarly updated some blank Indian units which I presume you've already ...

I'm intrigued - what's the 'mySmoothGUI' mod listed in chemkid's mod installer? I've not seen it on here. Anyone know?

<r> Thank you for all your work, Chemkid, much appreciated! Trying out all the map versions and so far am liking swapping between hex and hexless versions, more than the ocean dots - the dots seem too 'fat' /obtrusive compared to the hatched hexes, suprisingly. Certainly compared to the older dot ...