Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

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Shazam1
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Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

Post by Shazam1 »

Basically, as the title says.

Is it possible to change the maximum possible displacement of the different ship types? And if so, how would I go about it? I haven't been able to find the relevant details in the save file.

By max displacement I mean the hard cap of 3800t for Destroyers and 69000t for Carriers etc.

Thanks!
WLRoo
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Re: Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

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Carriers, AFAIK, are date-limited on displacement, and should unlock at 100,000t displacement.

Not sure on the DD front, but out of interest have you tried creating/modifying a tech?

The 100,000t displacement - however - is in place due to engine limitations.
asdfzxc920
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Re: Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

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All the ship classification rules are hardcoded, so the only way to change them is by hex-editing RTW3.exe.
Shazam1
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Re: Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

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WLRoo wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:24 am Carriers, AFAIK, are date-limited on displacement, and should unlock at 100,000t displacement.
Ah, I see. Do you know when they unlock? I've gotten to around 1970ish and am still stuck with the 69000t limit.
Shazam1
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Re: Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

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asdfzxc920 wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:55 am All the ship classification rules are hardcoded, so the only way to change them is by hex-editing RTW3.exe.
I had a feeling this was the case. Thank you.
WLRoo
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Re: Increasing the maximum possible displacement of ship types

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Shazam1 wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:17 pm
WLRoo wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:24 am Carriers, AFAIK, are date-limited on displacement, and should unlock at 100,000t displacement.
Ah, I see. Do you know when they unlock? I've gotten to around 1970ish and am still stuck with the 69000t limit.
Not off-hand, I tend to stop about 1950s.
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