Editing 'at start' minefields

[Local Yokel]

I'm trying to set up a testbed variant of Treespider's mod with no hostilities, and would like Hong Kong to remain in British hands whilst not interdicting movements of Japanese shipping in and out of Canton. To do this I think I will need to leave an LCU at Hong Kong to inhibit automatic change of base ownership and remove/stand down the coastal artillery.

That seems straightforward enough, but I'm damned if I can see any field in Hong Kong's Location record that contains the 'at start' minefield data. Can anyone please tell me how/where one gets rid of this minefield? Is it embedded in the hex data rather than the Location record?

Not a big problem since I could always sweep the mines once the test game is under way, and in any case Canton doesn't seem likely to play a big part in the test. Alternatively I could assign HK to Japanese ownership from the outset, but would prefer not to do so if it can be avoided.

On further thoughts I may have no alternative but to put HK under Japanese control, as I fear Canton-bound cargo TF's may not pass through its 'enemy controlled' hex. Is that correct?

[JWE]

They are hard coded and auto populated at initial game start, Mr Palmer. No matter who owns the base. A couple are called out by name, others are set by port size - biggish ports get defensive minefields. Bigger the port, more the mines.

[ed] best to make HK Japanese at the outset.

[Local Yokel]

Thank you, John.

Feared this might be the case. OK, GB cedes HK to JP. I'll also edit out its facilities so as to neutralise the effect of its addition to the Empire.

[Bliztk]

You could edit the port to 1(8), so no mines and then have a Japanese 350 engineer unit at HK that withdraws in 20 days (after running the test that the 350 eng points are enough to get the port from 1 to 8)

[Local Yokel]

No need, Blitz - this is just a testbed for the effect of Treespider's changes on the Japanese economy. All I needed to do was change HK's ownership, remove its industry etc, and switch the garrisons. That way I can get in and out of Canton as required.


However, setting up the test has raised a new conundrum, which I'll post in Treespider's thread on the mod itself.