Editor Questions

[Erik2]

RuleVar 326) Naval movement can get ambushed.

This appears to only work with submarines, any way of allowing ambush by naval surface vessels and (coastal) artillery?

[Erik2]

TopAirStack.

This is a way to set the maximum/optimal number of aircraft on an airbase.
I cannot see that exceeding the set number have any consequences.
In my tests I have had 60% overstacked airfields and there are no penalties (that I can see anyway).
I think the readiness should suffer and maybe a few planes get damaged/lost due to collisions on a very crowded field.

[Erik2]

It appears that land units need a minimum of 25 APs to be able to attack. Naval units can attack as long as thay have about 5-6 APs.
Any way to lower the treshold for land units? I would like to set it to 15-20 APs.

[Erik2]

I would like to set up an event that brings unit#2 on map as reinforcement if unit#1 is destroyed.
Is this possible, and if yes, how? I have not found any suitable ExecType events.

[Erik2]

Replacements.
You need to set a People value in the ExecGiveReinforcement event.
Can you set the people value to -1 if you would like the replacement SFT to be alloted any unit?

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

RuleVar 326) Naval movement can get ambushed.

This appears to only work with submarines, any way of allowing ambush by naval surface vessels and (coastal) artillery?

No land units can be involved in this rule. Ambush happens when a naval unit moves into a hex where there are ships that it did not see. By giving more hide points to surface vessels you can create the same effect as for submarines.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

TopAirStack.

This is a way to set the maximum/optimal number of aircraft on an airbase.
I cannot see that exceeding the set number have any consequences.
In my tests I have had 60% overstacked airfields and there are no penalties (that I can see anyway).
I think the readiness should suffer and maybe a few planes get damaged/lost due to collisions on a very crowded field.

The penalties occur when the overstacked unit is involved in combat. See combat details to check out there exact effect.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

It appears that land units need a minimum of 25 APs to be able to attack. Naval units can attack as long as thay have about 5-6 APs.
Any way to lower the treshold for land units? I would like to set it to 15-20 APs.

The minimum AP needed to do a land or sea attack is the AP required to move into the hex.

The minimum AP for a land or sea artillery attack is the AP required for 1 combat round: 10AP.

This is hardcoded and not changeable.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

I would like to set up an event that brings unit#2 on map as reinforcement if unit#1 is destroyed.
Is this possible, and if yes, how? I have not found any suitable ExecType events.

You'll need to use a CHECK CheckFirstUnitWithHistoricalNr to see if a specific historical unit ID is still on the map and if not then use an EXEC ExecAddHistoricalUnit to place the unit you want.

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

Replacements.
You need to set a People value in the ExecGiveReinforcement event.
Can you set the people value to -1 if you would like the replacement SFT to be alloted any unit?

No new troops always need a people.

Good luck!

best,
Vic

[Erik2]

ORIGINAL: Vic

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

RuleVar 326) Naval movement can get ambushed.

This appears to only work with submarines, any way of allowing ambush by naval surface vessels and (coastal) artillery?

No land units can be involved in this rule. Ambush happens when a naval unit moves into a hex where there are ships that it did not see. By giving more hide points to surface vessels you can create the same effect as for submarines.

I see, makes sense that moving into the sub hex will trigger combat. I thought it also would trigger if the surface ships moved next to the sub.

[Erik2]

ORIGINAL: Vic

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

It appears that land units need a minimum of 25 APs to be able to attack. Naval units can attack as long as thay have about 5-6 APs.
Any way to lower the treshold for land units? I would like to set it to 15-20 APs.

The minimum AP needed to do a land or sea attack is the AP required to move into the hex.

The minimum AP for a land or sea artillery attack is the AP required for 1 combat round: 10AP.

This is hardcoded and not changeable.

Ok, I'd rather not mess with the movement costs. So the naval units can fight more rounds because the movement cost at sea is much lower than on land.

[Erik2]

ORIGINAL: Vic

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

I would like to set up an event that brings unit#2 on map as reinforcement if unit#1 is destroyed.
Is this possible, and if yes, how? I have not found any suitable ExecType events.

You'll need to use a CHECK CheckFirstUnitWithHistoricalNr to see if a specific historical unit ID is still on the map and if not then use an EXEC ExecAddHistoricalUnit to place the unit you want.

Thanks , will try this. I am trying to emulate the German use of sailors as infantry after the sinking of the German destroyers at Narvik.

[Erik2]

ORIGINAL: Vic

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

Replacements.
You need to set a People value in the ExecGiveReinforcement event.
Can you set the people value to -1 if you would like the replacement SFT to be alloted any unit?

No new troops always need a people.

Good luck!

best,
Vic

Thank you.

[Erik2]

You can add an event pic to a message, but the program asks for an Event Pic nr.
The pictures under graphics/axis general/marcevents (Blitzkrieg game) only have names, not numbers.
Do you enter the picture name in Real String?

Edit: I found some message events with numbers like 9 and 10 for pics. Does this mean that the program assigns numbers to pictures according to their alphabetical order?

Also, which folder must the pics reside in?

Edit2: I think I found it. You create a list in the EventPics and use this number in the event.

[Erik2]

One of the options is called 'Dispersion in hex' with a default 0 entered.
What does this mean and what values are available?

[Vic]

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

One of the options is called 'Dispersion in hex' with a default 0 entered.
What does this mean and what values are available?

0 means no dispersion.
>0 means the unit could appear in a neighbouring hex.

Best,
Vic

[Erik2]

ORIGINAL: Vic

ORIGINAL: Erik Nygaard

One of the options is called 'Dispersion in hex' with a default 0 entered.
What does this mean and what values are available?

0 means no dispersion.
>0 means the unit could appear in a neighbouring hex.

Best,
Vic

Nice, does the number indicate the maximum number of hexes away from the default?

Edit: Also, if the event checks the hex owner for the default hex, does it check for neighbouring hexes as well if dispersion is on?

[Vic]

The possible dispersion hexes are only ones with the same owner as the hex specified.

There is no limit to the dispersion distance.

best,
Vic

[navwarcol]

Just want to say I am learning a lot from following this thread... keep going lol [:)]