Default Equipment.eqp Missing?

[Zovs]

I can't seem to find my default equipment file, could some one post a default one for me?

Thank you.

Don

[larryfulkerson]

Here you go. I found these in the TOAW IV main directory.

[Zovs]

Thanks Larry, I looked in the main directory and it somehow has gone missing. I am going to stick this in that place.

[76mm]

I think depending on what version you used to install, the eqp file is NOT installed as a separate, at least it was not anywhere on my computer. You can, however, generate it by hitting the F11 key, which saves it somewhere (no idea where).

[Zovs]

It's weird cause its not in the default directories...

...Wait just found it...

TOAWEquipment.eqp !

I was looking for Equipment.eqp

[cathar1244]

ORIGINAL: Zovs

It's weird cause its not in the default directories...

...Wait just found it...

TOAWEquipment.eqp !

I was looking for Equipment.eqp

Check its contents. Mine has empty entries, like:

<ITEM_8>
<NAME></NAME>
<COUNTRY></COUNTRY>
<EQUIP1>0</EQUIP1>
<EQUIP2>0</EQUIP2>
<AT>0</AT>
<AP>0</AP>
<AA>0</AA>
<DF>0</DF>
<ARTY_RNG>0</ARTY_RNG>
<EARLY_RNG>0</EARLY_RNG>
<SAM_RNG>0</SAM_RNG>
<NUKE>0</NUKE>
<VOL>0</VOL>
<WEIGHT>0</WEIGHT>
<SHELL_W>0</SHELL_W>
<ARMOR>0</ARMOR>
<DEFENDER>0</DEFENDER>
<FLAG0>0</FLAG0>
<FLAG1>0</FLAG1>
<FLAG2>0</FLAG2>
<FLAG3>0</FLAG3>
<FLAG4>0</FLAG4>
<FLAG5>0</FLAG5>
<FLAG6>0</FLAG6>
<FLAG7>0</FLAG7>
</ITEM_8>

Cheers

[cathar1244]

ORIGINAL: 76mm

I think depending on what version you used to install, the eqp file is NOT installed as a separate, at least it was not anywhere on my computer. You can, however, generate it by hitting the F11 key, which saves it somewhere (no idea where).

It is saved to the main user directory for TOAW IV.

Name is (scenario name).eqp, or if F11 is hit in the editor without a scenario name, the name is "new scenario.eqp". A .nqp file is also generated.

Cheers

[Zovs]

So what is strange is that the game ships with no eqp file in it's root directory, but upon install the program installs the 'TOAWEquipment.eqp' in your 'C:\Users\<YOUR-USER-NAME>\Documents\My Games\The Operational Art of War IV' folder. But this file has 'bad' data in it.

For example scatter through the original TOAW IV 'eqp' file is nonsense that does not display in the game correctly or just as jibberish:

<ITEM_1475>
<NAME>Mystère IV</NAME>
<COUNTRY>France - 1952</COUNTRY>

And of course:

<NAME>Sturmgeschütz III41</NAME>
<COUNTRY>Germany - 1941</COUNTRY>

What I wanted was to get rid of all that garbled text and have a fresh db for any scenario I created. But I also wanted a back up of the default database (which does not seem to really exist, but only in this new file) in case I muck it up.

My next test (and I sword I did this already) is to edit the default eqp file and remove all the annoying garbled text and stick it in my graphic overrides directory to see if it gets picked up by creating new scenarios, if that does not work then I'll stick it in the default installation folder.

[sPzAbt653]

Here is a corrected eqp file if you want it. What you name it and where you put it to get it to work is in your hands [:)]

EDIT: By 'corrected' I mean the special character errors have been changed to display standard letters.

EDIT-2: Corrected turned out to be not totally corrected. Don posts an even more corrected version lower down.

[larryfulkerson]

new version 5.2 of the TOAW IV Database
May I suggest using the new 5.2 version of the new TOAW IV Database? I've started to convert all my scenarios and mods with it. It's got a boatload of new equipment in it [ and some corrections to some existing items ].

New TOAW IV database:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4431184

[Zovs]

Thanks Steve and Larry.

I like the standard 'cleaned up one' in the sense that it gets rid of the offending characters. I do like the new 5.2 TOAW however it a lot of units that sometimes I don't need to use.

What would be nice is to have a WW2 only type of database, but there are some out there but not organized as I would like to see it. For example the WW2 one that I got from Steve, is a redo of the entire thing, so that makes it unusable for default scenarios. Like wise I love the FITE2 eqp file, but its limited to only the Russians and Germans and like the WW2 one its a redo and gets rid of a lot of the default values.

This is all fine and good for one off scenarios or to use one of the vastly modified eqp files for new scenarios. But what I was hoping to find, create or work on/or work with is for an example the default database standard as Steve has created with the added in New WW2 type of units. What I am finding is I tend to blow up the eqp file by trying to make a section for the Germans, the Russians, the US and the CW for example, but then I tried to mimic the default eqp file (Infantry, MG, Mortars, AA, SP, Tanks and Air, etc) but with new types for each nationality for WW2.

It's still hard to search though, but at least all the infantry for example displays the flag for the nation as you scroll through it, so at least visually you can discern which nation your on (Bulgaria, Czech, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italian, Japanese, Netherlands, Poland, Soviet Union, US, and UK) and for each weapon category.

But its a huge and frustrating project.

PS. Steve you missed some:

<ITEM_1116>
<NAME>40M Turán I</NAME>

<ITEM_1118>
<NAME>40M Turán II</NAME>

<ITEM_1119>
<NAME>40M Nimród</NAME>

<ITEM_865>
<NAME>Tracteur Blindé 37L</NAME>

<ITEM_1025>
<NAME>SK 105 Kürassier</NAME>

<ITEM_1026>
<NAME>SK 105A2 Kürassier</NAME>

Attached is my version or corrected version of the standard or default eqp file.