Questions about HQ, Upgrades and french army

[welk]

Please, I have some questions :

1/Does HQ of a country have any effect (rating, supply, etc) on units of allied countries ? Is this effect automatic or are they conditions to have this effect ? (parameters in editor, etc)

sub question :
a/ For allied major countries ? I ask by principe but I suppose that the anwser will be "no"

b/For allied minor countries ? I tried in editor and I have seen that it was possible to attach a minor allied unit to a HQ of his "parent". May I consider that in all cases, all effects of parent HQ (supply, rating, etc) will apply for the minor allied units that are attached ?
If yes, it's for me highly interessant because in these conditions, if I may give one minor allied to each side, I will be able to increase in large scale the types of units (28x2), using an additionnal unit sprites file


2/ Is there anything that is hardcoded (and not moddable or editable in editor) concerning French army (french army is weak in game and I am afraid to use it in my mods)

3/ In unit sprites file, there are 6 column by kind of unit
Each colums has to do with upgrades : ok
But what is the exact criterium that is used by the program to use 0,1,2,3,4 or 5° column of sprites ?
Each unit may have 3 "non automatic" upgrades : supposing a unit with level 1 for 1° upggrade, level 3 for 2° upgrade and level 4 for 3° upgrade : what sprite colum will be used by program in unit sprites file ?

[BillRunacre]

Please, I have some questions :

1/Does HQ of a country have any effect (rating, supply, etc) on units of allied countries ? Is this effect automatic or are they conditions to have this effect ? (parameters in editor, etc)

Yes, they will provide supply to land units (providing they have a cooperative setting) even if they don't command units.

They will not provide any benefits to air units belonging to other Majors.

sub question :
a/ For allied major countries ? I ask by principe but I suppose that the anwser will be "no"

What is the question?

b/For allied minor countries ? I tried in editor and I have seen that it was possible to attach a minor allied unit to a HQ of his "parent". May I consider that in all cases, all effects of parent HQ (supply, rating, etc) will apply for the minor allied units that are attached ?
If yes, it's for me highly interessant because in these conditions, if I may give one minor allied to each side, I will be able to increase in large scale the types of units (28x2), using an additionnal unit sprites file

Yes, except to air units, the benefits to cooperative Minors apply as if to the controlling Major.

2/ Is there anything that is hardcoded (and not moddable or editable in editor) concerning French army (french army is weak in game and I am afraid to use it in my mods)

No.

3/ In unit sprites file, there are 6 column by kind of unit
Each colums has to do with upgrades : ok
But what is the exact criterium that is used by the program to use 0,1,2,3,4 or 5° column of sprites ?
Each unit may have 3 "non automatic" upgrades : supposing a unit with level 1 for 1° upggrade, level 3 for 2° upgrade and level 4 for 3° upgrade : what sprite colum will be used by program in unit sprites file ?

The first Manual Upgrade in the official campaigns is the one that denotes the graphics.

[welk]

Ok, thanks

My 1 question was effectively not clear, I write it again here, a little bit modified


1°/ In case of attachement (if attachement is possible), does HQ of a country have any effect (rating, supply, etc) that does give benefice to units of allied countries ? Is this effect automatic or are they conditions to have this effect ? (parameters in editor, etc)

Please, give me a separate anwser for each subdivised case, it's important for what I want to do :

a/ Units of Allied major countries : does HQ of another allied major country give to them supply if they are attached to this HQ ? (if attachement is possible)

b/ Units of Allied major countries : does HQ of another allied major country to them "bonus command rating" if they are attached to this HQ ? (if attachement is possible)

c/ Units of Minor allied countries : does HQ of "allied parent" give to them supply if they are attached to this HQ ?

d/ Units of Minor allied countries : does HQ of "allied parent" give to them "bonus command rating" if they are attached to this HQ ?

2°/ And same question for a,b,c,d in case of "no attachement" to HQ

[BillRunacre]

Ok, thanks

My 1 question was effectively not clear, I write it again here, a little bit modified


1°/ In case of attachement (if attachement is possible), does HQ of a country have any effect (rating, supply, etc) that does give benefice to units of allied countries ? Is this effect automatic or are they conditions to have this effect ? (parameters in editor, etc)

Please, give me a separate anwser for each subdivised case, it's important for what I want to do :

a/ Units of Allied major countries : does HQ of another allied major country give to them supply if they are attached to this HQ ? (if attachement is possible)

b/ Units of Allied major countries : does HQ of another allied major country to them "bonus command rating" if they are attached to this HQ ? (if attachement is possible)

c/ Units of Minor allied countries : does HQ of "allied parent" give to them supply if they are attached to this HQ ?

d/ Units of Minor allied countries : does HQ of "allied parent" give to them "bonus command rating" if they are attached to this HQ ?

2°/ And same question for a,b,c,d in case of "no attachement" to HQ

Yes to all of the questions where the Major HQ is the one commanding those belonging to other countries, whether friendly Majors or Minors, unless they are set to not be cooperative countries, or they are an air unit.

If they are present but not attached, then they will provide supply but no command bonuses.

[welk]

Ok, thanks

But last problem : Units of major countries seems not attachable to HQ of allied major country

Example : I mobilized Sweden as allied of Red side (cooperative, etc)

But in game, impossible to attach sweden units to red side HQ
Have I missed something ?

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[BillRunacre]

Oh yes, apologies: a Major can only command units belonging to itself, and its Minors, so it cannot command units belonging to other Majors.

[welk]

Ok, thanks for info : too bad to not have this possibility.

But with a minor allied for each side, I have already 28 supplementary units slots and the upgrading of minors works fine. The editor is really a toolkit for creating your own PC wargame