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Where do I get the most up to date ship and a/c art. I'm running the 7.698 scenarios but some of the art doesn't match up. I think I need an art update but can't seem to find it. Or has the art not been completely updated yet? Except for that I'm really enjoying it so far.

First of all, and this should be described in the RHS Manual, you need to know there are two DIFFERENT art packs for RHS.

The five "strictly historical" scenarios share a common set of plane art. But RHSEOS has a different, unique set of plane art. RHSEOS also has ships not present in other scenarios - but those ships are defined in the database and can be present in the ship art. For safety they should be - in case you activate one with an editor - it won't crash the program.

There are also three DIFFERENT sets of map art - one for each Level (5, 6 and 7) - and you can tell the one you need by the scenario number first digit. Each map art set has a corresponding phwex file.

All of this - in semi out of date form - should be on the RHS site. It gets updated from time to time. For the most current stuff see Cobra's download thread. He posts all changes and they are at Sendspace - a download site for massive work that can be free or paid - your choice.

Then you can be put on the primary distribution list - if you send me your email address you get every update BEFORE it is posted anywhere.


[While I never served on a battleship, I was assigned to protect USS New Jersey in 1968. Protect her from guided missile attack. I was present for her first practice firing after activation - at San Clemente Island - and for her first shots in anger - off the DMZ of Viet Nam - and many times after that. The potential for attack was perhaps demonstrated a matter of days before she arrived when two Mi-6 - the largest helos in the world - attacked USS Boston, HMAS Hobart and two other DD - off the DMZ - although most of the damage was inflicted by USAF in its reaction. AFTER the F-4s left the scene - putting two Sparrows into Hobart - the Mi-6's engaged with cannon - and successfully left the area as far as we know. It was not until 1972 the final layer of our new defenses were tested, on the occasion USS Sterette simultaneously engaged two MiGs and one SS-N-2 Styx - gaining the first known missile kill in combat in history. Before that we always stopped the missiles with electronic countermeasures. It was not until 1973 that my theory guns would also work was confirmed - by Israel.]

CVO, RAO and EOS uploaded

more to follow in 4 hours

this includes a lot of Level 7 only eratta - but there is a bit more to go

otherwise it is like 5 and 6 .699

adding many US LSTs

reworking US Army forces

reworking Japanese aircraft

The rest of the scenarios are uploading now and should post in due course. One incomplete set was retransmitted.

This is a collection of minor eratta and minor enhancements done together. This is not a planned change of the file system, but rather the result of lessons learned in the last set of deliberate changes or in testing. The changes are spread across the map from North America to Australia to the USSR and Japan - and are of all sorts - changing hex sides - communications codes - hex types - name it. None are particularly important - except perhaps the extension of the New Guinea trail system all the way to Hollandia. It is recommended that this update be implemented, and it is safe to upgrade from 7.84 - there being only one possible hex a TF might be trapped in (near the Central Pacific Entry Point).

I will release the new PWHEX some time tomorrow to give me ome time to match the changes in art some of which has already been released

can't have one with out the other

Cobra Aus

El Cid Again,

Issues with RHSCVO 7.669 => units not assigned to their historical HQ’s (at least the most relevant):

Correct HQ should be:

USN 116 Base Force => South Pacific (like in CHS?)
USN 117 Base Force => South Pacific (like in CHS?)
USAAF 51 Aviation Rgt => Southwest Pacific
USAAF 71 Aviation Rgt => Central Pacific
US Army 51 Base Force => Southwest Pacific
US Army 71 Base Force => Central Pacific
7th Australian Division => Southwest Pacific

There are many other units incorrectly assigned, but the ones above are possibly more important, since the player needs a lot of Political Points.

As for the squadrons, if you want I may post what should be their correct HQ’s (I have been using Kereguelen’s PDF). Not all of them –that would be a pain in the ar**and I don’t have time- but at least the air units present in december 1941, january and february 1942.

I can see that the Japanese have the “Amphibious” HQ’s again. But where are the AGC’s (or AGP’s, I can’t remember now)?

The priority is for early units: later the war (in a game) may take very ahistoric turns and tieing units to a historical theater is probably not a good idea in the first place. And the way to get fast response to a unit is to give its slot number. There are literally four figures of slots - and which one is the one to look at is not something I have memorized.

There are very few Japanese amphibious command ships - the Japanese military system was complex and fragile (very like the modern Chinese one) - with only a few specialist units - so that when these are lost major downside effects obtain - but until they are lost there is a limited capability. It is actually pretty fair modeling.

It appears that the classes are Shinshu Maru and Akitsu Maru. However, they do not seem to be so defined in CVO.
Further it appears only some of the "Amphib HQ" are defined as such - some of them are regular. I must figure this out and fold it in to the update.

OK - Here is the theory: CVO and RAO are supposed to be different. The amphib army names are chrome. The AGCs are not present as such - they are present in LSD form. All other scenarios have them as AGCs and the command names are supposed to be real. In some cases in CVO and RAO the HQ type was not right - and it will be in x.70. But the ships were always right.

Because the Trans Australian RR was "broken" at one point - and because that might be significant in an economic
oriented mod - a microupdate to Level 7 pwhex files is uploading. There are no other changes. There is no danger in updating to this level in the middle of a game.

This because some people do not like Amphib HQ - and CVO is supposed to be CHS / stock like - and RAO is just the Russian active clone of it. So you can have this or not - in theory. I will make it so.

I take it that you want the early units then?

Early units which should be assigned to South Pacific:
-Fighters: 6, 44, 67, 70
-Level Bombers: 23, 26, 31, 42, 70, 72, 75, 98, 394, 431

Early units which should be assigned to Southwest Pacific:
-Fighters: 7, 8, 9, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 80
-Level Bombers: 2, 8, 13, 33, 71, 89, 90, 91, 403, 405, 408

Early units which should be assigned to Southeast Asia:
-Fighters: 25, 26
-Level Bombers: 22, 436

Early units which should be assigned to ROC Command (a.k.a. China):
-Fighters: 16
-Level Bombers: 11

The source I have used is “Kereguelen’s PFD” => Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, edited by Maurer Maurer (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969)

This can be folded into x.71 level - but is too late for x.70 - already in packaging/upload processes.

Having found a problem with Korean RR, I reviewed the Korean and China coasts - and revised Level 7 PWHEX
accordingly. Again - this is intended to be frozen and final - but will be updated if a significant problem is revealed or reported. This is already uploaded.

7.40 data files are in conversion/packaging for upload at this time. Upload shortly.

This edition is far cleaner than I expected re naval eratta - dropping from 40 pages to less than 1 page -
and that all minor. 7.71 will be clean. I also have worked in all the Bangor/Bathurst type MSW in all scenarios.
Only some MSW trawlers (Isles class) remain.

A more serious issue is that a utility alleges that a number of locations with air units are not land or coast hexes. Investigating.

There is one bad location. There are however a number of units assigned to Level 6/5 locations - and which need to be updated to the new location of Panama or Aden. These will be fixed by pwhex 788 and file set 7.71

PWhex set 7.88 is uploaded. This fixes a technical problem at Aden and some hexsides near Kendari. It is not expected we will need to update this again.

RHS Level 7.71 data files will upload when the work is done. ETA 1-2 days.

I am having a problem with the map. I have downloaded all the last map panels and PWHEX file. But now the "channel" at the bottom of the map (the one with Durban and Cape Town bases) has almost "disappeared". You can only see the 50% of it. And of course when you try to click on the bases of this channel (or TF's for that matter), nothing happens.

With previous map panels and/or PWHEX files everything was ok (that channel was 100% visible). What happened? PWHEX problem (because apparently the map panels seem ok)? Am I the only one who is having this problem?

This is the cam file - somehow you have mixed cam files for different levels

IF run Level 7 with Level 5 cam file (for example) you will get the effect you describe.

The cam files should be right for any given set. That is, I always put a cam file in for each scenario - it is unique to both scenario and level - there being 18 scenarios (6 per level times 3 levels = 18 cam files)

Sorry, but I don't think so. The cam file is cam070.dat. Before the last 4 or 5 downloads (map panels, scenarios, pwhex file) I had no problems at all [&:]

PWhex issue ver 7.88
There is no road link between Mackay and Charters Towers / Townsville.  
The Road (communication) llink between Charters Towers (hex 47 102), Townsville (48, 102) and 47 103 are not connected.  
thanks

OK - I see it - modifying and uploading 7.89 pwhex now. The rail (secondary) line connects to Townsville - not to Charter Towers.