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Since originally playing "Second Front"(Amiga) and the successor "War in Russia" (PC, DOS) I was always wondering about some strange factory placements. These errors in the database were obviously taken over to WitE.

This mod is an attempt to fix this, it's based on the standard 1941 campaign, using unmodified generic data. The only changes were made to scenario data. A future version will use locked generic data for some further in-depth changes.

I do not consider this a final version as some errors may have crept in. So if you find a problem please report it.

Installation: Download the file (attachment at the bottom), unpack the files into the WitE \dat\scen subfolder (it won't overwrite existing files from WitE) and load scenario in WitE.

Changelog:

Tanks/AFV
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King Tiger fac moved from Leipzig to Kassel
StuH42 fac moved from Braunschweig to W.Berlin (Alkett)
Flammpanzer III fac moved from Braunschweig to Kassel (MIAG-built chassis but assembly in Kassel)
StuG IV fac moved from Kassel to Magdeburg (Krupp-Gruson)
Nashorn fac moved from Berlin to Teplitz (Deutsche Eisenwerke)
Hummel fac moved from Berlin to Essen (Deutsche Eisenwerke, Duisburg not available)
Brummbar fac moved from Magdeburg to Essen (Deutsche Eisenwerke, Duisburg not available)
StuG IIIb facs moved from Kassel/Frankfurt to N.-/W.-Berlin (Alkett)
Panzer II Lynx fac moved from Berlin to Nuernberg (MAN)
Panzer II F fac moved from Berlin to Breslau (FAMO, should be Warsaw but not german area)
Panzer IV F facs changed to 2x Magedeburg (Krupp-Gruson) and Vienna (Nibelungenwerke)
Jagdpanzer IV fac moved from Magdeburg to Vienna, changed to size-0 Jpz IV/70
Jagdpanzer IV/70 fac in Chemnitz changed to Jagdpanzer IV (Vomag)
Marder II (132) moved from Leipzig to Berlin
Marder II (131) moved from Berlin to Breslau (FAMO, should be Warsaw but not german area)
Mobelwagen fac moved from Magdeburg to Teplitz (should be BBM in Prague though)
Wirbelwind moved from Goerlitz to Sagan (Ostbau)
Panzer III J L/42 in Kassel changed to L/60 (Henschel + Wegmann)
Panzer III J L/42 added in Nuernberg (MAN)
Panzer III J L/60 in Frankfurt moved to Hannover and changed to L/42 (MNH + MIAG)
Panther D facs changed to Hannover (MNH) Nuernberg (MAN) and Berlin (Daimler-Benz) (-1)
Panther A fac moved to Berlin (size 1, damage 50), Panther A fac created in Nuernberg (size 1, damage 50)
->despite multiple bombings both MAN and DB produced more Panther than MINH

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T-60 fac moved from Stalingrad(?) to Kirov
KV-1 fac in Chelyabinsk set to size 1 and 25 damage - no real KV production there until facs evacuated from Leningrad
T-34: Kharkow -5, Gorky -5, Stalingrad +10, Size-1 fac with 50 damage added in Nizhny Tagil
T-34 m42: Chelyabinsk fac deleted - just 5k produced when they diverted KV production to T-34 for about 1.5 years

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Armored cars
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222: fac in Cologne killed, other two increased to 2
231: fac changed to Elbing/Leipzig with 2 (Elbing) and 1 (Leipzig), others removed
233: moved to Leipzig
234/1: additional fac in Leipzig
234/2: moved to Leipzig

Aircraft
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Bf 110 E-2 factory moved from Kassel to Halle (no perfect match for Gotha but closer than Kassel)
Do 335 factory in Muenchen added
Me 262 factory in Muenchen reduced to 10
Me 262 factory added to Ulm, size 0 to prevent early rising
Do 217E factory moved from Hannover to Muenchen
Ar 234 factory moved from Chemnitz to Brandenburg
He 162 factory added in Vienna, size 0 to prevent early rising
Ju 52 factory moved from Berlin to Dessau
Bf 109 G-6/R2 fac moved from Leipzig to Vienna
He 111 fac in Rostock reduced to 30
Ju 88A fac moved from Brandenburg (Arado) to Halle (Siebel)
Ju 88A fac moved from Rostock to Magdeburg (JFM)
Ju 88A fac moved from north Berlin to Berlin (Henschel)
Ju 88 C-6 fac moved from Leipzig to Magdeburg
Ju 188F fac added in Magdeburg, sized 0
Fw 190F fac in Kassel changed to Fw 190A (Fieseler)
Fw 190F fac moved from Magdeburg to Rostock (Arado)
Fw 190 F-8 fac added in Wismar, sized 0
Fw 190G fac in Magdeburg changed to Fw 190A
Fw 190G fac in Kottbus changed to Fw 190A
Fw 190G fac added in Marienburg
Fw 190A fac moved from Danzig to Marienburg
Fw 190A fac in Bremen removed (a/c assembly moved to eastern germany)
Hs 129 fac moved from Kassel to Berlin (Henschel)
Ju 87G fac moved from Wuppertal to Bremen (Weserflug)
Ju 87D fac moved from Wuppetal to Berlin (Weserflug Tempelhof)
Ju 87 D-5 fac added in N.Berlin (Weserflug Tempelhof, location borderline between Berlin and N.Berlin hex so chose the other one)

Me 210 Ca-1 fac moved from Gyor to Budapest

IAR39 fac moved from Bucharest to Brasov (IAR)
IAR80A fac moved from Bucharest to Brasov (IAR)

G.50bis fac moved from Taranto to Turin
MC.200 fac moved from Florence to Milano (two facs in Milano area, Macchi and Breda)

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LaGG-3 fac in Saratov moved to Dzerzhinsk (e) - was only produced in and around Gorky + Taganrog
La-5 fac moved from Semenov to Gorky - was only produced in and around Gorky as successor to the LaGG-3
La-5FN fac moved from Semenov to Gorky - was only produced in and around Gorky as successor to the La-5F
Pe-3 - one fac in Moscow deleted, remaining fac set to size 6 (~360 Pe-3/Pe-3bis produced)
Pe-2R - Moscow factory deleted
Pe-2 - one fac moved to W.Moscow (Moscow-Fili), set to size 30. Irkutsk fac moved to Kazan, set zo size 1 and damage 25
Yak-7A fac moved from Moscow to N.Moscow (Tushino, n/w of Moscow)
Il-10 - Moscow fac moved to Kuybyshev, other kept in Voronezh
Tu-2 fac in Omsk changed to size 0
Tu-2S fac (size-0) added in W.Moscow (fac #23 in Moscow-Fili)
Il-4 fac from Moscow moved to W.Moscow
Yak-3 fac in Saratov removed - enough production capacity with three facs through Yak-1 upgrade
Yak-6 fac in Shumerlya moved to N.Moscow and set to size 0 (minor producer), majority produced in fac 47 (Leningrad/Chkalov)

U-2:
Kazan factories set to size 1 and damage 50 - no production there until Leningrad facs relocated
Shumerlya facs moved eastward to Kanash (best match for non-available Kozlovka) and set to size0 with damage 50 (production start 1942)
-> just ~1400 produced there so U2-VS fac deleted
Cheboksari facs moved back to Leningrad where they belong to, U-2VS fac increased to 10
Moscow fac deleted - only pre-war

--> This results in less than ~12800 wartime produced U-2 but not all were used for offensive ops like in WitE

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Cities
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Leipzig: 1000 suplies added
Breslau: 2000 suplies added
Nuernberg: 1000 suplies added
Muenchen: 1000 suplies added
Magdeburg: 1000 suplies added
Brasov: 1000 suplies added
Elbing: 2000 suplies added
Marienburg: 2000 suplies added
Dessau: 1000 suplies added
Halle: 1000 suplies added
Stalingrad: 3000 suplies added
Dzerzhinsk: 1000 suplies added

-> to overcome production issues by lack of supply on the initial turn

Reserved post for future version 2

Plan: Use locked generic data for some in-depth changes to upgrade paths, dates, build limits and to split Ju 88A from Ju 188E and He 111H from He 177 production. Another goal will be to reduce factories ending without upgrade so it will see Panzer III -> Panther or LaGG-3 -> La-5 upgrades.


Preview changelog of version 2 - work is still in progress and several changes may happen.

Updated August 19

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Tanks/AFV
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Pz 35(t): upgrade to Pz 38(t)E
Pz Ib: upgrade to IIf
Panzer IIf: extend to 1/43 to prevent early scrapping
Panzer IIIe: upgrades to IIIj-L/42
Panzer IIIg: upgrades to IIIj-L/42
Panzer IIIh: upgrades to IIIj-L/60
Panzer IIIj-L/42: build limit down to 8 (3 facs)
Panzer IIIj-L/60: remove upgrade, extend one month to 7/42
Panzer IIIm: upgrade to Panther D
Pz IVc/IVe: upgrade to Pz IVf
Pz IVf: build limit/fac upped to 8, just Krupp-Grusonwerk left in Magdeburg
Pz IVf2: ends 7/42, build limit to 6, add size-0 facs in Vienna (Nibelungenwerk) and Plauen (VOMAG)
Pz IVg L/43: starts 8/42 (Ausf. G was not immediately uparmored), build limit to 7
Pz IVg L/48: starts 1/43, build limit to 12, expansion up to 2, add size-0 fac in Vienna (Nibelungenwerk increasing production)
Pz IVh: build limit down to 13
Pz IVj: add size-0 fac in Vienna (Nibelungenwerk, in realworld the only producer left), build limit down to 8
Jagdpanzer IV: move fac from Chemnitz to Plauen (VOMAG)
Panther D: facs removed, build limit up to 8 (3 facs), reliability down to 45 (many problems solved in production)
Panther A: expansion down to 1, reliability down to 35, build limit down to 10
Panther G: expansion to 1
Jagdpanther: Hannover factory to size 0, Branschweig to 3
Hetzer: renamed Jagdpanzer 38(t)
Wirbelwind: extended to 9/45
Grille H: extended to 6/43, build limit/fac down to 6
Grille M: available 10/43, extend to 9/44, build limit down to 4
Tiger I: start 8/42 and ends 9/45 now, upgrades to Tiger II in 7/44, build limit up to 11, fac changed to zero (slow production ramp-up)
Tiger II: starts 7/44 now, build limit up to 10
Wespe: expansion to 1
StuG IIIb: build limit down to 5 (overproduction),end date extended to 1/43 (no change to upgrade)
Stug IIIf: starts 4/42, upgrades to new StuG III F/8 in 6/42, front armor reduced to 50 (not uparmored yet), build limit down to 8
StuG III F/8: created to fit between F and G, same as F but longer gun + add-on armor, build limit 9
StuG IIIg (and foreign variants): remove Bow MG (not there), upgrades to 1944 version in 1/44, build limit -1 to 16
-> front armor up to 82 (same superstructure as StuH 42 and StuG IV)
StuG III G 1944: new version, starts 1/44, coax MG added, build limit 19, front armor up to 82
StuG III G(F): add DT AAMG after removal of wrong bow MG
StuH 42: delay to 3/43 (mass production start), extend to 9/45, build limit/expansion to 10/1, factory to size-0
StuG IV: front armor down to 82
Brummbar - replace ahistorical/wrong name with Sturmpanzer IV
Jagdpanzer IV/70/V): build limit down to 19 (two facs)
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T-28 32: upgrade to T-34 41
T-34 1942: expansion rate up to 2
T-34/85: expansion rate up to 2
T-35: upgrade to KV-1 41
T-38: upgrade to T-40
T-40: extend to 1/42 (does not change the upgrade in 10/41)
T-60: upgrades to T-70 in 7/42, ends 1/43 now, build limit and expansion up to 48 and 5
T-70: facs deleted, start 7/42 and ends 1/44 now, build limit down to 35
KV-1 41: Leningrad facs split in two realworld facs, build limit down to 20
KV-1S: upgrades to KV-85, build limit down to 7
KV-85: upgrades to IS-1, fac removed, available 8/1943, build limit down to 5
IS-1: build limit down to 2
IS-2 43: build limit down to 18
IS-2 44: build limit down to 18
IS-3: build limit down to 13
Su-76: new size 8 facs in Kirov + Gorky
Su-76M: build limit increased to 50
Su-85: fac added in Sverdlovsk, build limit reduced to 30
Su-85M: build limit down to 18 (two facs)
Su-100: available 11/44, build limit down to 25 (two facs)
Su-122: end date set to 7/44, upgrade to Su-85M, build limit/fac reduced to 15
ZIS-30: upgrades to Su-76
Churchill IV: reclassify as heavy tank, it was used as heavy tank by the soviets



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Armored cars
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221: extend to 1/43, reclassify as armored car
231: upgrade to 234/2, extend to 11/43
233: upgrade to 234/3
234/1: fac removed, extend to 9/45, build limit up to 3, expansion to 1
234/2: fac removed, upgrade to 234/1, available 12/43, ends 5/44
234/3: fac removed
234/4: build limit down to 3


BA-10: extended to 1/42 (fac relocated due to german movement towards leningrad, became part of Tankograd to build heavy tanks)
BA-20: upgrades to BA-64
BA-64: Kulebaki fac removed, build limit down to 25 (overproduction, 9100 reported in total up to 1946, ~8200 wartime)

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Aircraft
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He 111H series: remove upgrade to He 177, reduce build limit to 20
He 111 H-20/R-2: build limit down to 5, ends 12/44, fac added in Rostock
He 177: reduce build limit to 6, add two facs in Oranienburg (Heinkel) and Brandenburg (Arado)
He 162: fac added in Oranienburg
He 219: two facs added in Vienna + Rostock, build limit down to 2
Do 217 E: add fac in Wismar, build limit down to 4
Do 217 K: build limit up to 6
Do 217N: remove upgrade to He 219
Do 335: delayed to 3/45
Ju 88A/A-4: remove Ju 188E upgrade, reduce build limit to 8
Ju 188E: add two facs in Magdeburg and Halle, increase build limit to 4
Bf 109K-4: for some reason the build limit was at 25, I thought this was fixed to 15 in a previous data revision
Bf 110 G-2: remove upgrade to Me 410, reduce build limit to 5
Bf 110 G-4: reduce build limit and fac to 1, add fac in Halle (Gotha not available)
Bf 110 G-4/U8: reduce build limit to 2
Me 410: increase build limit to 12
Ju 87D: build limit down to 10 (two facs), add size-5 fac in Bremen, reduce Berlin fac to 5
Ju 87D-5: build limit down to 12, remove fac
Ju 88 D-1: fac moved from Leipzig to Magdeburg
Ju 188F: fac created in Leipzig
Fw 190A: build limit down to 6, add fac in Bremen
Fw 190A-8: build limit up to 20 (~5300 built up to 11/44), expansion to 2
Fw 190D: build limit up to 12, Kottbus fac to size 0, size-0 facs added in Kassel (Fieseler) and Halle (Erfurt not available)
-> remove upgrade to Ta 152H
Fw 190F-8: build limit up to 21, size-0 fac added in Rostock
Fw 190G: build limit up to 8
Ta 152H: two new size-0 facs in Marienburg and Sagan (closest match for Sorau)
Ju 52/3m: build limit and fac down to 5, fac added in Leipzig (ATG), ends 8/44


Re.2000: remove 120 from pool (was reserved for export to Hungary)
Re.2000 Heja II: remove imports (local produced variant, Budapest factory changed from Bf 109 G-2(H) to Heja II
Me 210 Ca-1(H): end date set to 6/1944
SM.79JR: add fac in Brasov, remove imports, ends 6/1943
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LaGG-3: upgrades to La-5 now;
LaGG-3: create a duplicate LaGG-3 for Taganrog facility, upgrades to -29
LaGG-3 29: fac remvoved
LaGG-3 66: upgrades to Yak-3
Yak-3: Tbilisi fac removed (former Taganrog facility), build limit down to 22
Yak-7B: upgrade to Yak-9M, build limit down to 18 (exclude ~600 pure trainers like -7V)
Yak-9: Omsk factory to size-0, end to 3/43, upgrade to Yak-9D
Yak-9D: delayed to 4/43, facs removed
Yak-9M: remove facs, expansion to 2
Yak-9T: bombs removed but keep fighter-bomber, ammo down to 110, build limit up to 23, fac in Omsk deleted (only produced in Novosibirsk)
Yak-9U: 2xMG instead of just one, one Omsk fac deleted, build limit up to 29
La-5: all facs removed, buil limit up to 30, delayed to 7/42, ends 12/42
La-5F: all facs removed, upgrades to La-5FN, starts 1/43. ends 7/43, build limit up to 29
La-5FN: all facs removed + 1 new in Moscow, upgrades to La-7, starts 8/43, build limit up to 22
La-7: start 8/44, build limit up to 28
Su-2: reduce fac and build limit to 10, upgrade to Il-2M, extend to 9/42
Il-2M: reduce build limit to 43 to account for Su-2 fac
Il-2M3: reduce build limit to 43 to account for Su-2 fac
I-16 type 5: upgrade to Taganrog LaGG-3
I-15bis (both): upgrade to MiG-3
Tu-2: ends 1/43 (last of the 80 built in Omsk)
Tu-2S: build limit down to 6 (two facs)
Pe-3: fac set to size 0, extend to 4/42 (production was interrupted by evacuation and Pe-2 priority afterwards)
Pe-3bis: starts 5/42, ends 1/43, build limit down to 4
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Locations
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add 1000 supplies to Wismar to avoid production problems on first turn



units: slot 8173-8191 cleared (some data leftover)

Reserved post for future version 3

Plan: Use version 2 and add anti-scrapping and tank upgrade mod.

Reserved post for an additional version.

Version 2 temporary changelog has been updated

Denniss -

I am always amazed at the incredible amount of work that a gamer will voluntarily do just to improve a game.

I am very new to WitE; but encourage you to stick with it; and will follow with interest.

My respect to you and your work. Sir!

Mac

ORIGINAL: Mac Linehan

My respect to you and your work. Sir!

Hear! Hear!

I'm still working on it but are a bit limited in time, long runs to test production need a lot of time.
I'll have more time once the german translation overhaul is finished.

Great work. I think this is worthwhile enough to include in an official release, especially the tweaking of the equipment upgrade paths.

Hopefully Joel and the boys are lurking here and give it some serious thought [;)]

ORIGINAL: Denniss

I'm still working on it but are a bit limited in time, long runs to test production need a lot of time.
I'll have more time once the german translation overhaul is finished.

How is the progress with the historical factory mod?

I'm still working on it but currently lack time for long runs + there are some upcoming official data changes I want to integrate.
If I find some time I may attach a not fully tested version (lacks long range tests) as alpha version. I'll have to test some upgrade path changes first so don't expect anything prior to early december.

Here's a lookout/alpha version of the Historical factory mod version 2 campaign, based on vanilla 1941 campaign. Although the initial database from ~1.06.04 it should contain most changes made up to and including 1.06.23.

I did not have time for a longer testrun into 1942 or later so several upgrade changes and special functions may not work properly.

ORIGINAL: Denniss

Here's a lookout/alpha version of the Historical factory mod version 2 campaign, based on vanilla 1941 campaign. Although the initial database from ~1.06.04 it should contain most changes made up to and including 1.06.23.

I did not have time for a longer testrun into 1942 or later so several upgrade changes and special functions may not work properly.

Thanks for the release.

Thank you for your work!!!

I've tried already the first one and I prefered it much better than original

Has anyone experience in playing mod vs human. If it is historical it should played or not?

Just returned after a 6 year absence....

Is Denniss still working on this Historical Factory Mod?
Or...has he integrated it within other broad-based mod packages??

This has been integrated into WitE since version 1.08. The integration is now even broader as in the mod - with me taking-over as data dev I had complete freedom to do neccessary changes for an almost historical setup (at least within the limits of the game engine).

Great to hear that all of your game enhancement efforts came to fruition..
[:D]