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As I understand it, historical reinforcement units can not have their HQ designated when they are created in the library. This means they will get assigned to the closest HQ when they arrive and will almost certainly need to be reassigned by the player. A field to specify the historical HQ when creating reinforcement units would be very helpful. Thanks.

@all,

I am more than willing to extend functionality of libraries and allow for extra possibilities, but would prefer to get the current setup well tested and proven first before extending on top of it.
At least a few weeks up to a month or two please. In the meantime please do add stuff to this "feature request thread".

I see in the details tab on many arty pieces that they have a range of up to 19km which would be at least 3 hexes on a 5km/hex map. Would like to see a way to increase arty ranges for scenarios with 5km/hex. Maybe add a new field in the Troop Type library, or if the value is hard coded, then maybe the ScaleType = 1 could also have an increase in arty range, say +50%? Thanks.

Possibility to add the Commander photo on all units!

finetuning the HQ command range.

Can we please get a confirmation popup when clicking on Remove Officer in the Officer Library! Just deleted an officer with my fat fingers and have no idea who it was so I'm going to have to spend a lot of time going over everything.

Can we have a way to see HQ range in the editor? I can count hexes but it would be nice to see it visually when setting up units and HQ's.

I think it is already good to have two range, Long (8 hex) and Short (4 hex).

When you click on the Add Troop Type button in the Troop Type library editor there is no way to cancel out of the window that pops up. You have to create a new troop type even if you changed your mind. A Cancel button would be nice.

Please activate the button in the simple editor library screen to remove a troop type library. I have a redundant library and can't get rid of it. Only workaround I can think of is to delete every entry in the library.

Hi Elmo,

Can you send me your files to vic@xs4all.nl?

I'll take a look

best wishes,
Vic

When replacements arrive from the replacement table (not a card) the daily report calls them "reinforcements". Could that be changed so the report says "replacements"?

I would like to request two types of movement, that are not there at the moment.

One for sleighs (horse drawn) and one for skis

It is my understanding that certain troops in the finnish winter war used these.

Hi Ernie,

In the latest version the 'Ski Infantry' was added as a model for the TroopTypes you can create in the TroopType editor. The difference is quite minor but basically ski movement equals cavalry movement in snow landscapeTypes.

The sleights were not since it felt a bit to micro for me and I did not see it fit with the logic of the other TroopType models used. Artillery for example has Foot movement as at minimum some sort of horse traction is supposed.

best wishes,
Vic

I'd like to request a new trooptype, armoured car. It is very probable something others would use. Basically light tank with wheel movement i guess.

@ernie,

Adding it to the to-do list for the next version. Right you are.

Best wishes,
Vic

Thanks!

And thank you for the Ski-Infantry. Was testing it, and they have an enormous range, maybe it could be toned down alittle.... 1/5 less or maybe 1/4 less. Also found that they are excellent at movement even when there is no snow. Has no bearing on the scenario, as it will always be snow, but for others it might be relevant.

Maybe it would be wise to have a way to extract libraries from a scenario built with them. Was thinking that it would be a good way to ensure others can modify existing scenarios built with the simple editor.

Will take a look at the Ski guys next patch (monday).

Extracting the libraries again would be a bit of a pain to code, but there is a work-around when using the 'keys of potential doom' advanced editor where you delete all the libraries except the one you want to extract and then save (and change file extension afterwards for good measure). So there is an emergency escape already there.

best wishes,
Vic

Good to know Vic I hope I never have to use the emergency escape route.