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How do I change the size of a port? Or town/city for that matter? [&:]

In the editor, you have to select the resource layer and change the resource type.
-Mark R.

No, the only difference between the ports I can make out, is whether they are normal or major. I'm trying to make Shanghai a level 8, but it always turns out a level 5.

What have I done?? Does it have to do with the railways somehow. I have discovered that Japanese units can't operate within China either. Through Manchuria, yep, but not China.

Sometimes I wish that the manual would tell you how to do things, not only aknowledge the fact that it is possible. [8|]

The Resources have to be connected to a Major Capital in order to get higher than 5.

ORIGINAL: Uxbridge

What have I done?? Does it have to do with the railways somehow. I have discovered that Japanese units can't operate within China either. Through Manchuria, yep, but not China.

Sometimes I wish that the manual would tell you how to do things, not only aknowledge the fact that it is possible. [8|]

Unless any settings have been changed, Japanese forces can operate by rail into/out of China providing the resources along the route are at strength 5 or higher.

If they can't then perhaps check any settings, as well as the strength of any Japanese held resources in China.

Hmm ... I can't even operate Japanese units within China. It shouldn't be any different from the vanilla-39 scenario, but I must have changed something inadvertently. I have checked all the settings I'm aware of, but can't find anything.

I will try to add some resource close to Shanghai to see if things improve.

Ah, yes. I changed the minimum schorched earth setting from 40% to 60% and now it works again. Fine!

But how does that work? I thought that the former 40-80% setting meant that the resource would loose at least 40%, but at most 80%, if captured. My change would in that case narrow it towards worse results, not better.

Does minimum mean the lowest capacity it can have?