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The TEM for a village hex is 0.65 in the game (not 0.7 as stated in the manual) and is the same as a suburb hex. This seems rather excessive to me, given the type of (wooden) buildings found in most Vietnamese villages. Is there a particular rationale for this figure?

Ah yes, probably a typing error, it should be 0.7 for a village.

Thank you. Just to clarify, the TEM for a village that appears in the manual (0.7) is correct and that which appears on the map (0.65) is incorrect?

I raised this issue because I have just played "Operation Starlite" (it didn't go well) and this scenario features a lot of village hexes. I found it very diffcut to drive the enemy out of them, but that was most likely just my poor tactics!

By the way, does anyone know where I can find the stats for the various types of fortification found in the the game (Improved Position, Trench, etc.) If they are in the manual, I can't find them.

Looks like I neglected to add that information to the manual, sorry about that, I will remedy that for a future update.

Operation Starlite is a challenge indeed! Many of the key villages are defended in depth, so takes some extra strength (operate as a battalion) and firepower (airstrikes and artillery) to get into them.

Thanks for the insight. Unfortunately, I attacked in a piecemeal fashion and held back from using artillery / air support for fear of causing civilian casualties. Result - Charlie kicked my b***!

I have tried to address the village TEM issue by editing the Main.dat file. The map now shows the correct value (0.7), but I cannot tell if it has also had the desired effect on combat resolution.

If the map now shows the intended 0.70 Village TEM, combat results should indeed reflect that. (AFAIK. I am on vacation and don't currently have access to the source code.)

With that modification, you are using the -X NoEncryption option, right?

Thanks for the confirmation. I am not sure what you mean by "X NoEncryption option" - I just edited the file using Notepad, there was no encryption involved. (I did the same thing for CS: Middle East.)

Is there something else I need to do?

You will to add the no encryption feature to your exe

You can find the explanation in 16.4 of the manual.

Got it, thank you.

In the next and subsequent releases, the revised TEM scheme:

• 0.60 City
• 0.65 Suburban
• 0.70 Village

The before:


The after: