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A list of possibly useful links. Since I got tired looking for some people's Posts and my own to find certain things for the 10th time.

I structured in a way that makes sense to me, but obv. there are some links which could be added in several different categories - bear with me.

If something useful is missing, add it in the Thread and I will add it to the list.
I did not (yet) add all the different Tutorials/Guides of the War Room Subforum, since the most important ones are tagged/pinned there already. Not sure when I find time to look through all Threads there.
The mostly visual Mods of DerKuenstler are not included in the List, I am planning to go through all his stuff separately at one point since he added lots of stuff for the community.

Regarding Mods I did not check if Mods are still available/downloadable - comment on that in their specific Threads and not here! I made some notes on Mod compatibility but will not make a 100% promise on which mods are overwriting each others mod's files. The good info is, that missing "mod compatibility" in this game does not cause any issues regarding crashes, it just overwrites other mods files.

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Mods

• Optics
  • Historical Unit Insignas
    • Super64 Gui & Sym Mod Depot 5.2 - contains some UI elements and Country Flags
    • GE Gui & Sym Mod Depot (continued) - continuation of Mod above
    • Hungarian Air Insignia
    • Jace11's Airsym folder
  • Photos (Officers, Equipment)
    • WAR IN THE EAST2 IMAGE LIBRARY (2,373 images)
      → Wied's expansion
    • Leading colors
  • UI Mods
    • Rasputitsa for your eyes. Soviet colours redone.
    • MOD: bright rows for German and Soviet commandersreport - not compatible with Mod above
    • Wied's UI Mod - basics
    • Selected Unit Highlighted Box Mod. - in Mod above included
    • Jace11's New Interdiction Icons
    • German VP city objectives & flag
    • Historical Flag Mod Coming? - multiple user edits
  • Unit Counters
    • Zovs Board War Game counters/symbols mod (4 sets)
    • DE_Militärische_Symbole (Military Symbols MOD and UI MOD)
    • Non-Nato-Counters by kosmoface
    • WITE2KelCounters
    • Units and counters own mix
  • Map Mods
    Somewhat Complete
    • Jace11's Weird hex optics bugfix (interferes with "red country boder", install this fix first)
    • MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.5.4
    • "Memories of the rain" - MAP
    • Map Mud Mod
    partial edits/additions
    • One Color Clear Terrain Mod
    • New swamp art mod
    • One Color Forest
    • Darker cities
    • RED Borders Mod - similarly included in Wied's UI Mod - basics
    • New swamp, woods and forest map art
    • "fire in the East" tribute map
  • Font Mods
    • Font changes
  • other optical mods
    • Jump map
• Sound Mods
  • Mouse Click Sound Mod

Scenarios

• Complete Edited Scenarios
  • 1941-45 reworked OOB - normal GC41 with some adjustments and with many more historic units, especially on Soviet side
  • The 1942-1945 "Case Blue" GC is here! - as the above, just with a later starting dates and further adjustments
  • 1944 campaign May start My Mod V 1.3
  • Soviet OOB and TOE - OFFLINE - corrected Soviets
• Minor Edited Scenarios
  • GC41 Scenario with Historic Dates (VP/AP/advance/delay-Events deactivated) - to be used when playing with closed TBs and historic
  • 1941 Campaign Beta German Build units file - building of some German TOEs activated
    WOTE - War on the Errata - Developer Diary [WIP] - mostly TOE corrections - WIP
• Player Created Scenarios
  • 1941 Hitler's Dream - New Scenario
  • Finland MOD V4.0
  • 1942: Endsieg (1.10 Update)
• PvP and Balancing Scenarios
  • PvP Orientation Mod - Axis bias

Ressources

• Axis TB requirements GC41
• Production Charts - AFVs and Planes

[*]Soviet AP Event dates/turns - anyone got a proper list? Make a Thread!
[*]...more stuff one day


Maps

• Planningmap, by Overkill
• Planning map 1.02.45_Beta
• full size Planning map for WITE2
• Soviet production map June 1941

Modders Help, Informations

• Ground Element Type List - organized - Google Docs Spreadsheet
• Squad modding: 'Ammo Use' calculation - automated - Google Docs Spreadsheet
• Hex Graphics struture
• National Morale Modifier (For AI games) - sheet to know how to mod a NM to have a constant NM whcih does not get alternated by unknown modifiers

Spreadsheets and other info collections/exports

• Turn-Dates-Converter - Google Docs Spreadsheet
• Weeks in Production - Calculator - Forum post with Google Docs Spreadsheet
• Command Efficiency with Command Range Modifier - Google Docs Spreadsheet
• Better Leader Averages - Version 1.02.52
• TB Calculator - calculates what amount of "base" you need to reacht the "needs"/100%.

Tools

• WITE Situational Map Generator - I did not test/use this

Guides and Tutorials
Video:

• Matteo Bosso (Teo41_ITA) on YouTube
  • WITE2 Tutorials by Teo41_ITA
• Strategy Gaming Dojo on YouTube
• Sean Lambert on YouTube

Written: → for more see The War Room pinned topics

Soviet Discussions

• Let us reform the Red Army of Workers and Peasants! (Advice needed) - Q-Ball's Soviet evolved Q&A

Axis Discussions

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• WITE2 Screen Guides - explains some of the windows of the UI
• How the Ground Element Map works - by K62_
• Turn reminders - a example list on what to do during a turn
  • Soviet T1+ ToDo-List by 56ajax
• [GUIDE] Combat Value Calculation (CV) - what affects a units CV
• RESERVE activation MP calculation - how many my MP RESERVE needs?
• [Essay] Terrain Defense Modifiers - not up to date - what modifiers affect whom?
• Fatigue: Ground Unit Effects Summary - Lists what needs to be known about Fatigue changes/impacts
• Leader Stats Summary - which Stat influences what directly/indirectly by CaedusZ
• [GUIDE] Flowchart: Economy and Repairs - overview about production, repairs and manpower
• Command Battle Modifiers - Guide on what to expect the modifier to be
• Soviet Factory Forced Evac - comparison of auto/enemy/manual evacuation of Soviet Factories

Hidden/unknown/not so obvious game mechanics/further info

• Combat Resolution Window - Oddities - contains some of the further mentioned oddities/bugs
• What the FLAK you gonna do? - AA SUs "rolled" into combat do not perform AA duties
• Ammo/Need - Axis vs Soviets - hidden modifiers for reduced Soviet Ammo Needs - do not impact CV - causes Soviets to shoot less/worse
• Vehicle/Need - Axis vs Soviets - hidden modifiers for reduced Soviet Vehicle and Supply and Support needs
• Hit Ratios for (direct firing) AP shells + Ammo Consumption - Ammo consumption indicates that elements can perform reportet shots as "bursts" or single shots
• Ammo Use values determination - related to the previous link
• Armor Penetration drop off at range - indeed, it exists.
• Ops losses from flying in Blizzard - how many OPS losses is bad weather causing
• Cross River Disruption and Ice Levels - no DISruption for NON-MOT Units when attacking across Minor Rivers which are frozen (Ice Level 5+)
• The Weight of Freight - confirmed that 1ton = 2000lb; Aviation Fuel: 1L = 0.75 kg (1.653 lbs)

Other Stuff
Useful Modder Info (Just some I've found when looking for this list - ofc. there is more!)

• map draw order and editing
• Map Modding Infos
• Hex grid
• Fuel Tanks in "Aircraft Weapons"-section having no effect
• Panzer Grenadier Squad lower CV than common Rifle Squad - some Ground Element Types ("open top vehicles) have their editor set CV divided by 2.

Oddities/"Bugs" of the game

• SP Flak - MEN vs AFV - SP AA sometimes is listed as AFV while other times it's considered neither AFV, nor GUN.
• Disruption in Combat Resolution Window - includes wrong "TOTAL" numbers
• DESTROYED 'DAMAGED' - Checkbox - wrong math
• Decimal shifting of FPE and HPE numbers
• Formation inventory men - menu with strange math
• Air Tansport - Unit - two Sortie Rule bugged [Beta 1.03.07]

Historical Infos
(Just some I've found when looking through the forums for this list which was not in the "correct" (usually Scenario/Data Forum) section of the forum.)

• Original Barbarossa German Air Intelligence map
• plannig map for dec 1941 army dispositions

Thanks for all the work!

Thank you

Wiedrock wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:27 pm A list of possibly useful links ...

THANK YOU! What a fantastically useful list. I used to do something like this for myself, but with non-niche games having so much content on YouTube ... I find videos in general better to learn from.

Wiedrock wrote: Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:27 pm

• UI Mods
  • Rasputitsa for your eyes. Soviet colours redone.
  • MOD: bright rows for German and Soviet commandersreport - not compatible with Mod above
  • Wied's UI Mod - basics
  • Selected Unit Highlighted Box Mod. - in Mod above included
  • Jace11's New Interdiction Icons
  • German VP city objectives & flag
  • Historical Flag Mod Coming? - multiple user edits

Wiedrock,

I believe some of the above is deprecated.

* It looks like this was included in the game UI, but is not mentioned in the change log. "MOD: bright rows for German and Soviet commandersreport"

* It look like this was included in the game UI, but is not mentioned in the change log. Instead of making the fort value smaller, it looks like they shifted the fort value further down and retained its size. "Wied's UI Mod - basics"

FYI - You may want to note the first is unnecessary, and remove the fort art rework from the second; your call.

Thank you again for your help through the years with this game!

Okay, my mistake. Now, I see the fort value location seems based on the HEX art displayed. It can in fact block some important numbers, and making it smaller still helps for those who want it always displayed. Sorry, my mistake!

MarkShot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:48 am * It looks like this was included in the game UI, but is not mentioned in the change log. "MOD: bright rows for German and Soviet commandersreport"

I don't think it was included, the lines are there in vanilla game but he made them either brighter (silver) or darker (black). I don't know how he handled the Soviet side, since there are different colors for the factions to be modified.

MarkShot wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:48 am * It look like this was included in the game UI, but is not mentioned in the change log. Instead of making the fort value smaller, it looks like they shifted the fort value further down and retained its size. "Wied's UI Mod - basics"

In vanilla you still have important counter numbers as well as "size indicators" (e.g. I, II, III, X, XX ...) being covered but fort level indicators. I simply used the smaller ones in the closer zoom level, so basically "one zoom-level shifted" logos and moved them around slightly as needed. I basically eliminated the largest version of the fort level indiocators.
I guess with bad eyes it my be slightly harder to see the smaller indicators, but in vanilla the closest zoom fort level indicators numbers are larger than the counter numbers, so who can read the counter numbers, can also read the smaller fort indicators, which additionally provide some "shape" indication for different levels.