Scenario Editor

[James Malcolm]

I decided to try my hand at modifying a scenario. To keep it simple, I thought I would change the 79th Squadron from Spitfires (which never get replaced) to KittyHawks. Using the editor, I made this change and saved the file in space (slot/scenario) 21.

Low and behold, I saw some strange stuff. I lost several allied divisions. No one at Dobadura, Buna, Morobe, Russell Islands, Lunda, or Tulagi. Only unit at Gili Gile was the 46th Engineer Regiment.

Deleted all files from this edit and tried again by coping and saving the Jun-Oct '43 scenario files into space 21. (all the .dat files). Then re-opened the editor and tried again. This time, just for grins, I duplicated the 57th Engineers (which were supposed to be at Morobe) as the 58th Engineers and placed this unit at Buna. Also checked units that were supposed to be at Gili Gili (from original scenario file) and they show they would be at Gili Gili in the clone. Then I opened the game. Same thing as seen before except that the new 58th Engineers did appear! No one at Gili Gili except the 46th, which was not supposed to have arrived yet.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? I hate to think the editor requires inserting each individual unit.

One final note, although my focus was on the lost of LCUs, I did note the clone had no allied subs!