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el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Micro Update 5.73 (6/28/2020 5:48:18 PM)
IMPORTANT Micro update 5.73 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update is almost confined to class and ship files. It is also limited to Japanese submarines, including an exhaustive review of all I-boats. There are a few changes to air groups (related to submarines). If there are any other eratta in SCEN files (aircraft, device, leader, location/task forces) they were also included for safety, but I don't remember any. Japan had the most complicated and innovative submarine program in the world. Japanese military culture also bred complexity. This comprehensive review attempts to clarify submarines which changed their pennant numbers without exception. It presents two differing possible ways to organize the submarine production program: strictly historical and what we call Japan Enhanced. Strictly historical means players are stuck with historical policy, wise or foolish (depending on the specific case and your opinion about if it was a good idea or not). The Japan Enhanced program is only used by Japan Enhanced Scenarios 125 (my version) and 129 (Mifune's version). Mine assumes consistent planning starting at mobilization in July, 1941 and is modeled on the Dora Nawa group led by Col. Tsuji for Gen. Yamashita's 25th Army, except the idea is extended nationwide. Mifune's version assumes what the Allies believed at the time was true: that Japan had planned for an offensive for a long time - in this case - for ten years. [Not just because that is a round number, but because it is when engine design and hull designs were standardized]. Both JES scenarios assume what Japanese military leaders believed was acted upon: that only a short war could be won; so submarine production is optimized for earliest date of operational use. Modifications that delay completion are avoided (or given to players in the form of conversions which will cost time to implement). Transport submarines are not built (although older subs can convert to transport configurations) with the exception of very efficient large, new ships which players may elect not to build if they prefer. Some of the scouting submarines with aircraft are built slightly faster as pure attack boats. The type AM aircraft carriers (with 2 bombers) are instead built faster with just a scout plane. The I-400 aircraft carriers are built to the first design, with only 2 bombers, resulting in somewhat faster and more maneuverable vessels. These are built in larger numbers (10 of the planned 18) rather than 5 in historical scenarios (1 of which is recast as a tanker). Only the 5 vessels actually laid down ever appear in strictly historical scenarios. The program lost its priority when Yamamoto died, and the reason for the larger number of planes (and two AM subs with two bombers each) was an attempt to compensate for the smaller number of subs planned. Note that historically some of the sub aircraft carriers carried high speed scout planes rather than bombers. Players get to pick the aircraft in game, but the air groups reflect actual assigned aircraft in each case.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Comprehensive Update 5.74 (6/30/2020 6:27:21 AM)
Comprehensive Update 5.74 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update is comprehensive only insofar as it contains both art and scenario files. The art is the Japanese Aircraft Top file. This is the first art update by Mifune in a very long time. He actually did the Allied top art as well, but at least one of its images has a problem which crashes the game. I naturally tested both files and only included the one which works at this time. The Scenario files are mainly ship and class files. These are the compliment to 5.73 which deals with large Japanese submarines, but this time it is small submarines which were reviewed. For the first time we have production information on late war guppy submarine production sufficient to tell when they could have completed. There is also a review of Japanese submarine chasers, but this isn't quite completed - the Type C Escorts were not reviewed. A number of minor landing craft, PT boats, etc were deleted from simplified (even numbered) scenarios 122, 124 and 126. Either because they are on inland waterways (which the AI oriented 122 and 126 cannot cope with) or because they are part of what makes even numbered scenarios "simplified" - if of no great value, they are removed to reduce player management demands. We have some interest in 126, and apparently considerable work which means it may be able to finish sooner than expected. Without knowing this, I have been steadily putting effort into whipping it into shape - revising its records for 1945 data every time I check any record.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Micro Update 5.741 (7/6/2020 10:48:22 AM)
Micro Update 5.741 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update is limited to scenario files. Almost all the work was done on class, device and ship files. Mine devices were reviewed, Japanese depth charge devises were reviewed, and Japanese Minesweepers and Escort vessels continued the review process. Mifune redid Allied air art (both tops and alpha), but one of these failed to pass validation testing. He is recompiling the alpha. He "cheats" and works at very low resolution. The conversion back up to game acceptable formats is sometimes tricky. It will be some time before I can issue the next update. Duty calls. I have to update by 2018 databases on the Chinese air force.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Micro Update 5.741 (7/17/2020 11:41:07 PM)
Micro Update 5.742 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only includes ship and class files. It mainly reviews Japanese minesweepers (and conversions of them). A few other minor vessels like sub chasers are included. I discovered that there were errors in stock relative to the kind of 10cm gun mounted. There are two listed 10 cm guns - but a few of the sub-classes list the older, less capable one (particularly found on submarines) with less range and a lower rate of fire. So I had to review every record. I also discovered an error I made in calculating the number of mines carried if the ship "converts" to its minelaying configuration. In RHS, most of these ships may go to sea armed for ASW or for minelaying. The "conversion" takes one day. It is basically landing the sweeping gear and adding an adapter to the DC track - or vice versa. Only Type 4 Mini Mines can be carried.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Comprehensive Update 5.743 (7/25/2020 6:34:52 AM)
Comprehensive Update 5.743 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update mainly involves class and ship files. There is one new ship captain in the leader file. There are a few corrected device files (cosmetic name changes, date changes). There is one new task force and a few other changes in the location file. Vast numbers of minor vessels have been reworked to insure they have the correct maneuverability, durability, speed, weapons, sensors and displacement. Also that they are in the correct scenario: some ships were added to Full RHS scenarios (those with odd numbers), some were removed from Simplified RHS scenarios (those with even numbers). Hundreds of individual ships in numbers of classes were reviewed in each of 7 RHS scenarios. There is new ship art. Allied side and mask 741 now works (because it is in the proper format. So now small schooners point at it - and we have a version with a single mast. [Large schooners have two masts]. There is one new ship and associated class: I-506 is a renamed U-195 of the Type IXD1 type (after conversion to an SST).

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Microupdate Update 5.744 (7/28/2020 2:30:41 PM)
Micro Update 5.744 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only contains revised class and ship files. Only Japanese production DEs are modified re speed, durability, weapons and sensors. The data mainly comes from Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of World War II compiled by Shizuo Fukui, a naval architect of IJN who documented the fleet as it was captured. This is the first time these ships have been classified as DE rather than Escorts. [It appears there is a difference in how DE's perform in game. They seem to have the best ASW performance of any type.] The new classification is based on their sensors and armament, which is somewhat different from standard reference books.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Microupdate Update 5.745 (8/2/2020 5:43:16 PM)
Micro Update 5.745 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only contains revised class, device and ship files. It builds on the last update by adding what might be called "second class" DEs to strictly historical scenarios (121-124 and 126). These are basically scaled down first class DEs with one fewer deck gun and slightly fewer light AA guns, but all the ASW assets. Generally, 5.744 and 5.745 revised Japanese series production escorts from Escort type classification to DE type classification. This is because of detail information indicating these are directly comparable to Allied DE type vessels. Later editions even mounted two sonars (Type 3). The nature of evolving DE patterns and improving "radio locators" was also folded in. The date of completion (and sinking) was carefully reviewed. In Japan Enhanced Scenarios, the "second class DE's" were replaced by sub-chasers. This is because, by 1944, Japan is likely to have problems building so many full size ships. Also because it is inefficient to end production of the Mikura class (only 8 units) in favor of the simplified Ukuru class. Type C & D Escorts are essentially 2/3 scale Ukuru class, with either steam (C) or diesel (D) power plants. Instead, JES scenarios simply continue Mikura class ships, but these continue to improve their electronics sensors and also convert to using late war 40 mm and 20 mm guns for light AAA. The sub-chasers are intended to provide short range ASW capability under land based air cover, to deliver these units sooner than the more complex Mikura's would require and to burden the economy less to get them. All the DE types are very similar, with the same full load displacement and similar configurations and outfits. The Ukuru, C & D classes are extremely simplified to reduce production time. But it is debatable if this is worth interrupting series production (which does get slightly more efficient over time) of the earlier almost identical Mikuras. We elected to give the late war commander continuous production of Mikuras and the option to make sub-chasers (or not spend PP to get them). Micro Update 5.744 This update only contains revised class and ship files. Only Japanese production DEs are modified re speed, durability, weapons and sensors. The data mainly comes from Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of World War II compiled by Shizuo Fukui, a naval architect of IJN who documented the fleet as it was captured. This is the first time these ships have been classified as DE rather than Escorts. [It appears there is a difference in how DE's perform in game. They seem to have the best ASW performance of any type.] The new classification is based on their sensors and armament, which is somewhat different from standard reference books.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Microupdate Update 5.746 (8/7/2020 4:02:18 PM)
Micro Update 5.746 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update relates to RHS documentation files and scenario files. Later (just pre WW2) Japanese torpedo boats are reviewed. This round of updates includes declassified US records compiled by a Japanese naval architect named Fukui. It also reviews ships with a view to using new devices (weapons and sensors) added by RHS. Also, Allied landing craft in class slots 792-801 were reviewed. These all date to stock and all had errors. As well, while there is a definition of the LCI in stock (slot 792) not one of the LCI defined in stock used it: all used the LCI (R) = Rocket slot instead. These are in ship slots 6055 to 6082. The RHS II Seasonal Construction (for RHS Level II with the expanded map system) is updated with respect to the Rheinholt Road. This is the renamed Bulldog Track which was improved by Aussie engineers in 1943. A new MS Word document on the Rheinholt Road is added. It is a composite of three documents. The first one describes the history of the Road. The middle one is a map of the Bulldog Track just before it was turned into a Road. The last one has some interesting photographs. These documents are provided by an Aussie historical website.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Important Update 5.80 (8/10/2020 1:50:22 AM)
Micro Update 5.80 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update is limited to scenario files. There are massive changes to ships, particularly minor vessels, particularly Russian. Some related changes to classes, additional Russian ship captains in numbers. Some eratta may be included in other files. Review revealed that LST's in Soviet service are entirely fictional. So all were removed. Numbers of LCI were added or modified. [US vessels sent to the USSR were renamed and also rearmed with Soviet weapons]. A few more LCI's remain to be added. Probably Tacoma class frigates and possibly old destroyers and DEs need to be added to the Soviet Navy (IF they served in PTO). Many ships had their dates of arrival and/or starting date corrected to conform with history. Many Soviet ships gained captains. Many US and Canadian and Soviet vessels which cannot start in the Winter in the Arctic were set to arrive at a different time and/or place, to prevent teleporting to default national locations.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Important Update 5.80 (8/15/2020 11:56:36 AM)
Micro Update 5.81 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This is an update of scenario files only. Mainly ship and leader (H) files. Also some changes to class and device files, and probably eratta in the location file. All ex USN LCI transferred to the Soviet Navy are now in RHS. So are all the Tacoma class frigates. All these vessels have commanding officers. We may add ex USN minesweepers and sub chasers if they were not in the stock database (which seems likely to be the case). We may add maps for Alaska with mountains now Mifune is making art again. [He has cleaned up aircraft filmstrips and fixed my improvised single masted schooner - included in previous updates].

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread Important Update 5.82 (8/18/2020 8:47:02 AM)
Micro Update 5.82 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update contains pwhexe.dat files, documentation files and scenario files. The map changes are for early war seasons, both for Strictly Historical RHS scenarios (121 to 124 & 126) and Japan Enhanced Scenarios (125 & 129). They corrects mismatched hexside pair on Flores, permitting ships to pass North of the island (but inside the reef) instead of being blocked). Also, an Ocean Deep hex in the Malacca Strait is now Ocean Shallow. And Dora Harbor, Alaska (due West of Cold Bay) has its terrain type redefined from Rough Jungle to just Rough (there being no jungle in Alaska). The new RR near Chita in Siberia, and in Northeastern Australia, were checked to insure they have no flaws. [Both match relatively new map art I made adding them a few weeks ago]. I have not yet added the Alaska Range (including North American's highest mountain) nor has Mifune made the matching map art for it. But that is a near term project. I have to define which hexes are involved. Most of the work was on the Tacoma class patrol frigates. I reviewed the missing vessels of the class. I discovered the names of most of their captains, and the dates most departed for operations, updating them. I decided JES scenarios would not cancel the four ships that were cancelled in strictly historical scenarios. I added the peculiar case of one sent to RN and converted to a fighter direction ship - as it may be useful off Japan. While the details of the conversion are not in US records, I know how LST's were turned into FDS ships by UK. So we know what radar and ECM sets are involved, and the armament scheme. [I was able to integrate that with a photograph of the ship from British sources just after the war]. Several ships which served in the Atlantic were sent to PTO after they paid off IF there is time for them to reach the theater. [Full RHS scenarios run until the end of Monsoon, 1946]. And a few ships wrongly omitted in stock were added. Most of the class is now classified as Coast Guard (with a CG prefix in both ship name and commanding officer name). Two ships not turned over to the Russians because Japan surrendered ARE turned over in JES scenarios.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Proposed Map Changes in Alaska (8/23/2020 9:51:58 AM)
There are nine possible changes to the map art (and the supporting pwhexe.dat files) in Alaska. These affect all 26 pwhexe.dat files. 3 affect WPEN11 - of which there are three variations (Winter, Spring and Monsoon - Fall uses the Monsoon WPEN11) 6 affect WPEN41 - of which there are four variations (Winger, Spring, Monsoon and Fall). They are 180/36 Tundra [One hex West of Anchorage] 182/36 Mountain [Whittier hex] 181/37 Mountain [One hex SW of Whittier] 182/37 Mountain [One hex SE of Whittier] 179/30 Wooded Rough [One hex East of Fairbanks] 179/29 Wooded Rough [Nenana] 174/48 Wooded Rough [Cold Bay] 177/45 Wooded Rough [One hex East of Port Haiden] 179/43 Wooded Rough [Western Kodiak Island]

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 5.83 (8/23/2020 11:44:52 PM)
Micro Update 5.83 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update includes pwhexe.dat, documentation and scenario files. It is a general cleanup of eratta. It tries in particular to integrate the date of appearance of commanding officers and their commands. Also to insure weapons, sensors, the and that ships are assigned to the proper class for their date of appearance. Many new officers were added, including a surprising number of cases where it was possible to replace a generic name with the actual name of the officer (simply by overwriting the generic name). This process indicates that a comprehensive review is justified - numbers of officers appear at the wrong date. And the process also catches numbers of other errata. The pwhexe.dat files simply make later files (for Fall and Winter) consistent with earlier files. They including adding the RR missing near the Soviet/Manchukuo border (vital to servicing a Soviet airfield since 1938) and correcting a minor RR in Northern Queensland. A hex in Alaska was changed from Jungle Rough to Rough. A deep water hex in the Malacca Strait was changed to shallow to match art and reality. These are all part of start of war files and we are just extending them to later ones. More such updates for still later files will follow. The documentation change is to the Japanese Carrier (and Capital Ship) Logic. This had a number of errors and also had more detailed information added to aid the editing process (making clear which scenarios each record applies to).

el cid again -> RE: RHS Microupdate 5.84 (8/30/2020 3:38:48 PM)
Micro Update 5.84 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only includes scenario files and documentation files. It is part of a systematic cleanup of class, leader and ship files, but may include location or device file eratta. It also includes an updated RHS & Stock Ship Bind List and a revised Level II Japanese Carrier (and Capital Ship) Logic document.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Microupdate 5.84 (9/4/2020 10:16:47 PM)
Micro Update 5.85 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only includes scenario and documentation files. Only class, device, leader (H), Location and Ship files were updated in the SCEN folder. Only the Stock & RHS Ship Bind List was updated in the documentation files. Location files concentrated on minor ports unable to use barges, because RHS revisions to reflect full load made them too "large" to dock. Important barge ports now can handle normal barges (although not ocean going barges). Otherwise, ship and related class and leader files were updated. This mainly to insure ships appear with commanding officers. Often, a date mismatch prevented this from happening. It also appears that officers assigned to a ship may not be available even if that ship is not used in the scenario. Such ships had their CO removed in scenarios not using them. This review process reveals if ships are in the wrong scenario, or have other errors. So it helps insure ships have the proper weapons, sensors, etc.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Microupdate 5.85 (9/14/2020 9:37:23 AM)
Micro Update 5.86 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This microupdate only contains scenario files. The primary file changes are the addition of hundreds of commanding officers, changes to many ship files, changes to some class files, some location files, and possibly cam, group and device files. The focus was to give captains to ships without them. Otherwise to fix eratta, or to remove truly minor vessels from simplified (even numbered) RHS scenarios altogether. A few minor land units were also removed from simplified scenarios (e.g. tiny Portugese garrisons at two points in India smaller than Goa). The focus was on truly minor vessels generally ignored since their creation which were never assigned captains. In some cases, duplicated captains (made by copying a ship file and not changing the assigned CO) had the duplicated captain replaced In some cases generic CO's or even AE assigned CO's were replaced with the actual CO on the date the ship appears in the game. As usual, more records were changed in the (future) Downfall Scenario, because it needs wholesale changes. Vast numbers of vessels lost by 1945 were removed. Some locations changed commands and/or sides. A few vessels get different captains in 1945 Scenario 126 than in other 1941 scenarios. [Scenario 126 serves only as a test bed for 1945 devices, ships and aircraft: they won't generally work in any other scenario without playing to game dates late in the war. It will take a long time to complete this full map scenario.]

el cid again -> RE: RHS Comprehensive Update 5.87 (9/21/2020 4:31:13 AM)
Comprehensive Update 5.87 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update includes art, documentation and scenario files. There are new Axis Aircraft filmstrips. These need to be put in the top level ART folder to work. They, and associated Scenario files, add the Heinkel 111F aircraft to Japan Enhanced Scenarios 125 & 129. The art was modified from existing real world art by Mifune. This aircraft as added at his request. I did the research and also the calculation of values for the type. I was surprised to learn that Ernst Heinkel did ink a contract to delivery 43 of these machines to Japan - the same model as was supplied to Turkey. The contract was cancelled, probably due to the difficulty of delivery after the European War had begun or because Germany needed all the bombers it could build. But Ernst Heinkel was living in Japan, promoting his designs, and supervising the construction of an aircraft factory and an engine factory at Hitachi. He could have supervised the building of jigs - although it would have taken time. I allow this type to be introduced only in 1942 and only in non strictly historical scenarios. The loadout selected is one in which the external bombs are not carried. The loss of half the load still involves removal of four bomb modules and replacing them with a 735 liter internal tank. External loads dramatically reduce range, a problem in PTO. The peculiar engine selected (the 111 could use a wide variety of engines) is the 1175 hp Db 601 model with provision for a 20 mm cannon mounted in the inverted V, such it fires through the propeller hub. Intended for the He-100 (which Japan bought 3 evaluation aircraft for, but rejected in favor of using the same engine on the Ki-51 much later in time), we use it in this form for the bomber. Numbers of aircraft types were eliminated from Scenario 124, making it identical to 122. Even more were removed from Scenario 126, a 1945 scenario, because many types no longer existed by then. All three are "simplified" RHS scenarios, and many minor types do not appear in them. Some work was done on aircraft, class, device, leader (H), location and ship files for both sides. Both eliminating eratta, and reviewing them for potential better options. The scenario Comment files were updated to use current RHS version numbers. I found destroyers need the kind of review we did for carriers, battleships and cruisers - to insure the correct devices from those now available. So more of this will follow. Mifune is working on two map panels so we can add mountains or other rough terrain missing in Alaska. He is working on art for the Allied square rigged sailing ships. The map art will require I modify 26 pwhexe.dat files used in various RHS scenarios.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Comprehensive Update 5.87 (10/2/2020 3:18:09 PM)
Micro Update 5.88 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only contains scenario files and documentation files. Apart from eratta, this update revises class, device and ship files. It may contain leader (H) file record updates. It revises all the Special Type destroyer classes for Japan in light of changes made since the last review. In particular, this concerns a better understanding of electronics and the availability dates for weapons. It seems to have been some time, so most sub-classes were revised. It is clear a similar review (with fewer changes) needs to be done for other escorts. And there appear to be merchant ships not yet converted to full load displacement, with the impact on durability that has. Presumably those same merchant classes may get more sensors. This no doubt applies to both sides - these classes are mixed up - not all together in one area. But we may be winding down this phase of development. New map art is in development by Mifune, who has been able to work this fall. So we may improve that, and other art. Next up may be a square rigged sailing ship (only used by the Allies, and possibly only by the US Army).

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Finding missing ship captains (10/4/2020 2:25:28 PM)
Stock has no captain for ship slot 145 IJN Destroyer Yugumo. He was Cdr. Cemba, Shigeo (and was added to RHS in leader slot 24201) Similarly, ship slot 037 IJN Chitose (a seaplane carrier and later light aircraft carrier) has no CO. He was Captain Seigo, Sasaki (and was assed to RHS as leader slot 23788) If you want to find similar captains, look up the ship name followed by "Tabular Record of Movement." This often reveals commanders at various dates.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Micro Update 5.89 (10/10/2020 6:01:45 AM)
Micro Update 5.89 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only contains scenario and documentation files. An attempt to make a square rigged sailing ship (for US Army vessels) failed. I suggested Mifune seek Clipper ship art - which is widespread - to find a source. Using USCG Eagle failed to produce good looking art. We also need to clear up a pink "aura" around the single masted schooner and make a cleaner mask for the Ki-90 (which is, deliberately in history, a number match for its German counterpart - the Ju-90). This latter is only used in non-strictly historical scenarios, because the project was not finally completed. The most important work was on location files. We replaced a duplicate HQ with Payap Army. This is a Thai HQ, and the only important Axis Allied field HQ, the only one to truly cooperate with Southern Expeditionary Army, and the only one to conquer in its own right a significant amount of Allied territory. Significant work was done assigning and/or adding ship captains. It turns out that the Allies need a lot of this. The game randomly assigns captains if it can, but important historical ships should enter the game with their historical captains. I can spend years on this, but at least I intend to get the important ships done. Otherwise, I did surprisingly difficult work on older Japanese destroyer clases. Some classes were almost uniformly done. But the older ones were done to many different standards, and it takes effort to decide how to model this without creating many new sub-classes of ships? Some eratta was also worked in. The most significant is a reworking of the 15cm ASW Rocket Projector entering service when the war ended in Japan. I didn't know it had 9 rockets rather than a single one - being fooled by its single arm in photographs. We will finish the oldest of the Japanese destroyers and hopefully add the improved art next time.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Micro Update 5.90 (10/17/2020 4:40:02 PM)
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update only affects scenario files. Mainly class, ship and leader files. Also possibly device and location files if any eratta was corrected. The improved ship art failed to pass testing, so we are still working on that. Mifune is new to ship art. So am I - in fact - the art we are working on is the first art I ever "made" - I cut down a two masted schooner into a single masted one. It works - kind of - but the mask needs improving. He also is working on a square rigged ship image. In addition to completing small, older Japanese destroyers and variations, I added Allied ship captains for important ships arriving on the map in 1942. There are many ships which lack their correct historical captains when they arrive.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Micro Update 5.91 Mainoly Map Art (10/21/2020 2:38:05 AM)
Micro Update 5.91 Mainly Maps https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg Several map panels were revised. This began because of a mismatch between map art and the pwhexe.dat files (which are the map from the computer program's point of view) in three hexes in Manchuria. However, it also includes some modified or added map notes and some cosmetic improvements. Related to this is a revised RHS Seasonal Construction MS Word document. An error was found in the date of the Mergui Road, so it was corrected. It is not available for operations until Monsoon 1945. [In JES Scenarios, this is modified to Monsoon 1944 - the most allowed for a change even in a non-strictly historical scenario.] There are probably a few changes (eratta) to ships, classes and leaders. There may be changes to location, devices or aircraft (eratta). I found errors in the loadout of the Ki-45, for example. [An aircraft may not carry both drop tanks and weapons on the same hard point. For a two engine aircraft without a bomb bay, that means it may have a centerline tank OR a centerline bomb, and it may have two wing tanks OR two wing mounted bombs. But it may not have the same hard point occupied by both a tank and a bomb. Also, the Ki-45a had its bombs classified as "forward" - rather than as "external."

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Ship Maneuverability (10/24/2020 9:08:22 PM)
Naval Unit Maneuverability (M) Surface Ship Maneuverability: Very Large Ships with full load displacements over 40,000 tons: M = 90% of full speed in knots Large Ships with full load displacements between 10,001 and 40,000 tons: M = full speed in knots Ships with full load displacements between 4,001 and 10,000 tons: M = 150% of full speed in knots Small ships and boats with displacements less than 4,000 tons: IF speed is 15 knots or above, M = 200% of full speed in knots IF speed is 14 knots or less, M = full speed in knots Submarine Maneuverability: This is a formula where speed is in knots, depth is in hundreds of feet, and displacement is in thousands of tons rounded up. Full speeds (surfaced and submerged) should be to the nearest tenth of a knot if known. Depth should be divided by 100 feet and expressed to the nearest tenth of 100 feet. (Thus 330 feet = 3.3). Displacements should be in thousands of tons, rounded up to the next highest whole number. [Thus 670 tons = 1, 1230 tons = 2, 2425 tons = 3, etc.] Constant times (Surface Speed + Submerged Speed + Depth) / Displacement The constant is 2. Note that the database lists maximum surface speed and cruising surface speed. The modder must look up the maximum submerged speed for use by the formula.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.00 (10/26/2020 9:50:45 PM)
Comprehensive Update 6.00 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update mainly involves scenario files, but also includes ship art, map art and new as well as revised documentation files. The maneuverability rating for ships (a copy of which is below) is also formally defined to insure consistency of data. Apart from correcting eratta, maneuverability ratings for US, UK and NE submarines, and older Japanese submarines were reviewed. The (not used) RN design for an SSN (named HMS Conqueror in honor of the sub which sank Belgrano in 1982) is also redefined. Still classified, I was able to reverse engineer one of the more important elements of the design. She must have been about 4,000 tons submerged displacement, and she must have used a natural uranium fueled reactor with a heavy water moderator - one of only three such projects in nuclear history (the others being Q-244 for France, ultimately completed as a smaller vessel when the reactor could not fit and Japan's first I-500). I-500 was the C-4 design, usually listed with an "unknown" propulsion system, and the second atomic powered submarine to be designed in Japan. Like Q-244, the first one, I-400, was completed to a diesel electric system. I-500, on the other hand, was completed, and sailed to Europe, being detected by US Army intelligence in 1945. As well, a peculiar non-weapon type Kaiten was captured in Panama in July 1945 - a vessel converted for delivering agents and 600 kg of cargo - in this case raw silk to sell for money. Her crew escaped, but had to abandon their cargo when a US beach patrol showed up. This vessel spent decades in the custody of the US Army Aviation Museum on Oahu, before finally being returned to Japan, where she is on display. I studied Japanese SSN's in a joint project with JSDF in 1995, when we were allowed to unseal the design plans (preserved in what looks like thick wax paper inside wooden crates found in collapsed tunnels at Yokosuka). The RN was the only other navy to begin SSN design in 1942 (although USN did initiate atomic fuel research in 1938!). The Manhattan Project did a paper study of a SSN in 1945, but there was no suitable reactor designed for it. Other things include many allied (and one IJA) land units starting with more than zero supplies (a problem inherited from stock), and adding ship captains to early CVE's (which had duplicated captains!). Also, Dutch and some Philippine Army LCUs were removed from the 1945 Downfall Scenario (126) which isn't usable except as a test bed - needing a lot more similar work. Two USN 1945 carrier groups were updated to their late war configuration. A few devices were fixed with respect to upgrade dates and device types. The single mast schooner has new art and may no longer have a pink "halo" in combat resolution (not yet confirmed). There are other art updates but I don't remember which. Naval Unit Maneuverability (M) Surface Ship Maneuverability: Very Large Ships with full load displacements over 40,000 tons: M = 90% of full speed in knots Large Ships with full load displacements between 10,001 and 40,000 tons: M = full speed in knots Ships with full load displacements between 4,001 and 10,000 tons: M = 150% of full speed in knots Small ships and boats with displacements less than 4,000 tons: IF speed is 15 knots or above, M = 200% of full speed in knots IF speed is 14 knots or less, M = full speed in knots Submarine Maneuverability: This is a formula where speed is in knots, depth is in hundreds of feet, and displacement is in thousands of tons rounded up. Full speeds (surfaced and submerged) should be to the nearest tenth of a knot if known. Depth should be divided by 100 feet and expressed to the nearest tenth of 100 feet. (Thus 330 feet = 3.3). Displacements should be in thousands of tons, rounded up to the next highest whole number. [Thus 670 tons = 1, 1230 tons = 2, 2425 tons = 3, etc.] Constant times (Surface Speed + Submerged Speed + Depth) / Displacement The constant is 2. Note that the database lists maximum surface speed and cruising surface speed. The modder must look up the maximum submerged speed for use by the formula.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.01 (11/15/2020 5:42:14 PM)
Comprehensive Update 6.01 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update has several major components. Japanese submarines were re-rated with respect to maneuverability, weapons and sensors. This turned out to require adding several types of torpedoes and reassigning most start of war submarines the Type 89 electric torpedo vice the Type 95 Long Lance Oxygen torpedo - which stock used almost universally. A still older Type 6 torpedo was added. Another aspect of the torpedo/submarine work was that Mifune and I finally came up with an alternative to Kaiten in Japan Enhanced Scenarios (JES) 125 and 129. We do NOT have suicide aircraft or vessels in these scenarios. But what to do when the Kaiten was advocated. We opted for an externally mounted Type 93 61 cm (24 inch) torpedo instead. Since both Kaiten and Type 93 torpedoes require oxygen generators, older subs fitted with the Type 93 also get Type 95 torpedoes after a conversion period. In a test, the Burma Independence Army appeared. I decided to check and learned it actually formed before the start of hostilities (on Hainan Island) - although as at cadre strength. It invaded Burma as part of 15th Army from the start. This unusual organization also defected to the Allies in 1945. And it used captured British weapons. So I modeled the unit on the Indian National Army (not knowing the detail organization of the BIA). I also have the force rename on 1 August 1943 to the Burma National Army (historical). When it disbands, a duplicate Allied Burmese Patriotic Army (historical) forms in its place. [Different policy in JES scenarios means this switch does not happen. An unusual advisor to the BNA advocated actual independence for the BIA and his policy is adopted in JES. It was supported by the Foreign Ministry and even by General Tojo, but the IJA didn't allow this policy to be executed. Although Tojo eventually took over the IJA, it was too late to change - practice had soured the Burmese on the Japanese.] This process changed the names of some devices - former INA or other minor Axis Allied devices got AA prefixes instead of INA (or some other prefix). The torpedo work on subs caused me to check the 18 inch torpedoes used by aircraft. These were often not in date sync with the aircraft models - partly as the latter have changed as better data became available. Some late war torpedo aircraft were found to have problems. In particular, the P1Y1 and later P series medium bombers appear at the wrong dates, etc. Most Japanese torpedo aircraft were reworked. Some of the P series remain to be reworked. Balikpapan lost some of its oilwells. So did the two oilfields nearest to Palembang (which is a refinery location without oilwells). There was too much oil production and a risk that long running games might cause field overflows, so production was reduced to lower the risk of a crash. A few locations and land combat units had eratta fixed. Some work was done (as usual) to convert scenario 126 (Downfall in 1945) to 1945 values. Units wiped out before 1945 were 9999ed out. Units were converted to 1945 order of battle. Locations changed commands and sides. Etc.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.02 (12/1/2020 1:58:00 AM)
Comprehensive Update 6.02 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update unusually includes virtually every SCEN file and a few documentation files. Documentation file updates include a revised Sorted Axis Radar sheet, adding aircraft mounted devices, mainly aircraft radars. Also an early prototype MAD device, The Mark 3, which has a 33% dud rate. The old Mark 3 slot is now the Mark 3 Mod 1 slot, the same device with a dud rate of zero. This is consistent with RHS radar and ECM devices. When prototypes get put onto ships or aircraft before they become reliable, the early devices have a 33% dud rate. [In the case of ECM it is even worse - ECM gets a high dud rate because there is a high chance the enemy radar is not turned on - the prototype ECM suite has an extremely high dud rate]. Otherwise, a few of the Plane lists and the sorted aircraft sheets were updated due to deletions or additions or modifications of records, to facilitate looking up what slot aircraft or art is in? A major effort was made to insure fidelity to RHS scenario design intent: for this reason almost every file in Scenario 121 was duplicated in 123, and 122 was duplicated in 124. The only difference between these scenarios is the single bit defining the Russians as active or passive. A systematic review of aircraft records was undertaken, to insure that devices, upgrades, and dates of starting or ending production are correct. So many issues are being corrected, we will to the same thing for Allied aircraft records after we finish the Axis ones. Axis records need at least one more update. This work is particularly important because of major editing of Japanese torpedoes, Japanese radar and other sensors, and of changes to a few weapons. In particular, it was found that the Japanese 20 mm aircraft cannons have too high a rate of fire. These devices are now renamed: the Type 99 is now Type 99-1 (Mark 1); the Type 99-2 is now Type 99-23 (Mark 2 Mod 3). This automatically updates all aircraft using both types. A new Type 99-25 (Mark 2 Mod 5) is added for late war aircraft. If the earlier Type 99's had to be corrected to an accuracy of 5 (= 500 rounds per minute, a 1/6 reduction), the Mod 5 has an accuracy of 7 (= 700 rounds per minute, because it is at least 720 rpm, often more). We began reviewing all aircraft records from 600 - 900 to insure proper assignment of devices and to correct eratta. 3 types in the P1Y1 family were deleted. Significant improvement in upgrade paths was worked in to facilitate automatic upgrades for Japanese aircraft to appropriate types when old types are changed on the production lines.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.02 (12/7/2020 5:28:38 PM)
Comprehensive Update 6.03 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update includes air art, documentation files and scenario files. The Japanese Aircraft Top Alpha was extensively reworked. Every image was redone at the pixel level by Mifune. The art was then reduced in pixel density so it does not crash AE (which only accepts 24 bit simple density). This process results in very clear art. The goal was to get rid of all flaws in the top images which appear during combat execution. After several rounds of testing, we finally got a version that is very clean. The main scenario files to be reworked were Aircraft and Air Groups. The process of a slot by slot review was extensively executed. Apart from catching errors, other improvements were worked in. In particular re upgrade paths. This convinces me we should do it for Allied aircraft as well. I will take advantage of that to create documentation on Allied sensors (radar, etc) for use as a reference by modders. I took the time to review historical production and fold it in, in particular to the strictly historical scenarios. Numbers of types appear later in the war than had been the case. A late war version of the Paul (E16A2) was added. So was an ASW version of the Jill (B6N2-Q) - using slots freed up by the last update.

Gters -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.02 (12/8/2020 10:43:08 AM)
I am playing a campaign with version 6.02. If I update the mod,I'll have compatibility problems? PS nice work)

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.03 New Link (12/9/2020 7:23:02 PM)
Since the old link no longer works, use this new one which DOES work! https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhacBuCB5xBUMmYvHVA Comprehensive Update 6.03 https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhZAU7bdtWbbscE_oLg This update includes air art, documentation files and scenario files. The Japanese Aircraft Top Alpha was extensively reworked. Every image was redone at the pixel level by Mifune. The art was then reduced in pixel density so it does not crash AE (which only accepts 24 bit simple density). This process results in very clear art. The goal was to get rid of all flaws in the top images which appear during combat execution. After several rounds of testing, we finally got a version that is very clean. The main scenario files to be reworked were Aircraft and Air Groups. The process of a slot by slot review was extensively executed. Apart from catching errors, other improvements were worked in. In particular re upgrade paths. This convinces me we should do it for Allied aircraft as well. I will take advantage of that to create documentation on Allied sensors (radar, etc) for use as a reference by modders. I took the time to review historical production and fold it in, in particular to the strictly historical scenarios. Numbers of types appear later in the war than had been the case. A late war version of the Paul (E16A2) was added. So was an ASW version of the Jill (B6N2-Q) - using slots freed up by the last update.

el cid again -> RE: RHS Thread: Comprehensive Update 6.02 (12/9/2020 7:25:31 PM)
No - you want to install the updates. Some things will be ignored, but many will be partially or fully implemented. Some things will update when you upgrade (or convert a ship). But revisions will in many cases end up in the ongoing game - at least eventually. Devices instantly update.

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