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ineffable -> RE: Custom force pool in operation (2/1/2020 11:33:41 AM)
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Lets say I wanted 1944 troops in the sicily maps.
In the battle scenario files lines 10 & 11 define the main forces for the Allies and Axis. Lines 12 & 13 define the support forces. There are two versions of Battle scenario files. Those in \Close Combat - The Bloody First\Campaigns\MAIN\DATA\BATTLES\ are the stock versions used in ops and camps. Those in \Documents\My Games\CloseCombatTheBloodyFirst\Scenarios\ are user created stand-alone scenarios. With some modification, the two versions are interchangeable.
To have 1944 units in the Sicily campaign you’d replace the main and support forces on lines 10 – 13 in all the stock battle scenarios that take place in Sicily.
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once i monkeyed with some file that looked like FP definitions for each op, but no edits worked. I tried small simple changes and not a lot of time with it.
The only force definitions in op and camp files are main force upgrades (much like CC3’s unit upgrades). Available forces are defined in the battle scenarios.
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Is it possible, to create a NewOperation, save it and then. Re-edit the default pools for that one save game?
It certainly used to be doable in classic CC eg. SgtWilson’s CCReq tools for CC4&5. Now, possibly, but I havent identified any save file offsets other than battle settings. That task looks to be rather more complicated than it used to be due to TBF’s IDS_ naming conventions.
The simplest solution for what youre looking to do is edit the forces in copies of the stock battle scenarios, then use a mod swap tool like JSGME to package these copies to be swapped in as a complete mod. That way you can toggle between stock TBF and a ‘44 Units in Sicily mod with one click. JSGME can easily swap between stock and multiple mods. It can mix and match mods as well. The chief problem with using any mod is that save files have to be named according to their mod so you can swap that mod’s files in when you intend to continue playing that save file.
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then instead of a m5 and a lanky HT mounted 75, i could actually use a sherman tank in a new setting, and my german opponent would have upgunned MkIVs n Panthers, but overall the same default operation on everything else?
These are support forces and are defined by lines 12 & 13 in the battle scenario files. In your case you would replace instances of 61 (M5) and 67 (M3 75mm GMC) with 63 (M4 Medium tank). For the GE you would ensure that line 13 in the battle scenarios you intended to use had 99 (Pz VA Panther) and 101, 102, 103 (Mk IV F, G, H models).
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