Basic Modding Question

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Hi!

I want to mod the japan.inc file for 1936 scenario a bit. I just want to regroup the naval units, collect the garrisons from the small island, etc, because otherwise I do the same thing in the first hour of gameplaying every time I start a new game with Japan. So no big cheating*, just a mechanical job (and a renamaing of units - giving TAC for tactical bomber, SS for subs, etc).

I know where are these units in the file, moving them to other locations will be a simple excercise.

I just don't know what happens to leaders? Where can I see what leader is assigned to what unit or where can I assign a leader to a unit? Or, are the leaders assigned automatically when the game starts?

For example:
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landunit = {
id = { type = 13016 id = 695 }
name = "Yap Hendan"
location = 1619

division = {
id = { type = 13016 id = 696 }
name = "Yap Hendan"
strength = 100
type = garrison
}
}
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There is a land unit with a single garrison division, but there is no info about the leader.

I also know, that the unit ID must be unique in the game, so I have to be careful when creating a new one. I wouldn't create a new, but re-use the existing ones in the file. Hopefully, there will be no problem, when deleting some of them, when not needed. I just want to regroup the divisons, so the division entries will stay the same.

Thanks for help,
cumi

* OK, this way I will save some oil, because I don't want to transport every single unit back from pacific island...

 

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You just have to change the location line to the province where you want to move the unit (you can see province IDs with F12 -> showid). f. e., Tokyo is province 1184.

If you want to specify a who leads a unit, just add a line leader = ### (leader id). If there's no such a line, a leader will be chosen automatically, just as if you'd create a new corps without specifiying a leader in game.
And, I can't imagine any problem caused by deleting units.
Hope I didn't repeat anything you know .

 

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Hope I didn't repeat anything you know .

Of course not and thanks a lot for your answer!