HoI 4 - Modules not being marked as empty in files cause unintended modules to appear - Vickers 6 Ton B. [Includes fix]

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CaptainBruh

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Description of issue
Modules not being marked as empty in files cause unintended modules to appear - Vickers 6 Ton B. [Includes fix]

What platform do you play on?
Steam

Game Version
Avalanche v1.12.6.46b6 (a6ba) (S)

Enabled DLC


Do you have mods enabled?
No

Description
The Vickers 6 ton B in game has an extra (ahistorical) MG turret module, but In the game files, the design is properly marked without the MG turret. So why does it appear with a seemingly random extra module?

I believe this is a bug with the Vickers 6 ton B not having a special slot marked as empty, and this for some reason causes the game to give it the same special slot as the design above it, which is the Vickers A variant.

How to fix this weird bug? just add "special_type_slot_1 = empty" underneath the last module.

Steps to Reproduce
1. Open HOI4
2. Play as England, check the Vickers 6 ton B design
3. Observe the extra apparently MG turret
4. open ENG's history file. locate the Vickers 6 ton B.
5. the design is not given an MG turret in the file. the "special_type_slot_1 = empty" normally given is not there.

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Yep
The tank was built in two versions:
- Type A with two turrets, each mounting a Vickers machine gun.
- Type B with a single two-man turret mounting a single machine gun and a short-barreled 47 mm OQF 3-pdr gun.
Taken form wiki.