Making a unit available earlier

[WarHomer]

I´m thinking about playing Afrika Korps and Eriks Afrika Korps again, but would like the good Italian tac bomber to be available a bit sooner (as I recall you have access to this unit for only 1 mission in Afrika Korps).

I did it once a long time ago, but forgot how. Something about changing a datafile somehow

Can anybody help, and do you need a special program?

[GabeKnight]

Can anybody help, and do you need a special program?

It's inside the units.csv file (text) found at "\Order of Battle World War II\Order of Battle - WW2_Data\Content\Data".
And you're looking for the "available"/"expire" column.

You can *open* the file using e.g. the MS Excel software (to see and understand the structure), but you have to use a text editor to *change* the file.

[Erik2]

You can edit and save the units.csv in a spreadsheet like Excel, no need to use a text editor.

[StuccoFresco]

You can edit and save the units.csv in a spreadsheet like Excel, no need to use a text editor.

True, but you have to select the right encoding. Unicode UTF-8, with ";" as only separator. This is what works for me.

REMEMBER TO SAVE AND CLOSE THE FILE BEFORE LAUNCHING THE GAME.

[GabeKnight]

Yeah, yeah, yeah... I know... there are a thousand ways to edit the units file, but if your goal is to edit a single bomber's availibily date, use a text editor... trust me.

[jeannot le lapin]

REMEMBER TO SAVE AND CLOSE THE FILE BEFORE LAUNCHING THE GAME.

With Notepad++, it is not necessary to close units.csv file, just save it but if I remember correctly it is necessary to launch the application in administrator mode or something like that.