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Hey Terminator, Please help a noob.
I see the Zundapp Motorcycle in 'units.csv' but it doesn't appear in the editor.
I deleted the 'no purchase' in the traits column but still nothing in the editor.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanx and Greets from Virginia

stan23 wrote:Hey Terminator, Please help a noob.
I see the Zundapp Motorcycle in 'units.csv' but it doesn't appear in the editor.
I deleted the 'no purchase' in the traits column but still nothing in the editor.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanx and Greets from Virginia

You are doing nothing wrong.
The bonus units are blocked since a recent update

Coming soon, the Brandenburgers (German Commandos) :
The Pathfinders :

Update 5.3.0?

stan23 wrote:Update 5.3.0?

The bonus units are blocked since the update 5.2.9 : http://www.slitherine.com/forum/viewtop ... 20#p708898

Have you ever considered making a 'Kradschutzen' unit?

stan23 wrote:Have you ever considered making a 'Kradschutzen' unit?

Sorry, no "Kradschutzen" unit in stock

I have made a test to add secondary weapons to some units... It works

Your icons look soooo cool. I didn't know you could use colors there...

They look like this in the raw state: But I'm really unable to use graphic software, it seems. Don't know why.
Windows "Paint" is the only program easy enough to use for me...

GabeKnight wrote:Your icons look soooo cool. I didn't know you could use colors there...

They look like this in the raw state:

ability_weapon_primary_guns.png

But I'm really unable to use graphic software, it seems. Don't know why.
Windows "Paint" is the only program easy enough to use for me...

These Icons are not me: http://wiki.wargaming.net/fr/Ammo

StuG III B : Tank or Anti-Tank ?

I hesitated for a long time; but now for me it is rather an anti-tank.

HQ Panzer General 3D Assault :
The StuG IIIB is the representative of the category Anti-tank :

I've wondered about this, but for this type of units, where there's an argument whether it counts as tank/antitank/mobile artillery. Could you set the unit up so that it had 3 states that you cycle though?

So, Tank -> AT -> Arty -> Tank ?

Shards wrote:So, Tank -> AT -> Arty -> Tank ?

I think it's possible to assign two switch modes to a single unit....I may have tested this with the rail gun setup in my mod...but I'm not sure...and it's late...

Possible, but need to keep the chain. A->B->C->A

Quite a transformer it could be... BUT. StuGB is not a tank... is a assault gun for support. Even if it has a short gun, it should be either ART with short range (MAX 2!!) or an ATG which can still attack directly. It was classified as Tank and causing huge problem by breaking the upgrade chain. By the same analog the PzIVC-D could be artillery like the small man-pulled inf-guns. Do it as StuH42. It is also an artillery, but uses HEAT ammo as ATG... the same gun is used as artillery (leFH) and it has no AT mode...

I don't want to start a debate about artillery defensive fire, but such units would be still better in their own class as infantry gun or support gun, whatever... I'd rather have these as range 2 supporters of adjacent units than firing 3-5 hexes away.

Arty ranges BTW are quite chaotic, to say, Katyusha has range 2, while Nebelwerfer 3 (for Japan) and 4 (for Germany).

Step 1 : Original StuG III B Tank :

Step 2 : New StuG III B Anti-Tank :

(I do not have the time to change the small image, only the name is changed)

Step 3 : Original StuG III B Artillery :

(possibility to switch back to Tank (Step 1)

Admiral_Horthy wrote:Possible, but need to keep the chain. A->B->C->A

Quite a transformer it could be... BUT. StuGB is not a tank... is a assault gun for support. Even if it has a short gun, it should be either ART with short range (MAX 2!!) or an ATG which can still attack directly. It was classified as Tank and causing huge problem by breaking the upgrade chain. By the same analog the PzIVC-D could be artillery like the small man-pulled inf-guns. Do it as StuH42. It is also an artillery, but uses HEAT ammo as ATG... the same gun is used as artillery (leFH) and it has no AT mode...

I don't want to start a debate about artillery defensive fire, but such units would be still better in their own class as infantry gun or support gun, whatever... I'd rather have these as range 2 supporters of adjacent units than firing 3-5 hexes away.

Arty ranges BTW are quite chaotic, to say, Katyusha has range 2, while Nebelwerfer 3 (for Japan) and 4 (for Germany).

I agree with you : the range for the StuG III B ART should be shorter.
In other games (Panzer General 3D Assault, Germany at War : Barbarossa 1941), StuG III B are Anti-Tank.
Maybe that the best combination for the StuG IIIB would be : AT <-> ART with shorter range ?

Yes, it is that simple ... I think it was like that, before. Smaller "problem" of it's weak response fire as AT, than it's tank class with not possible to AT upgrade... I think it would be fixed if we could cross update. They are in the same series, but cannot cross upgrade to another class. I'd rather choose the AT upgrade as smaller problem(


I also "fixed" the Katyusha, but I think I have to revisit at all the arty ranges... Not only the physical range that counts, but the method of usage, sights, ammo and ... slight compromise to have some balance

Hi Term
Im still amased over your modding skills
But when will you release your next Forgotten Units mod?
I think the last one is 1.05 and you have come up with so many new and good ideas

SirAllan wrote:Hi Term
Im still amased over your modding skills
But when will you release your next Forgotten Units mod?
I think the last one is 1.05 and you have come up with so many new and good ideas

I waited for the release of the last patch and now I work to return my mod compatible with the last patch (6.1.9).

Cavalry :
I do not think that the cavalry still attacked by charging during the World War II. The riders attacked rather once gone down from their horses. The horse served rather as means of transportation.

Riders on the ground :
Switching unit ?

Good idea, but how do the moving animations look like? I mean, the riders should be off the horses during attack animations or in idle-mode only. Does it work like that?

GabeKnight wrote:Good idea, but how do the moving animations look like? I mean, the riders should be off the horses during attack animations or in idle-mode only. Does it work like that?

No, 2 differents units, 2 differents animations. Switching units ?
I will show you, but I do not have time anymore.