Balance Overhaul Mod
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2022 2:49 am
Greetings everyone this is my first mod and is a large scale rework of almost every single units within the game. The goal is to attempt to make as many units as possible worth using. In vanilla Panzer Corps 2 a lot of units end up being almost exactly the same and I think it overall limits people building more interesting army compositions while also leaving a lot of units to never see use unless chosen specifically because of how they look. I've taken it on myself to do a complete overhaul in an attempt to fix that. Currently this mod changes hundreds of units currently with various adjustments to make them stand out more.
You can find the current list at this link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqpw15nfg3v0q ... s.csv?dl=0
In order to install this simple mod just find your Panzer Corps 2 content file, locate the Data folder and replace the Units.csv with the downloaded one (I would recommend just moving or renaming the base Units.csv file so you don't lose it).
For steam users you should be able to go the game in steam, right click it and browse local files to find it easily. Otherwise here is the direct path to take it
Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Panzer Corps 2 > PanzerCorps2 > Content > Data
Once you have replaced the file then simply starting a new scenario of campaign will have it active.
The rest of this post will be a change log for all the changes:
One quick note is if a nation made use of another's equipment (for example the Panzer 38) then all variants of that unit are changed the same way but they are explicitly listed to bloating this post.
Universal Changes
Heavy Infantry +1 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +3 ground defense, +3 close defense, +50 prestige cost, +1 core slot
Paratroopers +3 soft attack, +2 close defense, +50 prestige cost, +1 core slot
Towed AT Guns +3 soft attack
75mm Artillery Guns +1 movement, +2 hard attack
AT mode 2cm AA guns +2 soft attack, AT Support swapped to Infantry Support
AT mode 3.7cm AA guns +10 soft attack, Gains Infantry Support
New Recon infantry added for many nations (Good scouts for close terrain and more durable than a motorcycle. Still lacks combat power due to 10 strength).
Replaced several infantry models for several nations to make it easier to tell what they are (Polish Heavy Infantry for example now use French Heavy Infantry for ease of recognition.)
German Changes
Volksgrenadier +3 ground defense, +1 air defense, +2 close defense, +1 core slot
Panzer IIC -1 core slot
Panzer 35t -1 core slot
Panzer 38t -1 initiative, -1 core slot
Panzer IIIB Can be bought
Panzer IVs -2 soft attack
Panzer IVJ -1 core slot, -160 prestige, -1 hard attack, -4 close defense, -3 ground defense, -1 initiative
Panthers -4 soft attack attack, -4 close defense
Panther A +1 hard attack, -1 initiative
Tiger I +1 core slot, +1 ground defense
King Tiger +1 core slot
Maus +1 core slot, +1 close defense
E75 +1 core slot, +1 close defense
Towed AT Guns +3 soft attack
Pak 41 +3 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +1 core slot
Panzerjager 35r -1 movement points, +1 ground defense, +1 initiative, +1 ammo
5cm Pak Wagen +1 core slot
Marder IIA +2 hard attack
Marder IID +2 hard attack, -1 movement
Marder III +2 hard attack -1 ground defense
Marder III H +1 soft attack, +2 hard attack
Marder IIIM +1 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Stug IIIF and F/8 +1 core slot
All StuG IIIs +8 soft attack
StuG IIIG +2 close defense
StuG IV +8 soft attack,+1 core slot, +1 ground defense, +1 air defense
Jagdpanzer IV/48 +2 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +3 air defense
Jagdpanzer IV/70 +2 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +3 air defense
Hetzer -2 core slots, -2 hard attack, -2 ground defense, -100 prestige cost, -1 initiative
StuH 42 AT mode +6 Soft Attack
Elefant +1 core slot, -3 close defense
Jagdpanther +1 core slot
Jagdtiger +1 core slot
15cm SiG33 +1 movement, -2 hard attack, Can now be bought
15 cm Nebelwerfer +1 movement
21 cm Nebelwerfer -1 core slot
30 cm Nebelwerfer -1 core slot
Sig 38(t) Aust M -1 core slot, +1 movement
Strumtiger +3 ground defense, +2 close defense
Sdfkz 233 8rad +2 soft attack
Panzer IIL Luchs +4 ground defense
Panther P -4 soft attack, No longer purchasable
Tiger P +1 core slot, No longer purchasable
German Panzer 38G Added (An up armored Panzer 38t appearing in Oct 1941)
German Ostruppen Added (Low core slot infantry appearing in 1943. Modest combat potential)
Soviet Changes
Guards +1 soft attack, +1 ground defense, +2 close defense, +1 core slot
SMG Infantry +1 soft attack
Naval Infantry Added River Assault Trait (full credit to the mod Unit Toolbox by Stormchaser who I got this idea from)
T-28 1933 -1 core slot -1 initiative
T-26 1938 -1 core slot, -1 initiative
OT-133 -1 core slot
BT5 -1 core slot
BT7 -1 core slot, -1 initiative. -1 ground defense
T34 1940-1942 -2 soft attack
T-34 40 +1 core slot
T-34 43 -4 soft attack
T-34-85 -1 core slot -2 soft attack -3 ground defense
KV2 +2 soft attack
KV-85 +2 hard attack, +2 air defense, +1 initiative
IS-1 +2 hard attack, +2 air defense, +1 ground defense, +1 initiative
IS-2 +1 soft attack
IS-3 +1 soft attack, +1 close defense, +1 core slot
SU76 +3 soft attack
SU152 +12 soft attack, +1 core slot
ISU152 +12 soft attack, +1 core slot
SU122 +6 soft attack, +1 core slot
ISU122 +6 soft attack, +1 core slot
76.2mm Guns +1 movement, +2 hard attack
76.2mm M1902 -2 air defense
76.2mm M1939 +2 air defense
SP-T-18 -1 core slot
BT7A -1 core slot
BM13 Katyusha -1 core slot
BM-8-24 -1 core slot
BM31 Katyusha +2 soft attack, +2 hard attack
37mm Model 1939 +1 movement
Gaz AA MG and T90 SPAAG +2 soft attack to ground mode
SU11 -7 hard attack
Soviet Penal Troops Added (Late war version of conscripts)
Added 1944 variants of Guards and SMG Infantry (Guards 44 and Shock Troops)
Added T34-E STZ (Up armored T-34 seen throughout the war. This version represents the ones seen in 1944-45)
Soviet Churchill MkIV added (Lend Lease vehicle)
Soviet Matilda II added (Lend Lease vehicle)
Soviet M4 76mm added (Lend Lease vehicle)
Soviet T-26E added (up armored T26 seen during the Winter War)
Soviet T-70 Recon Tank added (Recon variant available later on)
Soviet T-60 Recon Tank Added (Recon variant available later on)
British Changes
SAS +1 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +2 close defense, +1 initiative, +70 prestige cost, +1 core slot, No Supply trait added
Cruiser tanks -1 core slot
M3 Tank -1 core slot, -1 initiative
Valentine Tanks -1 core slot
Valentine III +1 initiative
Valentine IV +2 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Crocodile +2 close defense
Cromwell IV -1 soft attack, -1 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Cromwell VII -1 soft attack, -2 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Churchill Mk VI -2 soft attack
Challenger A30 -6 soft attack, +4 hard attack, -1 ground defense
Sherman Firefly -6 soft attack, +4 hard attack, -1 ground defense
Tortoise +1 core slot
25pdr +1 movement
Land Mattress +1 movement
AEC AC MKI +1 core slot, +2 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +1 air defense, +40 prestige cost
LDRG Infantry +1 movement
Added Commando 44
British Airborne Engineers Added (Essentially an early war engineer that can airdrop like other paratroopers. Available in 1943)
USA Changes
US Rangers +1 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +2 close defense, -2 air defense, +1 core slot
M3 -1 core slot, -1 initiative
M3 Satan -1 core slot
M4A1 -2 soft attack
M4A3 -2 soft attack
M4 Jumbo -2 soft attack
Super Pershing +1 core slot, +1 close defense
T28 +1 core slot, +1 close defense
T34 Heavy Tank +1 core slot, +1 close defense
M3 75 GMC AT mode +8 soft attack
USA M5 Recon Tank added (recon variant available later on)
M24 Chaffee +1 core slot, +12 soft attack, +2 Ground defense, +2 initiative, +50 prestige cost
Italian Changes
Bersaglieri +1 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +2 close defense, +60 prestige cost, +2 core slots
M13, M14, M15 tanks -1 core slot
L6/40 -1 core slot
P26 -1 core slot
Semovente Da 75/18 AT mode +8 soft attack
Semovente Da 105/25 AT mode +9 soft attack
Semovente Da 149/40 AT mode +15 soft attack
Italian Sahariana Infantry +1 movement
Hungary Changes
Toldi I -1 core slot
Turan II +1 core slot +2 soft attack
Stug IIIG +8 soft attack
Zrinyi II +5 soft attack
Added Hungarian Heavy Inf 43
Added Hungarian Engineers 43
Added Hussars and 44 variant
Romanian Changes
Stug IIIG +8 soft attack
TACAM R2 -1 core slot
Romanian Maresal +2 ground defense
Polish Changes
Polish Partisans Added (Stronger partisan squad for scenario creators to do things like the Warsaw Uprising)
Obviously any feedback is welcome as so far I am the only person to play around with this. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy.
I plan to continue making changes and if I can figure out some things such as giving units skins then I will also be adding and updating various new units meant to improve the game experience.
You can find the current list at this link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqpw15nfg3v0q ... s.csv?dl=0
In order to install this simple mod just find your Panzer Corps 2 content file, locate the Data folder and replace the Units.csv with the downloaded one (I would recommend just moving or renaming the base Units.csv file so you don't lose it).
For steam users you should be able to go the game in steam, right click it and browse local files to find it easily. Otherwise here is the direct path to take it
Program Files (x86) > Steam > steamapps > common > Panzer Corps 2 > PanzerCorps2 > Content > Data
Once you have replaced the file then simply starting a new scenario of campaign will have it active.
The rest of this post will be a change log for all the changes:
One quick note is if a nation made use of another's equipment (for example the Panzer 38) then all variants of that unit are changed the same way but they are explicitly listed to bloating this post.
Universal Changes
Heavy Infantry +1 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +3 ground defense, +3 close defense, +50 prestige cost, +1 core slot
Paratroopers +3 soft attack, +2 close defense, +50 prestige cost, +1 core slot
Towed AT Guns +3 soft attack
75mm Artillery Guns +1 movement, +2 hard attack
AT mode 2cm AA guns +2 soft attack, AT Support swapped to Infantry Support
AT mode 3.7cm AA guns +10 soft attack, Gains Infantry Support
New Recon infantry added for many nations (Good scouts for close terrain and more durable than a motorcycle. Still lacks combat power due to 10 strength).
Replaced several infantry models for several nations to make it easier to tell what they are (Polish Heavy Infantry for example now use French Heavy Infantry for ease of recognition.)
German Changes
Volksgrenadier +3 ground defense, +1 air defense, +2 close defense, +1 core slot
Panzer IIC -1 core slot
Panzer 35t -1 core slot
Panzer 38t -1 initiative, -1 core slot
Panzer IIIB Can be bought
Panzer IVs -2 soft attack
Panzer IVJ -1 core slot, -160 prestige, -1 hard attack, -4 close defense, -3 ground defense, -1 initiative
Panthers -4 soft attack attack, -4 close defense
Panther A +1 hard attack, -1 initiative
Tiger I +1 core slot, +1 ground defense
King Tiger +1 core slot
Maus +1 core slot, +1 close defense
E75 +1 core slot, +1 close defense
Towed AT Guns +3 soft attack
Pak 41 +3 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +1 core slot
Panzerjager 35r -1 movement points, +1 ground defense, +1 initiative, +1 ammo
5cm Pak Wagen +1 core slot
Marder IIA +2 hard attack
Marder IID +2 hard attack, -1 movement
Marder III +2 hard attack -1 ground defense
Marder III H +1 soft attack, +2 hard attack
Marder IIIM +1 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Stug IIIF and F/8 +1 core slot
All StuG IIIs +8 soft attack
StuG IIIG +2 close defense
StuG IV +8 soft attack,+1 core slot, +1 ground defense, +1 air defense
Jagdpanzer IV/48 +2 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +3 air defense
Jagdpanzer IV/70 +2 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +3 air defense
Hetzer -2 core slots, -2 hard attack, -2 ground defense, -100 prestige cost, -1 initiative
StuH 42 AT mode +6 Soft Attack
Elefant +1 core slot, -3 close defense
Jagdpanther +1 core slot
Jagdtiger +1 core slot
15cm SiG33 +1 movement, -2 hard attack, Can now be bought
15 cm Nebelwerfer +1 movement
21 cm Nebelwerfer -1 core slot
30 cm Nebelwerfer -1 core slot
Sig 38(t) Aust M -1 core slot, +1 movement
Strumtiger +3 ground defense, +2 close defense
Sdfkz 233 8rad +2 soft attack
Panzer IIL Luchs +4 ground defense
Panther P -4 soft attack, No longer purchasable
Tiger P +1 core slot, No longer purchasable
German Panzer 38G Added (An up armored Panzer 38t appearing in Oct 1941)
German Ostruppen Added (Low core slot infantry appearing in 1943. Modest combat potential)
Soviet Changes
Guards +1 soft attack, +1 ground defense, +2 close defense, +1 core slot
SMG Infantry +1 soft attack
Naval Infantry Added River Assault Trait (full credit to the mod Unit Toolbox by Stormchaser who I got this idea from)
T-28 1933 -1 core slot -1 initiative
T-26 1938 -1 core slot, -1 initiative
OT-133 -1 core slot
BT5 -1 core slot
BT7 -1 core slot, -1 initiative. -1 ground defense
T34 1940-1942 -2 soft attack
T-34 40 +1 core slot
T-34 43 -4 soft attack
T-34-85 -1 core slot -2 soft attack -3 ground defense
KV2 +2 soft attack
KV-85 +2 hard attack, +2 air defense, +1 initiative
IS-1 +2 hard attack, +2 air defense, +1 ground defense, +1 initiative
IS-2 +1 soft attack
IS-3 +1 soft attack, +1 close defense, +1 core slot
SU76 +3 soft attack
SU152 +12 soft attack, +1 core slot
ISU152 +12 soft attack, +1 core slot
SU122 +6 soft attack, +1 core slot
ISU122 +6 soft attack, +1 core slot
76.2mm Guns +1 movement, +2 hard attack
76.2mm M1902 -2 air defense
76.2mm M1939 +2 air defense
SP-T-18 -1 core slot
BT7A -1 core slot
BM13 Katyusha -1 core slot
BM-8-24 -1 core slot
BM31 Katyusha +2 soft attack, +2 hard attack
37mm Model 1939 +1 movement
Gaz AA MG and T90 SPAAG +2 soft attack to ground mode
SU11 -7 hard attack
Soviet Penal Troops Added (Late war version of conscripts)
Added 1944 variants of Guards and SMG Infantry (Guards 44 and Shock Troops)
Added T34-E STZ (Up armored T-34 seen throughout the war. This version represents the ones seen in 1944-45)
Soviet Churchill MkIV added (Lend Lease vehicle)
Soviet Matilda II added (Lend Lease vehicle)
Soviet M4 76mm added (Lend Lease vehicle)
Soviet T-26E added (up armored T26 seen during the Winter War)
Soviet T-70 Recon Tank added (Recon variant available later on)
Soviet T-60 Recon Tank Added (Recon variant available later on)
British Changes
SAS +1 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +2 close defense, +1 initiative, +70 prestige cost, +1 core slot, No Supply trait added
Cruiser tanks -1 core slot
M3 Tank -1 core slot, -1 initiative
Valentine Tanks -1 core slot
Valentine III +1 initiative
Valentine IV +2 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Crocodile +2 close defense
Cromwell IV -1 soft attack, -1 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Cromwell VII -1 soft attack, -2 hard attack, +1 ground defense
Churchill Mk VI -2 soft attack
Challenger A30 -6 soft attack, +4 hard attack, -1 ground defense
Sherman Firefly -6 soft attack, +4 hard attack, -1 ground defense
Tortoise +1 core slot
25pdr +1 movement
Land Mattress +1 movement
AEC AC MKI +1 core slot, +2 soft attack, +2 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +1 air defense, +40 prestige cost
LDRG Infantry +1 movement
Added Commando 44
British Airborne Engineers Added (Essentially an early war engineer that can airdrop like other paratroopers. Available in 1943)
USA Changes
US Rangers +1 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +2 close defense, -2 air defense, +1 core slot
M3 -1 core slot, -1 initiative
M3 Satan -1 core slot
M4A1 -2 soft attack
M4A3 -2 soft attack
M4 Jumbo -2 soft attack
Super Pershing +1 core slot, +1 close defense
T28 +1 core slot, +1 close defense
T34 Heavy Tank +1 core slot, +1 close defense
M3 75 GMC AT mode +8 soft attack
USA M5 Recon Tank added (recon variant available later on)
M24 Chaffee +1 core slot, +12 soft attack, +2 Ground defense, +2 initiative, +50 prestige cost
Italian Changes
Bersaglieri +1 soft attack, +1 hard attack, +2 ground defense, +2 close defense, +60 prestige cost, +2 core slots
M13, M14, M15 tanks -1 core slot
L6/40 -1 core slot
P26 -1 core slot
Semovente Da 75/18 AT mode +8 soft attack
Semovente Da 105/25 AT mode +9 soft attack
Semovente Da 149/40 AT mode +15 soft attack
Italian Sahariana Infantry +1 movement
Hungary Changes
Toldi I -1 core slot
Turan II +1 core slot +2 soft attack
Stug IIIG +8 soft attack
Zrinyi II +5 soft attack
Added Hungarian Heavy Inf 43
Added Hungarian Engineers 43
Added Hussars and 44 variant
Romanian Changes
Stug IIIG +8 soft attack
TACAM R2 -1 core slot
Romanian Maresal +2 ground defense
Polish Changes
Polish Partisans Added (Stronger partisan squad for scenario creators to do things like the Warsaw Uprising)
Obviously any feedback is welcome as so far I am the only person to play around with this. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy.
I plan to continue making changes and if I can figure out some things such as giving units skins then I will also be adding and updating various new units meant to improve the game experience.