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				Making a unit available earlier
				Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:36 pm
				by 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?
			 
			
					
				Re: Making a unit available earlier
				Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:48 pm
				by GabeKnight
				WarHomer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 14, 2022 1:36 pm
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.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Making a unit available earlier
				Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:51 am
				by Erik2
				You can edit and save the units.csv in a spreadsheet like Excel, no need to use a text editor.
			 
			
					
				Re: Making a unit available earlier
				Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:03 am
				by StuccoFresco
				Erik2 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:51 am
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.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Making a unit available earlier
				Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:03 pm
				by 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.
			 
			
					
				Re: Making a unit available earlier
				Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2022 2:10 pm
				by jeannot le lapin
				StuccoFresco wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 11:03 am
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.