[Zorin]

Seeing that we have vehicle convoys in game, which break up when under attack and traveling at the same speed along a specified route, I was wondering if it would be possible to a) create more and historically accurate vehicle groups and b) to apply this routine on ship convoys.

Anyone tried it yet?

[canonuk]

Yeah, it's possible to create new convoy types. You need to edit 'Chief.ini' - the same can be done for trains.

I don't think it works the same for ships...

[Zorin]

Thanks for the info canon

Some examples I made:

Batterie 15cm Kanonen (E) + Panzer-Aufkl

[canonuk]

Look great! Could you post the chief.ini entries so I can replicate them myself?

[Zorin]

I plan on recreating most of the important units from actual KSTN documents for the respective year, which will then be released all together.

[canonuk]

Looking forward to it then!

[lowfighter]

Towed guns would be nice to have in il2. I think it's possible. It needs first creating a gun vehicle first and it needs to create it such that it moves "backwards" which probably means flipping the mesh (maybe the most difficult thing). It would be great...

[saunders1953]

Lowfighter, there are towed guns in that second picture, aren't there, or are they just in a static column?

[lowfighter]

They are static, you can tell this from the fact the vehicles are not arranged on a "perfect" line at equal distances.

[m4sherman14]

I got this far BUT. It only shows up as 1 ship when I play the map. If anyone who knows how to fix this PM me PLZ :lol:

:?

[saunders1953]

@ Low Damn, I thought that Zorin had solved the puzzle and figured out how to re-arrange moving columns.

[fabianfred]

@ Low Damn, I thought that Zorin had solved the puzzle and figured out how to re-arrange moving columns.

you CAN make up your own columns from any moving vehicles or tanks

[vanir]

Really looking forward to this mod, it's been on my mind since I first played with the FMB in il2 but I've only the most rudimentary knowledge of troop formations.

Is there a good resource on the web in a simple format to get this kind of information. I'd love to know what comprised the typical Wehrmacht and SS formations for example in terms of vehicles. When an OOB lists say, "Panzer Regiment 1, I Abteilung, 1 Kompanie" what the hell does that mean as far as tanks go? Are there 5 Panzers in a company? What kind? What is in a Regiment-stab, or a kompanie-stab?

This mod will solve many of my questions and bonus, will have the formations ready to go in FMB.

[lowfighter]

Here about panzer units from battalion down(and the other links at the bottom):

http://www.bayonetstrength.150m.com/Arm ... talion.htm


Abteilung=battalion
Stab=staff

[PA_Willy]

Looking forward to get real unit columns. THANK YOU.

Willy.