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Hi! I noticed you didn't name the light carriers in the unitnames.csv files (neither did paradox)
However, I was browsing the net when I found these names. It's not much, and it's only for USA but atleast it's something.

USA:
CVLS:
Independence Class: (1942)
USS Independence CVL22
USS Princeton CVL23
USS Belleau Wood CVL24
USS Cowpens CVL25
USS Monterey CVL26
USS Langley CVL27
USS Cabot CVL28
USS Bataan CVL29
USS San Jacinto CVL30
Saipan class: (1952 I think)
USS Saipan CVL48
USS Wright CVL49

and maybe use the
1. Light Carrier Division
2. Light Carrier Division
in use for carriers (CV Not CVLs) already in the unitnames.csv file
I guess there's suposed to be "USS" infront of the first ones.

Also, may I suggest naming the Japanese CVLs:
1. Koku Sentai
2. Koku Sentai
etc...

Not really sure what it means, but there are 4 japanese carriers named 1. Koku Sentai through 4. Koku Sentai in the unitnames.csv file so I figured it was the same as the US variant "1. Light Carrier Divison" and "2. Light Carrier Division" in the unitnames.csv file.

just a thought though.

Btw. Love your mod!

Edit: Added a few CVL names I just found.
I'll try and see if I can find some names for the other majors tomorow.
 
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No misunderstanding, the names for individual light carriers are included. But instead of "USA;CVE" or something like that the unitnames file uses "USA;27". for light carriers.

USA;27;USS Long Island
USA;27;USS Bogue
USA;27;USS Card
USA;27;USS Copahee
USA;27;USS Core
USA;27;USS Nassau
USA;27;USS Altamaha
USA;27;USS Barnes
USA;27;USS Block Island
USA;27;USS Breton
USA;27;USS Independence
USA;27;USS Princeton
USA;27;USS Belleau Wood
USA;27;USS Cowpens
USA;27;USS Monterey
USA;27;USS Langley
USA;27;USS Cabot
USA;27;USS Bataan
USA;27;USS Saipan
USA;27;USS Wright
USA;27;USS Croatan
USA;27;USS Sangamon
USA;27;USS Suwanee
USA;27;USS Chenango
USA;27;USS Santee

etc.
 
Oh! I didn't know that! Thanks :)

Edit: I didn't see any Japanese ones?
I've got a few names here if you want them :)

Code: 
IJN Hosho
IJN Ryujo
IJN Ryuho	
IJN Shoho
IJN Chitose
IJN Ibuki
 
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Found some British ones :)

HMS Argus
HMS Unicorn
HMS Colossus
HMS Glory
HMS Mars
HMS Ocean
HMS Perseus
HMS Triumph
HMS Venerable
HMS Vengeance
HMS Warrior
HMS Audacity
HMS Activity
HMS Pretoria Castle
HMS Campania
HMS Avenger
HMS Attacker
HMS Ruler
 
How do I research better transports? As Germany, it's '43 and I've gotten the peace deal with Russia, and taken everything desirable in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, and I'm bombing the crap out of England. But I can't research better transports, I only have the range to hit Dover and my planes are only attacking the garrisons of Portsmith. Yep. :( I'll backtrack and see if there's an answer.
 
egslim, how difficult do you think it would be to get this mod to work w/ DAIM? I recall you had to modify the .ai files so the AI would build / not build certain type of ship classes...
 
Fairly easy, if you feel like it.

What you need to do is replace the technology = { } section in each of the DAIM AI files with the one in this mod. And check the AI event files in DAIM for commands to build CVL's - should be replaced by "CVL + CAG".
 
egslim said:
You need to research naval doctrines, they'll unlock the transport techs. You can't switch from a continental army to an amphibious one without planning ahead. :)
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Yes, that's well and good, but I haven't unlocked any of the transport techs, and I've researched a fair share of naval doctrines. Which doctrine unlocks transports? :D
 
Great work! I've been pondering how to represent the "panzerschiffes" (and let Germany build them without everyone else building them) and anti-aircraft light cruisers and such for a while (and cringing at the work required to make all this stuff work sort-of historically), and you have come up with some very nice solutions!

Here's some bug reports and ideas:
1939 scenario:
None of the countries I checked (Germany, France, Britain, Japan, Australia) started with any transport ship techs.
German OB: Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are classified as pocket battleships. They probably need to be upgraded to battlecruiser model 4 (which they are in 1941 scenario).
The Germans are building Graf Zeppelin and its CAG, but they have technology for neither. Historically, they completed the ship, so they should probably have the tech for it in 1939. On the other hand, it seems a fair representation of history for them not to have the tech for the CAG, but in that case they shouldn't be building one.
The Germans do not have the pocket battleship tech, and probably ;) should.
The French also have no carrier-related techs, although they have a completed carrier.
Ideas: the Japanese should probably start this scenario with Yamato, Musashi, Shokaku, and Zuikaku under construction. It's probably reasonable to delete the "Koku Sentai" unit, since it seems to be a HoI2 representation of what are considered "light carriers" in Doomsday. Hosho should probably be a CV-0 rather than a CVL-0 (check out Paradox' name for the Japanese CV-0 class).
Rename the Deutschland "Lutzow", since she was historically renamed that a few days after the war started.
Classify the Mogami class as CA's. (Although it's historically accurate that they were CL's in 1939, by the time they actually saw battle they were CA's, and since the game does not allow for conversion, representing them as CA's from the start is the easiest fix.)

1941 scenario:
CTD on loading the scenario (as Germany) due to a problem ("Unknown variable in Development") at line 3116? ("brigade-development={", whitespace is almost certainly different) of jap_41.inc
Note: every time I play the 1941 scenario I modify chi_41.inc by giving the Nationalist Chinese techs 5080, 5090, and 5100. They have all of these techs in the '39 scenario, so this is probably a bug on Paradox' part. 5080 is the tech that enables troops to dig in, which makes the conquest of China *very easy* for the Japanese in this scenario.

1936 scenario:
These suggestions are issues I have with the original Paradox OB.
Akagi and Kaga are considered Soryu-class carriers in this scenario. They should probably be Akagi-class, as they are in other scenarios.
Rename "1 Koku Sentai" "Hosho". Hosho dated from 1921, but she's not in the 1936 OB. I'm not sure whether Chitose and Chiyoda should be in the 1936 OB, but Shoho and Zuiho should be there and aren't so those can be renamed as well.

Model viewer: The French CB-4 should be named "Dunkerque-class" while CB-3 can go unnamed. As it is, any pocket battleships the French build will be "Dunkerque-class" while the Dunkerque is doomed to be an "Improved Battlecruiser".

Again, I had pretty much decided to go back to HoI2 just because it was less work to modify, so discovering this mod made my day! Thank you! :D
 
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