thanks for the answer...
i also think that this would be the best solution available.
guess the kavallerie korps are handled equally ?
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thanks for the answer...
i also think that this would be the best solution available.
guess the kavallerie korps are handled equally ?
Actually, I believe it was Johan who did the land OOBs. I've just checked the file he sent me before, and it includes all the German units that were present in August 1914.
Now, that does include the reserve divisions, which weren't mobilised in January when the mod starts. However, arguably the big German "secret weapon" of the war was their ability to mobilise their reserves, get them to the front line and straight into battle far faster than any opposing power believed possible. (The French didn't suspect a German surprise attack through Belgium, because their analysis told them the Germans wouldn't have enough troops!) So it seems reasonable to give the Germans (only) their full OOB, including reserves, from the start - to represent this advantage.
I've written initial mobilisation events for Britain and France so far. The rest are on a 'to-do' list along with a thousand other things
We have the following German colonial units coded: Schutztruppe Kamerun (militia, 30% strength), Schutztruppe Südwestafrika (militia, 30% strength), Schutztruppe Ostafrika (militia, 60% strength), and Schutztruppe Kiautschou (militia, 30% strength). I don't know about the leader situation - Kaiser Bill has all those files.
I've been through the British, US and German naval OOBs to add HMS (and HMCS, HMAS and HMNZS), USS and SMS respectively. I'll leave it to Allenby to update the unitnames.csv file
Now, that does include the reserve divisions, which weren't mobilised in January when the mod starts. However, arguably the big German "secret weapon" of the war was their ability to mobilise their reserves, get them to the front line and straight into battle far faster than any opposing power believed possible. (The French didn't suspect a German surprise attack through Belgium, because their analysis told them the Germans wouldn't have enough troops!) So it seems reasonable to give the Germans (only) their full OOB, including reserves, from the start - to represent this advantage.
I've written initial mobilisation events for Britain and France so far. The rest are on a 'to-do' list along with a thousand other things
We have the following German colonial units coded: Schutztruppe Kamerun (militia, 30% strength), Schutztruppe Südwestafrika (militia, 30% strength), Schutztruppe Ostafrika (militia, 60% strength), and Schutztruppe Kiautschou (militia, 30% strength). I don't know about the leader situation - Kaiser Bill has all those files.
I've been through the British, US and German naval OOBs to add HMS (and HMCS, HMAS and HMNZS), USS and SMS respectively. I'll leave it to Allenby to update the unitnames.csv file
Originally posted by StephenT
I've been through the British, US and German naval OOBs to add HMS (and HMCS, HMAS and HMNZS), USS and SMS respectively. I'll leave it to Allenby to update the unitnames.csv file
Could you possibly tell me the names of which ships are HMAS's and HMNZS's? At the moment I have an extended list of HMS's.
I think HMS Australia and HMS New Zealand are cases in point - they became HMAS's and HMNZ's after the war.
Royal Canadian Navy:
Niobe (CL)
Royal Australian Navy:
Australia (BC)
Melbourne (CL)
Sydney (CL)
Brisbane (CL)
Adelaide (CL)
Pioneer (CL)
Encounter (CL)
Royal New Zealand Navy:
Psyche (CL)
Pyramus (CL)
Philomel (CL)
HMS New Zealand was paid for by that Dominion, but donated to the Royal Navy and served as a British ship.
Niobe (CL)
Royal Australian Navy:
Australia (BC)
Melbourne (CL)
Sydney (CL)
Brisbane (CL)
Adelaide (CL)
Pioneer (CL)
Encounter (CL)
Royal New Zealand Navy:
Psyche (CL)
Pyramus (CL)
Philomel (CL)
HMS New Zealand was paid for by that Dominion, but donated to the Royal Navy and served as a British ship.
I've run a lot of hands-off games recently, testing stuff, and noticed something very strange:
In almost every game now, Japan is declaring war on China within days of the game starting!
I'm not sure why this has suddenly started happening, unless it's because I added 4 transport ships to the Japanese OOB, and so now they can get their army off the Home Islands and actually do something with it Also, I don't have Japan's starting Cabinet in place yet so the game engine doesn't know they're a democracy in 1914...
However, this does give us the next problem: as currently written, China has no army whatsoever! I can see why: the Chinese were pretty hopeless militarily and didn't really have an army in the recognisable Western sense in 1914. However, perhaps this is making them a little too vulnerable, and we ought to at least give them a bunch of militia units (but no military techs, and only 1-star leaders with the "Old Guard" trait). Thoughts on a reasonable number and locations?
In almost every game now, Japan is declaring war on China within days of the game starting!
I'm not sure why this has suddenly started happening, unless it's because I added 4 transport ships to the Japanese OOB, and so now they can get their army off the Home Islands and actually do something with it
Also, I don't have Japan's starting Cabinet in place yet so the game engine doesn't know they're a democracy in 1914...However, this does give us the next problem: as currently written, China has no army whatsoever! I can see why: the Chinese were pretty hopeless militarily and didn't really have an army in the recognisable Western sense in 1914. However, perhaps this is making them a little too vulnerable, and we ought to at least give them a bunch of militia units (but no military techs, and only 1-star leaders with the "Old Guard" trait). Thoughts on a reasonable number and locations?
I noticed that Japan seems to get a little over excited - it happens every 4th January - even when they have a democratic cabinet.
It would certainly seem sensible to give the Chinese some sort of military - perhaps eight militia divisions:
two in Peking
two in Ningbo
two in Manchuria
two in the South
It would certainly seem sensible to give the Chinese some sort of military - perhaps eight militia divisions:
two in Peking
two in Ningbo
two in Manchuria
two in the South
Some thoughts about the (land) OOBs, which are near finalization, but still need some tweaking, mostly in removing "double" numbering and bugs, fixing mobilization events, but also completely revising some.
China
Acording to my old Swedish encyclopaedia (1911), they should have 36 ( ) divisions spread across the country, and 11 of those where raised by 1907. How many would have been raised by 1914? Around 20 maybe? All should probably be militia?
Russia
Revising this OOB, because there where loads of inconsistencies and stuff in it. I'm making a new OOB based on the World War I Databook combined with my old source.
Others
Altering and fixing some OOBs with the help of the above mentioned book. Some small countries are missing their land OOBs, either because they had no army, or because facts about their army is impossible to find. Those countries has got an x under their land OOB column at my progress page.
Mobilization
What should we do with all those country mobilizations? This is getting complicated because of the fact that the add_division command isn't working with ordinary infantry divisions, which makes it impossible to add divisions to an exact province, needed for the colonials.
My suggestions:
British Empire
All colonial divisions stand ready at their home locations but with only 10 in strength. All "New Army" divisions are added by events (build_division) that make them appear at their historical dates for a symbolic cost.
France
All reserve divisions same as British "New Army".
Germany
All reserve and landwehr divisions same as British "New Army". This can be discussed though as to give Germany an initial advantage in troops.
Russia
All reserve divisions same as British "New Army".
Other ideas or opinions?
/Johan
China
Acording to my old Swedish encyclopaedia (1911), they should have 36 (
) divisions spread across the country, and 11 of those where raised by 1907. How many would have been raised by 1914? Around 20 maybe? All should probably be militia?Russia
Revising this OOB, because there where loads of inconsistencies and stuff in it. I'm making a new OOB based on the World War I Databook combined with my old source.
Others
Altering and fixing some OOBs with the help of the above mentioned book. Some small countries are missing their land OOBs, either because they had no army, or because facts about their army is impossible to find. Those countries has got an x under their land OOB column at my progress page.
Mobilization
What should we do with all those country mobilizations? This is getting complicated because of the fact that the add_division command isn't working with ordinary infantry divisions, which makes it impossible to add divisions to an exact province, needed for the colonials.
My suggestions:
British Empire
All colonial divisions stand ready at their home locations but with only 10 in strength. All "New Army" divisions are added by events (build_division) that make them appear at their historical dates for a symbolic cost.
France
All reserve divisions same as British "New Army".
Germany
All reserve and landwehr divisions same as British "New Army". This can be discussed though as to give Germany an initial advantage in troops.
Russia
All reserve divisions same as British "New Army".
Other ideas or opinions?
/Johan
Originally posted by Johan Elisson
Some thoughts about the (land) OOBs, which are near finalization, but still need some tweaking, mostly in removing "double" numbering and bugs, fixing mobilization events, but also completely revising some.
China
Acording to my old Swedish encyclopaedia (1911), they should have 36 (
I think even if those divisions were just militia, it would be overstating China's military power - having nearly sixty divisions would make China quite strong. Perhaps it's best to cut that number by a third and name each division '1st/2nd/3rd Division' or something to that effect
If there is no information on the armed forces of small countries then it's probable that they didn't have an army that was noteworthy. It's probably best to leave construction of units in the hands of the AI or player, as opposed to giving them an entire division, or, giving them a vastly understrength division at the start of the game to represent their small army.
There's also problems concerning all these new divisions' names - they're all identical.
The problem with having all the colonial divisions from the start, is that although they are understrength, it wouldn't be difficult for the player to bring them up to full strength and therefore be able to despatch an unrealistic number of colonial divisions immediately into combat (I have the British Empire in mind, particularly). It might be necessary to just have colonial divisions built as normal, although it would be perculiar to see Australian, Canadian and Indian divisions just appear in the British Isles.
According to someone in the CORE forum, divisions added by event all have the same name unless you place them in a specific province.
I think you misunderstood what I wrote.
The book says that China's army should consist of 36 divisions, but only 11 of those 36 divisions had been raised by 1911, so what I meant was to give maybe 20 militia divisions to China at the start, which is what you meant also (60 divs grouped three and three is 20 divs), right? Good, then I shall leave them blank.
That should be fixable... I will take a look at it. Do they get the same name with the build_division command or when you build one in the ordinary way?
Well, not all colonial divisions from the start, but the 1st Australian, Canadian and some Indian divisions that existed pre-war or where raised just a few weeks after the war started. The others would be, as you say, built as normal an appear in the British Isles.
/Johan
It seems like the build_division command is pretty bugged too. You can't add more than one division with an event, and if you have two events following each other, only the first division will be built... It looks like we will have to make an event that just adds manpower and tells that "[...]Britain historically raised six divisions in this first "New Army" wave[...]"...
Should we agree to this?
/Johan
Should we agree to this?
/Johan
Something along the lines of "Kitchener's famous appeal managed to attract six divisions worth of new recruits"? Add the manpower, as you suggest, and then hope that the player compulsively decides to build more infantry divisions.
For the British OOB, I suggest the following:
You can add the 1st Australian and 1st Canadian divisions at 10 strength if you like, although historically they didn't exist until August 1914. However, build_division in a specific province does seem to work OK if you use type = paratrooper (ie colonial infantry), so using it for the Dominion troops should work OK.
As for the British player reinforcing the colonial divisions to full strength immediately - what with? Haven't we agreed that British manpower will be almost zero when the game starts? In other words I see no harm in starting all these units in their correct historical locations. They'll still be pretty useless until the British send a transport fleet out to collect them.
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type = infantry
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location = 1198 # Port Sudan
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strength = 100
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}As for the British player reinforcing the colonial divisions to full strength immediately - what with? Haven't we agreed that British manpower will be almost zero when the game starts? In other words I see no harm in starting all these units in their correct historical locations. They'll still be pretty useless until the British send a transport fleet out to collect them.
The British OOB looks fine, although I'd have Grierson as the commander of II Corps - I've even written an event for his death if it happens.
When I was referring to 'colonial' divisions, I was talking about Australians etc, but if paras can be made to appear in the territory that they should, then we've nothing to worry about. Having the 1st Australian and Canadian divisions present from the beginning seems very reasonable - I'm sure that by August, there would be enough to bring them up to realistic strength.
When I was referring to 'colonial' divisions, I was talking about Australians etc, but if paras can be made to appear in the territory that they should, then we've nothing to worry about. Having the 1st Australian and Canadian divisions present from the beginning seems very reasonable - I'm sure that by August, there would be enough to bring them up to realistic strength.
One more thing - the Egyptian Army should be without the 'Sirdar' prefix - it was the title given to the Army's commander in chief, and I've never seen the term 'Sirdar Egyptian Army' used before.
The Sirdar in 1914, by the way, was Sir Reginald Wingate - I'm sure he's in the British leader list (wherever it is)
The Sirdar in 1914, by the way, was Sir Reginald Wingate - I'm sure he's in the British leader list (wherever it is)
This is my version of the British OOB:
Some questions on StephenT's OOB, where have you gotten info on the British army in India? To me, it seems like the 8th, 27th, 28th and 29th division wheren't formed until after the outbreak of the war and they where not formed in India? The East African Divisions wheren't formed until 1916 and the South African force was composed of the above in 1914. Also, don't forget the Territorial Forces. I've set all regiments to 33 and brigades to 50, even if some regiments where larger and smaller, but it makes stuff easier.
/Johan
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}Some questions on StephenT's OOB, where have you gotten info on the British army in India? To me, it seems like the 8th, 27th, 28th and 29th division wheren't formed until after the outbreak of the war and they where not formed in India? The East African Divisions wheren't formed until 1916 and the South African force was composed of the above in 1914. Also, don't forget the Territorial Forces. I've set all regiments to 33 and brigades to 50, even if some regiments where larger and smaller, but it makes stuff easier.
/Johan
India: there were 52 British infantry battalions and 9 cavalry regiments forming the British Army in India. (Which was separate to the Indian Armies - Northern and Southern). It's true that these weren't formally organised into divisions until August, but they were Regular troops already under arms in January 1914. They became the 8th and 27-29th Divisions once war broke out. To simplify, I gave them those numbers straight away.
South Africa: The Databook says there were 4 infantry battalions and 2 cavalry regiments garrisoned here. I simply took that to be roughly half a division's worth of troops, and (anachronistically) gave it the name of the first South African division to be formed. I think that giving a 30 strength division is better than three separate 10 strength ones, although I'm happy to go with your thoughts on the names. But where do you get an entire extra cavalry division (12 regiments) from?
The Territorials: I didn't forget them, I deliberately left them out. These were not combat units available for use in early 1914. They were purely administrative units, used for training part-time volunteer soldiers (who spent two weeks per year with the army, the rest doing a civilian job), and by law they couldn't even be sent outside the country! When war broke out the Government decided to ignore the Territorial Force and organise a new army from scratch; soldiers from the TF units were encouraged to volunteer for the new divisions. In short, the only infantry available to Britain for service in Europe in January 1914 were the six Regular Army divisions and the colonial garrisons.
Unit Strengths: I worked out the actual strength based on one battalion = 8.33 strength points, rounded off to the nearest ten, and ignoring anything less than 25 strength points in an area (or, in some cases, combining garrisons from several provinces into a single larger division). If a garrison was made up of several different units, I chose one to give its name to the entire force (for example, Malta's garrison included 5 battalions from different regiments, but because the Databook says the London Regiment contributed most sub-units during the war, I just called the unit "London Regiment"). Because places like Singapore only had a couple of battalions stationed there (= 16 strength) I left them out completely.
Some questions: Where does the New Zealand Division come from? AFAIK NZ's troops were incorporated into the ANZAC Division formed in January 1915, and they didn't have a division of their own until 1916.
'Gough's force' - the Second Cavalry Division. According to this site Britain had 5 cavalry brigades before the war, of which the 1st to 4th made up the 1st Cavalry Division. So if you want to assign a unit for the fifth, it should only have a strength of 25. Also, the 5th Brigade was stationed in York (province 488)
South Africa: The Databook says there were 4 infantry battalions and 2 cavalry regiments garrisoned here. I simply took that to be roughly half a division's worth of troops, and (anachronistically) gave it the name of the first South African division to be formed. I think that giving a 30 strength division is better than three separate 10 strength ones, although I'm happy to go with your thoughts on the names. But where do you get an entire extra cavalry division (12 regiments) from?
The Territorials: I didn't forget them, I deliberately left them out.
These were not combat units available for use in early 1914. They were purely administrative units, used for training part-time volunteer soldiers (who spent two weeks per year with the army, the rest doing a civilian job), and by law they couldn't even be sent outside the country! When war broke out the Government decided to ignore the Territorial Force and organise a new army from scratch; soldiers from the TF units were encouraged to volunteer for the new divisions. In short, the only infantry available to Britain for service in Europe in January 1914 were the six Regular Army divisions and the colonial garrisons.Unit Strengths: I worked out the actual strength based on one battalion = 8.33 strength points, rounded off to the nearest ten, and ignoring anything less than 25 strength points in an area (or, in some cases, combining garrisons from several provinces into a single larger division). If a garrison was made up of several different units, I chose one to give its name to the entire force (for example, Malta's garrison included 5 battalions from different regiments, but because the Databook says the London Regiment contributed most sub-units during the war, I just called the unit "London Regiment"). Because places like Singapore only had a couple of battalions stationed there (= 16 strength) I left them out completely.
Some questions: Where does the New Zealand Division come from? AFAIK NZ's troops were incorporated into the ANZAC Division formed in January 1915, and they didn't have a division of their own until 1916.
'Gough's force' - the Second Cavalry Division. According to this site Britain had 5 cavalry brigades before the war, of which the 1st to 4th made up the 1st Cavalry Division. So if you want to assign a unit for the fifth, it should only have a strength of 25. Also, the 5th Brigade was stationed in York (province 488)
Here's a suggestion to boost Austria-Hungary a little. At present, the Austrian Landwehr and Hungarian Honvéd divisions are shown as militia. I think we can say they should be regular infantry instead: according to the WW1 Databook "Originally they were intended as home defence formations but by 1914 had been placed on an equal footing with the regular divisions." Only the two Landsturm formations would therefore actually be militia.
Also, I count 6 Austrian divisions added to their OOB by September 1914 (the 50, 52, 54, 55, 56 and Goiginger divisions), so I think they should get a mobilisation event for these.
On the other hand, Serbia gets its full August 1914 OOB (12 divisions) right from the start. I suggest removing six of these divisions (2nd Dunavska, Moravska, Timocka, Drinska, Sumadijska; Kombiniran) and adding them back in through a mobilisation event. Also, I'd argue that these six divisions should be militia, not infantry - they had fewer men, fewer machine guns and a lot less artillery than the regular "1st Ban" divisions. To compensate, perhaps Belgrade could be given a level of fortification.
Thoughts?
Also, I count 6 Austrian divisions added to their OOB by September 1914 (the 50, 52, 54, 55, 56 and Goiginger divisions), so I think they should get a mobilisation event for these.
On the other hand, Serbia gets its full August 1914 OOB (12 divisions) right from the start. I suggest removing six of these divisions (2nd Dunavska, Moravska, Timocka, Drinska, Sumadijska; Kombiniran) and adding them back in through a mobilisation event. Also, I'd argue that these six divisions should be militia, not infantry - they had fewer men, fewer machine guns and a lot less artillery than the regular "1st Ban" divisions. To compensate, perhaps Belgrade could be given a level of fortification.
Thoughts?
That would seem sensible - your AAR seems to demonstrate how Serbia unreasonably punches above its weight. Converting some of those Austro-Hungarian militia divisions into regular divisions, and vice versa for Serbia ought to redress the balance. Giving Belgrade some sort of fort would simulate the ability at which the Serbs managed to defend the city rather well.