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Topic: EAW PDT File Format
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rahamyCommander  Posts : 1304 Joined: 6 MAR 2008 Location: US, VA Status : Offline | Here's the file format for the PDT files associated with the EAW series. This is something you may want to tweak when doing your own custom scenario design. I suggest you make a copy of the PDT file and give it another name before editing. This way you will not loose any work when we publish a new update.
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Line 1: Version number (1 through 2).
Line 2: Title.
Line 3: First side (0 = American, 1 = Enemy).
Line 4: Dawn hour, dawn minute, night hour, night minute, hours of twilight, twilight visibility.
Line 5: Turn length during day turns, turn length during night turns.
Line 6: Maximum stacking in men, maximum counters per hex, number of men per Strength Point.
Line 7: For each side, regiment command radius, for each side, brigade command radius.
Line 8: Maximum fatigue, percent probability of fatigue recovery during day, percent probability of fatigue recovery during night.
Line 9: Movement allowance for infantry, movement allowance for cavalry, movement allowance for artillery, movement allowance
for supply wagons.
Lines: For each terrain type: Move cost for line infantry, move cost for column infantry, move cost for cavalry, move cost for artillery, move cost for supply wagons.
Lines: For each terrain hexside: Move cost for line infantry, move cost for column infantry, move cost for cavalry, move cost for artillery, move cost for supply wagons.
Line: Move cost for line infantry uphill, move cost for column infantry uphill, move cost for cavalry uphill, move cost for artillery up hill, move cost for supply wagons uphill.
Line: Infantry change facing cost, cavalry change facing cost, artillery change facing cost.
Line: Infantry about face cost, cavalry about face cost, artillery about face cost.
Line: Infantry formation change cost, cavalry formation change cost, artillery formation change cost.
Line: Ammo loss base, for each side, probability of ammo loss.
Line: For each side, artillery ammo loss.
Lines: For each weapon until $, fire effectiveness values. Weapon-Char Weapon-Flags Weapon-Effectivess (range value)
Line: Enfilade modifier (in percentage), cavalry modifier (in percentage).
Line: For each terrain type, fire modifier (in percentage).
Line: For each terrain hexside, fire modifier (in percentage).
Line: Elevation modifier (in percentage).
Line: Leader loss base, for each side, leader wound chance, leader kill chance, leader melee wound chance, leader melee kill chance, leader melee capture chance.
Line: For each terrain type, terrain height, height of man.
Line: Breastwork movement cost, breastwork combat modifier (in percentage).
Line: Ammo reinforcement values for each side.
Line: For each terrain type, terrain flags 0 = none, +1 = line disruption, +2 = mounted cav disruption)
Line: Line movement disruption probabilities per side.
Lines: If version >= 2, Weather lines starting with number 1, followed by line starting with number 0.
Weather lines: Year Month Day Hour Minute Prob Visibility Move-Mod Art-Mod Attack-Mod Flags Name No flags defined, value should be 0.
Weapon Flags:
& Can be prolonged.
^ Can be fired while mounted.
+ Can fire indirect.
- Has no bayonets.
* Small arms, 50% melee bonus.
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