tomoose Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Paul; we're making progress with our Western Front campaign but just a couple of issues I'd ask to be clarified... Below is a sample cut from our columns.dcg file. Can you explain what each of the ~ letters indicate. I thought I understood all but I'm not sure about ~C and ~R (retreating??) Additionally, as you can see at the bottom, there are some trains which have legitimate locations and are ~A (active) and yet do not show up in the generated mission (I generated a couple of missions to check) in the Chiefs list. Any idea why that would be? Thanks. 31_Chief Ships.Tramp 1 @Blank $Tramp_31 ~X 32_Chief Armor.4-M5A1Stuart 1 @Rouen_Factory $4-M5A1Stuart_32 $4-M5A1Stuart_32 ~A33_Chief Armor.4-M5A1Stuart 1 @Rouen_Factory $4-M5A1Stuart_33 $4-M5A1Stuart_33 ~A34_Chief Armor.2-M4A2_US 1 @Abbeville $4-M4A2_US_34 $4-M4A2_US_34 ~C35_Chief Armor.4-M4A2_US 1 @Dieppe $4-M4A2_US_35 $4-M4A2_US_35 ~L38_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnM 2 @St_Pol $GermanyCarsColumnM_38 $GermanyCarsColumnM_38 ~R39_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnM 2 @Cambrai $GermanyCarsColumnM_39 $GermanyCarsColumnM_39 ~C40_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnN 2 @Abbeville_Bridge611 $GermanyCarsColumnN_40 $GermanyCarsColumnN_40 ~C41_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnM 2 @Abbeville_Bridge611 $GermanyCarsColumnM_41 $GermanyCarsColumnM_41 ~C45_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnH 2 @St_Pol $GermanyCarsColumnH_45 $GermanyCarsColumnH_45 ~R46_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnH 2 @Drucat_Airfield $GermanyCarsColumnH_46 $GermanyCarsColumnH_46 ~A47_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnH 2 @Abbeville_Bridge611 $GermanyCarsColumnH_47 $GermanyCarsColumnH_47 ~C100_Chief Vehicles.GrKolonne 2 @Maubeuge_Depot $GrKolonne_100 $GrKolonne_100 ~L101_Chief Vehicles.GrKolonneHT 2 @Arras_Depot $GrKolonneHT_101 $GrKolonneHT_101 ~L102_Chief Vehicles.GrKolonneFuel 2 @Aachen_Depot $GrKolonneFuel_102 $GrKolonneFuel_102 ~L200_Chief Trains.Germany_CargoTrain/AA 2 @Liege_Station $Germany_CargoTrain ~A201_Chief Trains.Germany_CargoTrainA/AA 2 @Aachen_Station $Germany_CargoTrain ~A202_Chief Trains.Germany_CargoFuelTrain 2 @Blank $Germany_CargoTrain ~X203_Chief Trains.Germany_CargoTrain 2 @Diest_Station $Germany_CargoTrain ~A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowengrin Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 ~C is for "contact". The Germans are at Abbeville Bridge and the Allieds are next to them at Abbeville. And, yes, ~R is for retreating. Trains won't spawn if there's a chance they will run into another train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomoose Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Thanks Paul, One other question, what is indicated with the repeating of the information after the $ sign, as shown below, the info after the $ is repeated twice and is the same as the Chief info at the start of the line. Does it mean that it is a larger column using the same Chief?? 39_Chief Vehicles.GermanyCarsColumnM 2 @Cambrai $GermanyCarsColumnM_39 $GermanyCarsColumnM_39 ~C Thanks again, Tomoose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowengrin Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 No, that it's repeating is either an error in your campaign or a bug in DCG. It should be: XXX_Chief Vehicles.somevehicletype @location $NameofUnit (NameofUnit defaults to some generic thing but can be set in the timetable.dcg file.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idefix44 Posted September 8, 2017 Report Share Posted September 8, 2017 Last sunday ( 03/09/2017 ), I create a new campaign using the last DCG version ( 3.49b14 ) and my columns.dcg file is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomoose Posted September 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Paul; thanks. I don't know why the text is repeated in most of the lines. It doesn't seem to affect the spawning of the vehicles although a couple of columns in the same location take quite some time to unclog themselves with vehicles backing up, turning, backing up etc trying to get on to the road. So just to clarify... ~C means troops in contact (i.e. fighting) ~R means the object is retreating ~A means active (will appear in the .mis file) ~L means in a location but will not appear in the latest generated mission ~X means "out of action" for this particular generated mission ~T means "in transit" which normally means an object is "onboard" a ship being transported What is the specific difference between ~X and ~L ? Sidebar question: We are currently using DCG 3.47 with HSFX and the Western Front 44 map. If I Imported the latest campaign info into 3.49 would it cause any major issues? thanks again. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowengrin Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 X means that it was destroyed and will respawn at a spawn point. Importing into 3.49 shouldn't cause any issues (that I can think of). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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