Questions on unit classes for Andy/Don

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by Imp

I must admit to following its albeit slow progress with intrest. Pick lists were mentioned I know its a dark area to be messed with on a backup copy but how do you adjust them? I have found the files but have no idea how to open them but would like to be able to set some up. Mainly for Green & Red so picks what I want as in govt or militia & for a few countries less tank intensive picks. The game does seem to pick diffrently vs diffrent opponents even terrain & realise if I play with I am on my own.

Without getting into a lot of detail the picklists look mostly at the date and the enemy OOB (i.e. a mech or infantry strong nation) and in the first pass always pick some sort of mortar and AA/MPAD unit so the AI is never completely without something in these categories. Then it cycles thru the formations available on the given date with an eye toward the enemy's mobility (i.e. if the enemy is infantry heavy select less AT weapons) selecting armor, infantry, artillery, and air type formations until it runs out of points.
This is both elegant in it's simplicity and very, VERY easy to screw up totally when you mess with the lists or (god forbid) alter the formations an OOB uses.