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Modifications for Aces over Europe Convert the Ju-88-S to the Ju-88-C (6) and more JU88C6.TXT Version 2.0 Date 1-14-1994 TABLE OF CONTENTS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Section 0000: INSTALLATION & WARNINGS Section 0001: A BUG Section 0002: THE ARAMENT & ORDANCE OF THE JU-88-C (6) Section 0003: CHANGES MADE TO THE ORDANCE LOADS OF THE AC IN AOE Section 0004: HOW I THINK THE PROGRAM WORKS Section 0005: COMPATIBLE AOE VERSIONS Section 0006: PLAY BACK OF VCR TAPES Section 0007: DISCLAIMER Section 0008: EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS? Section 0009: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Section 000a: SPECIAL THANKS Section 000b: VERSION HISTORY Section 000c: POINT OF CONTACT Section 0000: INSTALLATION & WARNINGS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To convert the Ju-88S to the Ju-88-C (6) version simply copy all the files contained in the JU88C.ZIP into your AOE game directory. If you are using the AOEREA.ZIP mods that Nicholas Bell and I put together, and would like to maintain the changes that it made, then unzip the file called JU88REAL.ZIP that is contained in the JU88C.ZIP. It will provide you with the aditional files to install the Ju-88-C (6) into the AOE REAL menus. Once you have unzipped the files you want into your AOE directory the program will automatically use these new data files. And if for some reason you don't like the changes these files make simply delete them. WARNING: do not use Jaybirds BAT files or any other file that modifies to orginal ORDANCE0.DAT file and or the SQUAD0.DAT file, because I completely rewrote these files and they are very different than the originals. Section 0001: A BUG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ During the development of the Ju-88-C (6) I came across a bug in my modifications that I could not fix. You may or may not notice it, but it is there. The bug is due to the implantation of the rear gunner in the Ju-88-C (6). The bug is, when you start to line up a shot with your forward guns, you will notice that they sometimes fire on their own! A sort of Auto firing gun sight, If I find a way to fix it, which I doubt, I will upload a patch. But as it stands right now I'm stumped! But I think the benefits of the rest of the mod out weight this small bug. But it's up to you! Section 0002: THE ARAMENT & ORDANCE OF THE JU-88-C (6) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Preflight Menu Reads: 3 x 20mm 120 rnd/gun 3 x 7.9mm 900 rnd/gun 1 x 7.9mm 250 rnd/gun -Ordnance Selections Are: SR Fighter: None SR Strike: 2 x 500kg Bombs. SR Attack: 4 x 250kg Bombs. SR Intercept: 4 x Gr 21cm Rockets. LR Fighter: None LR Strike: 10 x 50kg Bombs. LR Attack: 2 x 250kg Bombs. LR Intercept: 4 x Gr 21cm Rockets. Section 0003: CHANGES MADE TO THE ORDANCE LOADS OF THE AC IN AOE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: the changes listed below are not completely accurate but they do add some verity to the game that you may enjoy? Me-109G: ======== 1) Added the code for Escort Bombers. Me-109K: ======== 1) Added the code for Escort Bombers. 2) Changed the SR Strike to 2 x 250kg Bombs. Fw-190A: ======== 1) Added the code for Escort Bombers. Fw-190F: ======== 1) Added the code for Escort Bombers. 2) Changed the SR Intercept to 4 x Gr. 21's Rockets. 3) Changed the LR Attack to 2 x 250 kg Bombs. Fw-190D: ======== 1) Changed the LR Attack to 2 x 50kg Bombs. Ju-88-C (6): (Same for both the standard mods and JU88REAL mods) ================================================================= 1) Added the code for SR Fighter. 2) Added the code for LR Fighter. 3) Added the code for SR Intercept with 4 x Gr. 21's Rockets. 4) Added the code for LR Intercept with 4 x Gr. 21's Rockets. 5) Changed the SR Strike to 2 x 500kg Bombs. 6) Changed the SR Attack to 4 x 250kg Bombs. 7) Changed the LR Strike to 10 x 50kg Bombs. 8) Changed the LR Attack to 2 x 250kg Bombs. Me-262: ======= 1) No Changes Me-234B: ======== 1) Removed the code for Cross Bow missions. 2) Changed the SR Strike to 1 x 1800kg Bomb. 3) Changed the SR Attack to 6 x 250kg + 6 x 50kg Bombs. 4) Changed the LR Strike to 6 x 250kg. 5) Changed the LR Attack to 16 x 50kg Bombs. Typhoon: ======== 1) Changed the SR Strike to 6 x 5in Rockets + 2 x 500lb Bombs. 2) Added the option for SR Intercept with 16 x 5in Rockets. 3) Added the option for LR Intercept with 6 x 5in Rockets. Tempest: ======== 1) Changed the SR Strike to 6 x 5in Rockets + 2 x 500lb Bombs. 2) Added the option for SR Intercept with 16 x 5in Rockets. 3) Added the option for LR Intercept with 6 x 5in Rockets. Spitfire IX: ============ 1) Changed the LR Attack to 2 x 100lb Bombs. Spitfire XIV: ============= 1) Added the option for SR Intercept with 8 x 5in Rockets. 2) Added the option for LR Intercept with 6 x 5in Rockets. 3) Changed the LR Strike to 6 x 5in Rockets. Mosquito XVIII: =============== 1) Added the option for SR Intercept with 8 x 5in Rockets. 2) Added the option for LR Intercept with 4 x 5in Rockets. 3) Changed the LR Strike to 2 x 250lb Bombs. 4) Changed the LR Attack to 4 x 5in Rockets. Mosquito VI: ============ 1) Added the option for SR Intercept with 16 x 5in Rockets. 2) Added the option for LR Intercept with 4 x 5in Rockets. 3) Changed the SR Strike to 2 x 1000lb Bombs. 4) Changed the SR Attack to 8 x 5in Rockets + 2 x 500lb Bombs. 5) Changed the LR Attack to 4 x 5in Rockets. P-51D Mustang: ============= 1) Added the option for SR Intercept with 8 x 5in Rockets. 2) Added the option for LR Intercept with 6 x 5in Rockets. 3) Changed the SR Strike to 2 x 250lb Bombs + 4 x 5in Rockets. 4) Changed the LR Strike to 2 x 250lb Bombs. P-38J Lightning: ================ 1) Added the option for SR Intercept with 10 x 5in Rockets. 2) Added the option for LR Intercept with 10 x 5in Rockets. 3) Changed the LR Strike to 2 x 500lb. P-47D Thunderbolt: ================== 1) Changed the SR Strike to 1 x 1000lb Bomb + 2 x 500lb Bombs. 2) Changed the SR Attack to 2 x 500lb Bombs + 6 5in Rockets 3) Changed the LR Strike to 2 x 500lb Bombs 4) Changed the LR Attack to 4 x 5in Rockets + 2 x 500lb Bombs B-26: ===== 1) Added the SR Attack load of 8 x 500lb Bombs. 2) Changed the code to Randomly Select Attack Missions. B-25: ===== 1) Added the SR Attack load of 8 x 250lb Bombs. 2) Changed the code to Randomly Select Attack Missions. B-17G: ====== No Changes. B-24J: ====== No Changes. Section 0004: HOW I THINK THE PROGRAM WORKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now the addition of the code for Escort Bombers on the German AC will not change the way the game works during a campaign play because the type of missions flow by a unit is controlled by the SQUAD0.DAT file. But if these mods, and the mods to the Attack mission for the medium Allied bombers, should cause them to be used for such missions when you fly against them in a campaign or FLY A SINGLE MISSION section. Because the ORDANCE0.DAT file controls the random selection of ordnance, and the ordnance itself. The way it seems to work is like this, first whenever you choose to fly a mission in a campaign the program checks the SQUAD0.DAT file to find the type of missions you can possible fly in that unit at that time in the war. With that info it then RANDOMLYS generates a mission for you to fly. Now depending on the type of mission, next it RANDOMLY selects the opposing AC that you will encounter on that mission. Which seems to be partially controlled by the ORDANCE0.DAT? Because of the new data in the ORDANCE0.DAT, That is the eleven eight byte fields, numbered from 00-0A, that follow the DATA SECTION of each AC in the ORDANCE0.DAT file. When the program RANDOMULY selects an AC it is looking for opposing AC that can fly the type of mission needed to oppose your unit, if the AC is not able to fly that type of mission it is not selected. i.e. B-17's will not be selected for a Dog Fight Mission! So I believe that, to a certain extent, the RANDOM selection of AC can be controlled via the ORDANCE0.DAT file. I noticed that the eleven eight byte fields correspond to the eleven different types of mission that can be flown in the FLY A SINGLE MISSION SECTION, and they are: 00 Dog Fight a Famous Ace 01 Dog Fight a Squadron 02 Fighter Sweep 03 Strike 04 Escort Bombers 05 Fly a Historical Mission 06 Intercept Bombers 07 Anti Shipping 08 Interdiction 09 Close Support 0A Crossbow I made a few minor changes to just about all the AC's ordnance loads, but the most significant is the inclusion of the INTERCEPT selection for most of the Allied AC. Note to that with my ORDANCE0.DAT file it is now possible to give the Allied AC External Guns!! But I didn't do this to any of em, maybe in AOE 46? Now one thing I did notice in the original ORDNCE0.DAT file was the had Germans only two AC with the Escort Bombers (04) code? So in my ORDNCE0.DAT file I gave all the German fighters the code for Escort Bombers. Just encase some of my future mods requires them to fly such missions. And I also noticed in the original that the ARADO had the code for Crossbow (0A)? So in mine I took it out, it never actually would have happened because the SQUAD0.DAT did not invoke such missions and the FLY A SINGLE MISSION section does not allow you to select German AC for this type of mission. There were some other things too that did not make any seance, like most of the Allied AC had the code for an ORDNANCE load of bombs for a Scramble mission. I guess this was to simulate them getting jump just prior to a bombing mission? But in my ORDNCE0.DAT I removed all such loads and replaced them with the code for intercept. So now you will have a few rockets to lob and the Germans! And maybe as a German pilot you will see B-25's and B-26's making strikes aginst your airfield? Section 0005: COMPATIBLE AOE VERSIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These modified data files have been tested and found to work with: AOE Version 1.0 AOEREA.ZIP Version 1.0 (Via unzipping the JU88REAL.ZIP) Section 0006: PLAY BACK OF VCR TAPES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is one side effect to using modified data files that "change the performance" of the aircraft in this game. When I say "change the performance" I'm not just referring to the aircraft speed and agility (*.FMD's). Performance also includes such things as the weapons and ammo count (*.GL's). And such things as the aircraft damage ratings (*.DMG & *.BXL's). The reason there is a problem is due to the way the VCR tapes works. Prior to playback the VCR tapes scans the tape and loads all the pertinent data (*.FMD, *.GL, *.DNG & BXL's etc.) for each aircraft that is in the VCR. If this data is different then the data that was used during the original recording of the VCR then you will get a different play back of the VCR. An example of this would be after you added the modified files you noticed that your aircraft appears to shoot at a targets that's not there. So if you or anyone else wishes to view your VCR as it was originally recorded then you must insure that the same modified data files that were present during the recording of the VCR, are also present during play back. NOTE: Due to this it will be very easy to tell if anyone is cheating during a FSFORUM Tournament! So if you were thinking of giving your self an edge during the next tournament then just forget it because all tournaments are flow with the original "performance" data files! There is no problem in playing back a VCR using modified data files that change an aircraft "appearance" or "ordnance load". If you change an aircraft appearance via a modified *.TBL file. And then record a VCR tape with that modified data file present, and then later remove or change that data file there will be no problem during playback except for the fact that the planes appearance will change. If you change an aircraft ordnance load via a modified ORDNCE0.DAT file. And then record a VCR tape with that modified data file present, and then later remove or change that data file there will be no problems during play back. Section 0007: DISCLAIMER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note that the utilization of these files and information is at your own risk! I assume no responsibility for any damage that may occur to your program or hardware due to the modifications you may make to these or any of the original program data. Section 0008: EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are experiencing any type of problems contact me and I will try and help you. But before you contact Dynamix with your problem I urge you to do one thing before you do so. First remove all the modified data files! Now if you are still experiencing the same problem, then when you contact Dynamix to report your problem you can rest assured that the problem is with the program itself and not due to a modified data file. This will save you and Dynamix allot of time. Section 0009: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Below is a listing of all the people who have, in one way or another, contributed to the hex editing ability of AOE. I WANT TO THANK.... 1) Damon Slye: for his dedication to turning out the most realistic dog fighting sims on the market. And for his savvy decision not to encrypt the Dynamix code, which enables guys like us to tweak the game to our liking. 2) James "Jaybird" Johnson: for his inspirational and pioneering work on Dynamix Flight Sims. I especially want to thank Jaybird for all the informative DOC's that he has either posted or personally sent me. His detective work and understanding of Dynamix Code is top notch! 3) Tim Kilgore: for his wonderful Dynamix editing & utility programs! 4) Nicholas Bell: for his personal help and insight, and to his dedication to furthering the knowledge of the Dynamix data types. His overall knowledge of all the data types is unsurpassed. Nicks dedication to accuracy and realism is also top notch. Leave it to an ADA guy to know his AC! Go Army! 5) Uwe Serf: for his work on the TBL data files. Due to his efforts we can color the planes to just about any color we desire. 6) Larry Grill: for his extensive work on the FMD & PLT files! His contributions are many but his initial break down of the PLT files is phenomenal. 7) Brian "ID" Sanford: for his extensive and endless work on the FMD data, no single person has worked harder on the FMD's. Thanks to Brian we can make the AC do just about anything we want at any altitude! Section 000a: SPECIAL THANKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Below is a listing of all the people who have directly contributed to the development of the modification. I WANT TO THANK.... Nicholas Bell and James "Jaybird" Johnson for their extensive doc on the SQUAD0.DAT file. Had it not been for their work in this area I would still be working on this dam thing. And for both of their information contributions to the actual C (6) version specs. I also want to thank Nick for putting together a REAL FMD & DMG file for the Ju-88-C (6) which makes it conform to his specs for AOEREAL. I last but not least I want to thank Jaybird for beta testing these mods, and for finding the SQUAD0.DAT bugs! Section 000b: VERSION HISTORY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JU88C Version 1.0 Initial version sent to beta testers. JU88C Version 1.1 Corected the scramble bug by listing the Ju-88-C6 as a fighter. JU88C Version 2.0 Corected the SQUAD0.DAT bug that was generating bogus missions. Section 000b: POINT OF CONTACT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact me if you have any new information or corrections to this doc and I will incorporate or correct the next version. The best way for us to figure all this data is to share all our information. GRANT C. SENN (TAGERT) [70713,136]