Modding Notes

NOTES: These are notes I've gathered through my own study of the WITP:AE modding forum, the documentation that came with the game, and judicious study of the statistics in the game against real world weapon statistics.

WITPLOAD AE Command Line Documentation

/e Exports to CSV format
/s### Scenario number (1-199) to import or export.
/d Path to the scenario files. In some window versions, the path must be defined in quotes (").
/i Use the default install path (“C:\Matrix Games\War in the Pacific\SCEN”).

Eamples:
To export scenario #15 in the current directory

witploadAE /e /s15

To import scenario #15 in the current directory

witploadAE /s15

To export scenario #15 from the default install directory

witploadAE /e /s15 /i

To see options

witploadAE /?

WITPLOAD AE Extraction Assistant

Put this together in about 10 minutes to help me in extracting the stock scenarios, without having to continuously refer to this page.

Download the following ZIP file (LINK), extract it to your \SCEN folder and run WITP_Extract.bat from there

You should see something like this:

Naval Gun Design

Effect: Weight of the projectile in pounds, or an adjusted number to allow high ROF/low shell weight weapons in the game without making them lasers that always hit their targets.

Accuracy: Rate of fire of the weapon multiplied by 10; to a limit. Anything beyond 27 RPM has special rules applied.

EXAMPLE: The US 16”/50 Mark 7 has a rate of fire of 2; thus it's accuracy is 20.

Anti-Aircraft Rating: Effect Divided by Two.

Special Rules: If the rate of fire exceeds 27 RPM, or the shell weight is lower than 1 pound; adjust it based on the weight of fire per minute.

EXAMPLE: The US 3”/50 Mark 27 Post-War Anti Aircraft Mount – this fires a 13 lb shell at a rate of 50 RPM for a total broadside of 650 pounds per minute. If we assume a rate of fire of 27 RPM (270 accuracy); then the effect of each shell becomes: 650 Lb Throw Weight / 27 RPM = 24 Effect.

Thus the 3”/50 Mark 27 would have an effect of 24 and an accuracy of 270.

This is based off the highest accuracy rating for a gun in the game being the Soviet 45mm/46 AA Gun with a rating of 270.

ASW Weapon Design

Range: How deep it can go.

Effect: How heavy the warhead is in pounds.

Accuracy (Depth Charges): Sink rate in feet per second

Accuracy (Ahead Throwing Contact Weapons with 10 or less projectiles):

Sink Rate x (Number of Projectiles/2)

Accuracy (Ahead Throwing Contact Weapons with 11 or more projectiles):

Sink Rate x (Number of Projectiles/3)

Accuracy (Ahead Throwing Timed Weapons):

Sink Rate x 4

Load Cost: Weight of the weapon in pounds.

Torpedo Design

Penetration: How heavy the warhead is in pounds.

Effect: How heavy the warhead is in pounds.

Range is in kiloyards, rounded to the nearest whole number; e.g. a 6,500 yard torpedo would have a range of 7.

Accuracy is the speed of the torpedo in knots.

Load Cost: Weight of the weapon in pounds.

Land Unit Sizes

US 1941 Lt Tank Battalion of 59 tanks: 5,544 TLC
US 1941 Corps HQ of 2,700 men: 2,700 TLC
US 1941 Marine Regiment of 2,500 men: 1,382 TLC, 4,236 CLC
US 1941 Inf. Regiment of 4,600 men: 3,187 TLC, 5,738 CLC
US 1941 Field Artillery Bn of 10 Howitzers and 546 men: 1,736 CLC
US 1941 EAB of 1,000 men: 216 TLC, 2,580 CLC