PZC System not much being said

[JonS1]

Way to much implication for previous titles where units have already been designated FOOT and Motorized ect. ... I just don't see it workable within this engine.

Hmm. I wasn't very clear or coherent. I don't see any implication for units already designated FOOT or MOT, etc. Only FOOT-type units would be eligible for getting "On Trucks" - MOT units by definition have no requirement for this. Also, if the pool were implemented as a PDT value (or values) then there wouldn't even be a requirement to go back and alter old scens. If users choose to do so; splendid. If not then that fine too, and the scens continue to perform exactly as they do now.

The way I approached it was as a counterpoint to the "On Foot" capability that MOT units already have. If they can get off a truck, then FOOT units should be able to get on one.

The only requirement after the ability to get "On Trucks" is some limit to the number of FOOT units that can be "On Trucks" at any time, and a mechanisim for changing the size of the pool as units get on or off trucks - and a very simplistic implementation could even do away with that requirement (with the downside that players might choose to "On Truck" their entire force). The effect of being "On Trucks" - in terms of combat values - would be the same as for MOT units currently, or more specifically the change in their values when going "On Foot".

To extend that to other transport types would appear relatively trivial - a pool for trucks, another for helos, another for dukws, another for APCs/IFVs, etc. In WWII games the helo pool would obviously be 0, and the size of the other pools would adjust as required, dependant on scen and time period. I suppose a very nuanced implementation might have flags indicating whether each unit can get on trucks, APCs, dukws, helos, etc, but just limiting it to "only FOOT-type units can make use of any transport pool" would be sufficient.

One way of doing it with the current engine would be to designate all FOOT units as MOT type instead, then put most or all of them "On Foot". Then, during games, players would manually track which units are "On Foot" and which are in their native state (ie, motorised), and try to ensure that only the amount deemed appropriate for each side (ie, ~ 1/3rd for the Western Allies, 5% for the Axis, or sumfink) were 'native'. Possible, but exceedingly clumsy, and essentially not practical. And, of course, it would only work as a pseudo truck pool, not as a helo-pool or anything else.

Regards
JonS

P.S. usual disclaimers regarding "I'm not a programmer", etc. Also, I don't underestimate the effort involved in buidling and testing, which is why in the outline I've tried to stay close to current functionality.