Low Ammo OOB

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How are you planning to do this?...in the actual code I mean.
Would you would have to go through every unit in every nation and manually change the load? Or is there a faster option...that would not send you mental.

Any interest from the SPCAMO guys with this?

Good luck.
I would give it a go for sure...it's a worthy idea.

Hi Jason,

I would use the Mobhack OOB Editor and go through one nation at a time. I've never edited the OOB files before, so there will be a learning curve. If anyone has any pointers I’d appreciate the advice.

I would just do the popular nations at first, and if there was an interest in additional nations they could be done according to demand.

I did go through a nation and start editing ammo to see what it was like, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I’d only be changing ammo loads for Infantry units, including Cavalry, Motorcycle, and MG units that are not mounted on vehicles.

I think the main issue is knowing exactly what you are going to change to what, before you start editing. Otherwise you’d end up with an inconsistent jumble of load-outs.

I may have nailed down the load-out for regular infantry, but then you have to consider the elite units. You’d obviously give Soviet Guards units a full Rifle load of 60, and at least two grenades a man, but what about Commandos, SS, Paratroops, Engineers, Cavalry, Assault troops, Ski troops etc. Some of these units deliberately traveled light, but which should have different load-outs and by what extent?

It’s not that these load-outs have to be perfect - any changes will be an improvement to the current ‘every weapon gets 80 or 90’ approach – but I need to know before I start editing.

The good news is that I have plenty of time to do the research, as it doesn’t make sense to edit the OOB until after the next game update release, which is probably late December; though I will likely do a couple of nations before then, just to experiment.

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Would SP CAMO be interested? I don’t know. They may be more convinced if lower ammo OOBs had been thoroughly used and enough guys suggested it as an improvement.

I’ve heard nothing but good reports about Alby’s SPWaW Enhanced low ammo OOB, and I believe his ammo load-outs go even lower than what I’m suggesting.