SCENHACK

A utility for scenario maintenance.

The information here applies equally the to the version issued for the CD version of either WinSPMBT or WinSPWW2

Renumber Tab

Provides functions to delete, move scenarios to another scenario slot (i.e. renumber), or to copy an existing scenario to another slot. Source Scenario is selected on the left panel. This is all that is required for a delete operation. For copy or move operations, you must now select a Target slot in the right hand side panel. Now select the operations button in the centre (move or copy). NB - Using an existing scenario slot will result in the overwriting of the existing scenario!.

Scenario Fixer Tab

Provides repair and editing functions for existing scenarios. First you need to load a scenario, by highlighting its name in the list and then double-clicking it or pressing the Load button. Main scenario data is now loaded in the grid. Columns with a "*" are available to edit in the grid. (The grid will allow others to be edited, but these columns without a * will NOT be saved). NB - descriptions of these fields values and use can be found in the Mobhack help file, and some in the main Game Guide.

• UNIT - The Unit slot ID within the game.
• Name* - The name of the unit. Editable. Usual SP string rules apply (Strictly USA ASCII, no umlauts or cidillas or other local language features, or the game may crash). -INACTIVE- for slots not used in the scenario.
• Player - 0 (player 1) or 1 (player 2).
• OOB* - Which OOB the unit came from (may differ from the player oob e.g for captured units). Editable.
• Nation - Informative text of player 0 or 1's nationality.
• Changed? - If edited in the scenario editor (anything, whether weapons or even the name - it is no longer a stock OOB database item) this flag is set.
• Auxiliary? - Is this unit set as an AUX unit in this scenario.
• Id Tag* - nationality of the unit's ID tag. Editable.
• Icon, Desert Icon and Winter Icon. - The 3 icon types, usually you are only interested in changing the one for the scenario weather.

• Formation - Information. Gives formation number for that side, and the ID letter(s).
• Form Leader - Information. If a formation leader - gives the sides formation number and letter, otherwise says no.
• Experience* - Unit Experience. Editable.
• Morale* - Unit Morale. Editable.
• Men* - Number of men in unit (crew). Editable.
• OOB Index.- Handy when you need to find the unit with MOBHack
• Problem? -Highlights that a *POTENTIAL* problem has been found

Buttons

Nation. Re nationalisation button. Brings up a dialogue box which allows you to re nationalise units of nation X to new nation Y, and check boxes to apply this to the unit ID tags and any Victory hexes which were assigned the nation X flag.

Rename. Dialogue to change unit names from any target string to a new string.

Scenario. Dialogue that allows you to:

• - Change location name string
• - Edit scenario length
• - Change player map sides
• - Change scenario date
• - Change Scenario visibility
• - Provides a memo component which allows you to edit the scenario text. (usual formatting rules apply - see game manual for details). The Save Scen Text does precisely that - i.e this save is independent of the main SAVE button, since the scenario text is a separate file.

Press OK to accept changes, cancel to drop them (any saved scenario text is unaffected)

Formations.

Brings up a dialogue dealing with leaders and formations.

Formations Tab -Shows both sides formation numbers and names, and their level. Level can be set individually (select from the drop down combo, the press the green tick mark to save), or as a batch operation via the "update checked to level" button. To use this button first check off the check boxe(s) you want to apply the operation to in the list, then select the desired level, and finally press the "Update checked to level" button.

The update level is mainly of use in old scenarios where company's, batallion HQ etc may all be marked as level 0 platoons.

Leaders Tab

Shows unit leaders. Unit leaders can be formation leaders as well. Columns with a * are editable (saved by save routine)

• Active? - is this leader slot active.
• *Name - Leader name.
• Nat ID - nationality number of the leader .
• Nat Name - Name of that nation
• *Rank - Editable. Rank level.
• *Rally - Rally level. Editable.
• *Inf CMD - Infantry command rating. Editable.
• *Arm Cmd -Armour command rating. Editable.
• *Art Cmd - Artillery command rating. Editable.
• *Kills - Kill count. Decorative item in scenarios. Editable.
• Unit ID - Which unit this leader commands.
• Associated Unit - the name of that unit.
• Unit Morale - the unit's morale.
• Unit Exp. - The unit's experience.
• Re nationalise button - change all leaders of nation X to nation Y.

Icon Search button. Brings up a dialogue to search for icon numbers used by units - lists these in the message pane.

Replace tab - allows bulk replacement of all icons with a new icon number, with filtering on icon, winter icon, and desert icon slots. Unckeck desert icons, and any that column is not searched/replaced against.

Ratings button brings up a ratings dialogue. This allows you to assign a spread of values for each of the key ratings or just a sub set.

1. select the nationality of the leaders to modify.
2. tick or untick the various ratings you are interested in. Only ticked items will be processed
3. now for each of the items, Select low and high value ratings if you want a random number in that range to be applied OR untick the "use XX range" tick mark to use the low value as a FIXED value to apply.

OK - apply these values

CANCEL - quit

Save - save modified scenario data (confirmation yes/no).

Application (window) icons:

• Minimise button - minimise application
• Maximise button - expand to screen size
• Exit Button - close application.

Change Button

Brings up this screen

which will list every unit on both sides of a scenario. This screen is useful if a problem unit has been found or if you with to change a unit. There are check boxes at the bottom

• Show only Problem units - Blanks out all the rest of the units to make finding the ones with the problem easier
• Show only problem unit classes - Lists all units from the same unit class as the problem unit
• Keep existing unit names- Handy if the name has been edited to a historical unit name and you with to keep that name