XML Editor Question

[Merf]

Now that the equipment database can (officially) be modified with an XML editor, has anyone posted a handy chart detailing what each field in a database record means? Some are easily guessed, but some seem cryptic, like "vol" which in the few records I've looked at seems always to be 999 and flags 0 thru 7?

I know it could probably be pieced together by looking at the Bob Cross Bio Editor tutorial included in the latest version, but perhaps someone more clever than me has done the leg work?

 

[ralphtrickey]

Vol is supposed to be volume, but I'm not sure what it means off-hand.

Flags 1-7 are bit fields, that means that if you go into the calculator, set it to scientific, and click 'bin' you'll see the exact values, for exampe, 254 is 11111110.

The meaning of these corresponds to the values listed at the very botton of the file.

Several of the fields don't say what what they mean. I left them the way they were for BioEd compatibility. Early_rng is one that comes to mind<g>

Ralph

 

[Bill II]

Vol is supposed to be volume, but I'm not sure what it means off-hand.

<g>

Ralph

I dimly remember NK posting that it was Length x width x height & that it was used with weight to determine the defense or armor value.

 

[Bob Cross]

I dimly remember NK posting that it was Length x width x height & that it was used with weight to determine the defense or armor value.

Here's what I posted in the "How to.." document:

Note the “Volume” value (probably in cubic meters). This is used to form the tank’s RCSB value by the formula RCSB = SQRT(Volume) x 20.4125. Bigger the RCSB, the easier the tank is to hit.

 

[jlbetin]

For your information, I put anew my WanderEd on the development rails

Der WanderLinePisser

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The Best weapon ever:a good Joke. The Best shield ever: Humour
JLBETIN© Aka Der Wanderer TOAW Section Leader is a ███ WHQ/SZO/XG® product since 01/2003
The Birth of European Army Tournament round two results available soon

 

[Bill II]

For your information, I put anew my WanderEd on the development rails

Der WanderLinePisser

__________
The Best weapon ever:a good Joke. The Best shield ever: Humour
JLBETIN© Aka Der Wanderer TOAW Section Leader is a ███ WHQ/SZO/XG® product since 01/2003
The Birth of European Army Tournament round two results available soon

Are you saying that the WanderEd is back on track?

 

[jlbetin]

Are you saying that the WanderEd is back on track?

Yes, sorry for my Frenglish

Der WanderIsFrenchButHeCuresHimSelf
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The Best weapon ever:a good Joke. The Best shield ever: Humour
JLBETIN© Aka Der Wanderer TOAW Section Leader is a ███ WHQ/SZO/XG® product since 01/2003
The Birth of European Army Tournament round two results available soon

 

[Bill II]

Yes, sorry for my Frenglish

Der WanderIsFrenchButHeCuresHimSelf
________________________________
The Best weapon ever:a good Joke. The Best shield ever: Humour
JLBETIN© Aka Der Wanderer TOAW Section Leader is a ███ WHQ/SZO/XG® product since 01/2003
The Birth of European Army Tournament round two results available soon

Good news, I'm looking forward to seeing your editor.

 

[Tim]

Now that the equipment database can (officially) be modified with an XML editor, has anyone posted a handy chart detailing what each field in a database record means? Some are easily guessed, but some seem cryptic, like "vol" which in the few records I've looked at seems always to be 999 and flags 0 thru 7?


I figured the flags correspond to the equipment characteristics notes, which are divided into 7 flags. These characteristics can be added for example an APC. it is 2:armored plus 4:active defender gives you Flag0>6<
vol is still difficult to understand; squads, aircraft,artillery pieces have a value 999. A truck has 0 vol but an armoured truck has a vol of 13, same size vehicle. I think it something to due with the armour rating of a vehicle.

Does anyone know what equip1 and equip2 is for?

 

[Telumar]

Can't help you on the flags, but why not to use BioEd, read the pdf file under start->programs->The Operational Art Of War III->Documentation->How to edit the equipment data base.pdf. The file also contains a link where to get it.

 

[Merf]

I have been fooling around with the XML Editor suggested in TAOW info, the XML Pad. Any items marked with question marks I am unsure of. I would be happy to (at some point) format this in an MS Word file and post it, if we can define all fields correctly and in more thorough fashion...

Record Fields in shown in XML Editor

NAME: Name of Equipment
COUNTRY: Country Name or "Common" and Date
EQUIP1: Icon to use from equip256 File
EQUIP2: Icon to use for 3D/Upper Right Game Screen Unit Box, an I*.* filename?
AT: Anti Tank Value
AP: Anti Personel Value
AA: Anti Aircraft Value
DF: Defense Value
ARTY_RNG: Artillery Range, in km, or serves as Combat Radius for Aircraft
EARLY_RNG: Early Warning Range, in km?
SAM_RNG : Surface To Air Missle Range, in km?
NUKE: Nuclear Value/Yield?
VOL: Volume - set at 999 for Inf, Guns/Mortars & Fixed Wing AC?
WEIGHT: Equipment weight, in kg
SHELL_W: Shell Weight
ARMOR: Armor Value?
FLAG0
FLAG1
FLAG2
FLAG3
FLAG4
FLAG5
FLAG6
FLAG7

Explanation of Flags is after Item 2017

Flags look like "byte sized" fields, each is 8 bits long and each bit can be set to 1 or 0. Each bit has a value of 2 raised to the N power,where N cooresponds to the bit position occupied in the byte. (The first position is considered position zero.) If you want to set more than one flag in a byte, add their values togther, and set the flag to that value in the XML editor.


Equipment Characteristics Notes, taken from the end of the database:

Flag 0
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1 Record is Category Heading?
2 Armored
4 Active Defender
8 Recon Capability
16 Must Have Transport to Move
32 Engineer Capability
64 Horses
128 Bicycles

Flag 1
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1 Can Transport Other Equipment
2 Moves Slowly Without Transport
4 Motorized
8 Roadbound
16 High Altitude AA Weapon
32 Long Range Equipment
64 Light Naval Vessel
128 Medium Naval Vessel

Flag 2
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1 Heavy Naval Vessel
2 Aircraft Carrier
4 Aircraft Attacks at Low Altitude
8 Aircraft Attacks at High Altitude
16 Amphibious Equipment
32 Naval Aircraft, Can Operate From AC
64 Riverine Equipment
128 Railroad Repair Capability

Flag 3
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1 Night/All Weather Capability
2 Special Naval Attack (Torpedo only if AP=0)
4 Nuclear Attack Capability
8 Major Fording Capability
16 Rail Movement Only
32 Anti-Shipping Attacks Only
64 Slow Motorized Equipment
128 Fast Motorized Equipment

Flag 4
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1 Composite Armor
2 Laminate Armor
4 NBC Equipped
8 Nuclear Equipped
16 Kinetic Equipped
32 PGW Equipped
64 IFR Equipped
128 Lightweight Equipped


Flag 5
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1 Airborne Equipment
2 Optics 1
4 Optics 2
8 Optics 3
16 Optics 4
32 Support Equipment
64 Command Equipment
128 Smoke Equipment

Flag 6
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1 Reactive Armor
2 Police
4 Light Transport HH
8 Medium Transport HH
16 Heavy Transport HH
32 Agile
64 Roadbound
128 Rocket Assisted Projectiles

Flag 7
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1 Standoff
2 Cavalry
4 Rail Repair V1 Equipment from level 64
8 Infantry
16 Boxy
32 Semiboxy
64 DPMX Anti-Ship Armament
128 Torpedo



The following Category Headings or weapon types appear at these Record/Item Numbers:

0 Inf and Support Troops

43 Guns and Mortars
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50 AT Guns
70 Light Guns
87 Recoilless Guns
99 RML Guns
115 75mm Gun
224 Mortars
255 Fixed Guns

264 SP Guns and Mortars
340 Railroad Guns
380 Armored Train
381 SP Mortars
423 Rockets and Missles
558 Anti-Aircraft Weapons

707 Recon Vehicles
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730 French
745 German
767 Soviet
779 UK
798 US

807 Transport, APC's and IFV'S
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864 French
893 Soviet
918 UK
927 US

941 Anti-Tank Vehicles

1021 Tanks
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1041 French
1060 German
1128 Italian
1163 Soviet
1237 UK
1292 US

1336 Ships
1355 Helicopters

1395 Fixed Wing Aircraft
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1434 French
1492 WWI German
1523 WWII German
1556 Italian
1591 Japanese
1635 Soviet
1712 WWI UK
1746 WWII UK
1814 US
1837 US Type "B"
1856 US Type "P"
1873 US Type "F"

1926 New Equipment