Lt. Gen. James Longstreet

pandakraut, does your junior officer replacement mod work with this UI and AI mod and can it be added?

Make sure you open and extract the three files from the zip file, unpack either with WinZip, 7zip is free, or WinRar. There should be 2 folders and a resource assets file

Ah yes, that would do it. Thank you just reminded me of a way to send a file to a mate of mine

Well that was easy, thank you Mate. So the tmp file, is that the way to work on dll files? In one of my previous modding life, I remember creating or remodeling dll file but for the life of me, I can't remember how or what with. May have been Company of Heros, that was a painful game to mod

Well pandakraut, I'm really sorry, I did try again and again, but I can not get officers to be replaced by any juniors upon death or WIA, I have played at least three separate battles with each of the CSA campaign Brigadier General and a new MG Union Campaign. I have verified files at least twice, used only the 1.21 file you sent me, and all new restart campaigns I don't know what to say or do next, I really don't

OK, Restarting again, 1.21I hope, thanks once again for all your help

Thanks! There is still hope then, what was the first version that had the Junior Officers temporarily taking command from casualties of battle?

Oh pandakraut, I think I'm going to cry!! I set those last 5 entries back to default in my "unitModifiers" (version 1.21) and after my next battle, the few Generals I had left got promoted to Colonels. I think I shall just give up, it is a real mess now. Remember way back, I said although I wanted a challenge I did not want so many frustrations, well I got it anyway. If I play vanilla I won't get anything else other then experience gains by my Generals, and after using the different versions of the mod, It just doesn't play anywhere near the same. Yet I can't get any experience ranks with any of the other versions (I really tried too) nor can I get the junior promotions with any other version other than 1.23a. Although I successfully modded or made other versions, including the UI and Customization mod, work better, and got good results, the lack of either the Junior Promotions or Rank experience gain eluded all my attempts to achieve together in the same version. unit

Although I agree with you on the context of most of your statement, it's not quite as simple as that. In fact, the best charging and melee troops were often green troops who didn't understand the ramifications of their undertaking. In fact, the more troops gained experience in the War, the more reluctant they were to charge knowing the results that were being asked. The majority of the men of Pickett's Charge knew what was being asked of them, and were generally "Sobered" by it. They did it as they were too veteran and proud to do otherwise what was asked by R.E. Lee who they would never think of letting down. This is, of course, an extreme example as even Kemper, Armistead, and Longstreet all superb Generals and well experienced knew what a ghastly thing that was being asked of them because the distance was far too great. A much better example was of the Georgia Militia at Milledgeville, where around 3500 Old Men and Young Boys charged at least three times uphill, against stout fortifications against Veterans Troops under Sherman. Leaving their casualties they finally retired. Upon the Union men coming out onto the field to acquire the spoils and booty, they were all horrified to find at least 600 dead, the majority of Georgia Military Institute Cadets. Its discovery lasted a long time in the memory of those hardened Veterans, who didn't see this as War, more like Instituted Murder. The bottom line is that Green Troops had usually way more Morale then Veterans who knew what was waiting for them!

Thank You once again, I believe I understand all this. Firstly, the Base Game speed, the larger the number the faster the game! Secondly the deploySizeMultiplier, 1.2 this I also presume gets bigger the higher it goes, yet it doesn't seem to have much effect. Is it that it increases the number of units you can deploy to a scenario (doesn't seen to change this)? Or it does allow more, just does not show the change visually on the screen? Third, the numbers for the experience fields get smaller, so again, I presume that means they need less XP to get more rep or rank?

Thanks pandakraut, if one was wanting to reset this speed setting, and it's at 2 now I think, does one make that number higher or lower? Do we use whole numbers or decimals? Is there also a setting to revert back the Reputation or Experience values for Officers? Halfway through the War and I got all colonels leading my Divisions.

That's all anyone can ever expect, I for one hope that your endeavors meet with success, as that would be the pinnacle of the Officer Replacement part of your mod. One that not only would equal but surpass that achieved back then in Sid Meier's Gettysburg

My favorite preference would be as you posted above, to have a controllable separate unit just like the Corps Commander. If this isn't possible, can his picture be shown on the Army Icon Bar at the bottom of the screen when you click on the Division Line or bar? If you can make or create a separate unit representing the Divisions Commanders can you make more than one supply Wagon?

Got you, and I understand, but it happened a lot during those battles as so I noticed the difference, and am wondering if it was the version1.22d or if it was the lack of the surrender mod that caused the increase? Or maybe it was just time for a lot of those units to try that tactic. I mean once it was two skirmisher units that routed past my lines and disappeared. Next thing I knew my supply wagon was captured and the prisoners at least two units were set free in my rear. Other times it was cavalry units and at least once Infantry and I really never saw this happen to this degree before. p.s. Previously I mentioned about the Army Icon bar at the bottom, and how it lacked the Division Commanders picture. Apparently, that is the way the base game was or is according to the manual. I really find this odd, is there any magic you guys can pull as with Junior Officers taking over part timecommand to get the Division commander present during battles?

Thank you once again pandakraut for the files. I tried 1.22d and replayed Winchester. What a time I had, it certainly wasn't my prettiest battle for sure! I must have started and restarted that one scenario at least 6 times. I had units all over the place, especially chasing random skirmishers and Cavalry that came in the back door, or ran through a melee. This was certainly the most annoying part! I was attacking a unit, it routs and runs away, but through my unit and gains my rear, then calms down and proceeds to release prisoners, or rear flank my units. I had a couple skirmishers do this, an Infantry brigade once or twice and then cavalry. The two cavalry units joined the battle from behind, and although annoying, I understood this to be their reinforcements, which I had to expect. Yet altogether it was freakin' hellish!! you can't catch these guys with an infantry brigade, and once they even captured my supplies and do you think I could get him back, No Sir!! I realized that this version although I did have a surrender or two must not have had the actual surrender mod installed or it would never have been that bad and chaotic. I mean you don't rout forward toward the enemy in masse, you lose control and run away, and in this scenario, the Union tried to hold the town, when routing they all mostly every time I played it ran through the town southward. I don't ever remember the enemy routing unit, actually, try to push through or fight to go around my guys, and even adding artillery or other units to fire upon them from my lines direction, I could not get them to go the other way. So then I tried the 1.21 version and it failed to load the game three times before I finally managed to get the verify my game files and reinstall to work. I have no idea why. I have not tested this one yet, so here goes. Question: Do you know of anyway, for me to reset my perks for my Infantry Brigades. To change like my first star or perk after I receive my second start perk?