Kaiser Efile corner

[Juankar]

Welcome to Kaiser General!

Back on 2010, when this project was born, the main objective was to allow OpenGen community to play WW1 campaigns and scenarios. After all these years, the Equipment File is expanded covering warfare from 1840 to 1926.
This means that the period's main wars and conflicts are reflected (American Civil War, Boer War, Russo-Japanese war, almost all fronts of WW1, and Russian Civil War), but also a range of colonial wars and other lesser known conflits.

Get it Here:

http://www.open-general.com/install/efi ... KAISER.zip

Current version V.24/05/20

And last but not least, I'd like to express my gratitude to all people who helped and supported the project over the years. Without them, Kaiser General II would not have been possible:

Anatoliy Ioffe 'Toliy', Patrick Steinmann, Luis Guzmán, Jurgen Smet 'Wonderdoctor', Radovan Nesic 'Radoye', Oliver Hellfeier 'Von Schweinewitz', Guillermo Bores 'Guille', Luis Ortega 'Urica', Bob C, Csaba Zsadányi-Nagy 'lvjtn', Matze Kessler, Timoteusz Pawlowski 'Blitzstoper', Mark 'Spasteur de Mont Tonnerre', Marcos Martín 'Paqueo', Clemens 'Randowe' & Doug Hone.

Hope to not forget anyone.

Enjoy!

Juankar.

[mythos]

Hola Juankar

There is a new NamesEX.txt file, allowing to have uncommented lines (i.e. Nation Name) to delimit entries in the Names file.
The easiest way of creating the NamesEX file is to load a savegame of Kaiser - then the file with (uncommented) Nation Names and Leader Names is created automatically.

With my own Efile i discovered a bug and with the help of Luis, it became cleare that it is a missing Leader Name somewhere:
https://i.imgur.com/6G7Ivwx.png


For Kaiser, it seems that several Names are missing:



I'm lacking the time to check myself, but going through each nation should reveal where Names are missing.

[lvjtn]

Chris, how did you create this list?

i checked kaiser with the latest suite (5.0.72.7b) and game (0.93.3.5.Test), and no NamesEx.txt was created

btw. the kaiser names.txt file is perfect, except the last nation (zanzibar) hasn't been added yet, so whatever made this list, that tool is what is wrong

[mythos]

Chris, how did you create this list?

Suite 5.0.72.7
OG 0.93.3.5.Test

Start OG
Load Efile
Load Campaign/Single Scenario
Save
Exit OG

Start Suite
Load Save
--> Suite creates NamesEX


I don't know a simpler method to get the file quickly
For further questions, i'm back tomorrow, sorry.

[lvjtn]

For further questions, i'm back tomorrow, sorry.

you definitely didn't read what i wrote nevermind, i figured out: i had a suite older with a half version number

and i also found the bug in suite, so very likely you should rework all NamesEx.txt what you created, sorry

[randowe]

Is there a bug or not?

There are 2697 leader names in the old names.txt. Take the first 31 off and divide the 2666 through 86 countries the result is 31!
Some names must gone missing when the new namesEX.txt is created?
In the new namesEX.txt are 2744 lines. Take off the 86 country no-read lines and we have 2658. 8 names are missing? See, at the end of my post there are 8 names missing too.

The last name of *** #52 .. Anarchist Ukraine is Collins, what might belong to the next country *** #53 .. Ireland.

The last two names of *** #53 .. Ireland are Alekseev and Denikin which seems to belong to the next country *** #54 .. White Russia

Then the two wrong names seems to be carried over until *** #71 .. Turkey which seems to have already 6 wrong names from the following country
*** #72 .. Chinese Revolutionaries. The 6 names are: Sun Yat-sen, Li Yuanhong, Huang Hsing, Chen Qimei, Hu Hanmin, Huang Fu

*** #85 .. Kingdom of Hungary has 7 names from the following country *** #86 .. Empire of Vietnam. The 7 names are Thanh Gian, Trung Truc, Thanh Liem, Dinh, Phuong, Xuan Duc, Xuan Nguyen. These names are definitely not hungarian.

The last country to date, *** #86 .. Empire of Vietnam, has only 23 leader names, so i guess, there are 8 names missing without all countries.

EDIT: Csaba already found the bug. Sorry for my post. I was to late/it took me too long to do the math and write here

[LuisGuzman]

Yes, there is a Suite bug, as Csaba catched

My apologies for mistaking when checking the issue that Chris reported.

[mythos]

you definitely didn't read what i wrote nevermind, i [found] the bug in suite

Funny paradox: despite the fact i didn't read what you wrote, you found the bug with help of info i didn't provide

very likely you should rework all NamesEx.txt what you created, sorry

My apologies for mistaking when checking the issue that Chris reported.

No problem

[de Mont Tonnerre]

hola juankar,

for our new rise&fall campaign we have two wishes.... maybe its possible...

idea is, later in the campaign, while germany invades the english coast in the east, the irish starts an uprising in the west, supported by german money and equipment....
later, mexico joines the german side...so we wish us for christmas:

1. is it possible to copy all the mexican rebels(49) units to mexico(42) ?

2. is it possible to add some units for ireland(52):
maybe just some -light guns: "conquered british" and "spended german"
-one or two kind of militia
-a horse recon
-a mg unit
-land & naval transports, as usual, and maybe an aux-ship "armed fisherboat".....?

[Juankar]

Of course, count with them.

[randowe]

Of course, count with them.

Great! Maybe a Bridging Infantry unit will be useful too for the Irish Rebels or whatever infantry unit you think will fit as well

[Juankar]

Noticed that there's an unit (E:0939 Workers) that could fit well? Or you still need a specific unit for Irish Rebels with defense/attack values, etc?

[randowe]

Noticed that there's an unit (E:0939 Workers) that could fit well? Or you still need a specific unit for Irish Rebels with defense/attack values, etc?

Yes, the workers should do the trick if bridging is needed. For the other infantry units, please pick what you think makes sense for the Irish Rebels. Something like an HQ infantry, an armed mob, and a better trained rebels unit/militia/sailors. As well as a MG unit, a horse recon, a light and medium gun (captured). Of course the more units, the better That will also add to the atmosphere when there are some different Irish units. Please choose what you think fits best

Many thanks in advance from all of us for helping us out again

[wallander83]

After my graphics card burned out and i switched over to the internal intel card, i get to play many adventure or older games. I came across the Open General(I played the PGII and mods many years ago) and i am addicted. I played the old kaiserreich mod for Hearts of Iron but the historically accuracy blow me away. I learned many facts about the war in africa, the russian civil war, or the pre-war-campaign. Then i started watching "The Great War" Youtube-Channel and played many campaigns that were there explained.

I am a novice and the game is still difficult for me. The "Hecker" and "The Novemberrevolution" campaigns is for me even on 150 prestige still difficult. Currently i am playing the Anzac campaign and the real obstacles like the turkish artillery and terrian are perfect simulated.

I played many mods like Forgotten Hope or Europa Barbarorum or games like Hearts of Iron or Total War but in the last years i found only Open General a historically accuracy Open Source/Mod-Project/Game.
Many thanks for the content creators and the devs of Open General.


I am german sorry for my bad englisch.

[Wonderdoctor]

After my graphics card burned out and i switched over to the internal intel card, i get to play many adventure or older games. I came across the Open General(I played the PGII and mods many years ago) and i am addicted. I played the old kaiserreich mod for Hearts of Iron but the historically accuracy blow me away. I learned many facts about the war in africa, the russian civil war, or the pre-war-campaign. Then i started watching "The Great War" Youtube-Channel and played many campaigns that were there explained.

I am a novice and the game is still difficult for me. The "Hecker" and "The Novemberrevolution" campaigns is for me even on 150 prestige still difficult. Currently i am playing the Anzac campaign and the real obstacles like the turkish artillery and terrian are perfect simulated.

I played many mods like Forgotten Hope or Europa Barbarorum or games like Hearts of Iron or Total War but in the last years i found only Open General a historically accuracy Open Source/Mod-Project/Game.
Many thanks for the content creators and the devs of Open General.


I am german sorry for my bad englisch.

Thanks for posting your Open General story. Many people have contributed to the Kaiser e-file and the campaigns created for it. Some feedback every now and then is nice I would like to encourage you to participate in one of the next Kaiser CCs (campaign challenge - multiple players playing the same campaign and posting results here) when it takes place.

[randowe]

I am a novice and the game is still difficult for me. The "Hecker" and "The Novemberrevolution" campaigns is for me even on 150 prestige still difficult. Currently i am playing the Anzac campaign and the real obstacles like the turkish artillery and terrian are perfect simulated.

to the forum wallander83. I first thought of some swedish polisinspektör

If you feel 150% is still a bit to hard, you can play on a higher prestige level. Nobody should feel ashamed when playing at 200% or 300%. When i was new to the game i played on higher levels as well. On a quick look, the game is not hard to play, but it takes some time to learn how to use all the different units and combine their abilities in the best way. Have fun!

[randowe]

In the last 2 weeks i played Urica's 1918-20 SIM POBEDISHI! and just want to praise Urica for his campaign. The scenarios are built so well, many are just perfect I can only recommend to play this campaign!
I wonder if scenarios like these are possible in a WW2 environment too

Only the constant blowing of the rail tracks (by my own arty) and the player 3 (AI) auxiliary troops turned me down a bit
See the auxiliary cossacks act and die was painful

At the end i took the path leading to the second Tobol scenario. I wanted to avoid the winter scenarios

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OpenGen 0.93.3.99.RC4 * 17 Feb 2020  *  AI version: 2.00 (2014)
Efile folder: C:\Games\OpenGeneral\EFILE_KAISER\  * Efile version: Kaiser Efile V.07/08/19
Campaign: 1918-20 SIM POBEDISHI!,  *  Player prestige modifier 100%  *  AI prestige modifier 100%

Played Scenarios:
 1   Until you find somebody: the Komuch offensive (I) , #0 , Victory , score:35
 2   Uncountable trophies: the Komuch offensive (II) , #1 , Victory , score:31
 3   Harvest of sorrow: the end of the Komuch  , #2 , Brilliant Victory , score:55  +++  Proto: RAF R.E.8
 4   At the gates of Europe: Ufa , #3 , Tactical Victory , score:15
 5   Rush: the Spring Offensive , #5 , Tactical Victory , score:14
 6   Clutching at straws: defense of Belebei , #7 , Victory , score:35
 7   You've got to know when to walk away: farewell to Ufa , #17 , Brilliant Victory , score:55  +++  Proto: Sopwith Camel F.1
 8   Cry for the Romanovs: Ekaterinburg , #18 , Brilliant Victory , score:62
 9   The bear against the red wolves: Chelyabinsk , #19 , Victory , score:34
10   Not dead yet: The Tobol offensive (I) , #20 , Brilliant Victory , score:57
11   Better to burn out: The Tobol offensive (II) , #22 , Brilliant Victory , score:57
--
Campaign score: 450  *  Average: 40

..
Current scenario: Better to burn out: The Tobol offensive (II),  VH prestige is 320 ,  All map prestige is: 560
Army cost: 6400 , Current prestige is 103
Prestige available on map yet is 120 pp ( 0 pp in VH to capture) * Turn: 21
AI stance is Defensive   Using map: 1432
BV: Win , turn prestige: 280
V : Win , turn prestige: 280
TV: Win , turn prestige: 280
Ls: Loss , turn prestige: 280

Infantry
*  Komandovaniye , Konny , Vladimir Kappel's HQ , 5 bars , 607 exp , White Russia , 8/10 , Aggressive Maneuver  , 14 kill , 0 pp - U:001  [+17 exp]
*  Gvardeiskaya , Russo-Balt T , People's Army , 5 bars , 598 exp , Russian Green Armies , 10/10 , Combat Support  , 24 kill , 0 pp - U:002  [+37 exp]
*  Gvardeiskaya , Jeffery/Nash-Quad , People's Army , 5 bars , 580 exp , Russian Green Armies , 6/10 , 37 kill , 0 pp - U:003  [+47 exp]
 Gvardeiskaya , Jeffery/Nash-Quad ,  , 5 bars , 736 exp , White Russia , 6/10 , Devastating Fire  , 43 kill , 165 pp - U:004  [+79 exp]
*  Gvardeiskaya , Russo-Balt T , Blagotic Regiment , 5 bars , 528 exp , Serbia , 10/10 , 24 kill , 0 pp - U:005  [+9 exp]
*  Gvardeiskaya , Russo-Balt T ,  , 4 bars , 489 exp , White Russia , 10/10 , Bridging  , 29 kill , 0 pp - U:007  [+38 exp]
 Gvardeiskaya , Russo-Balt T ,  , 4 bars , 471 exp , White Russia , 9/10 , Resilience  , 19 kill , 248 pp - U:011  [+75 exp]
 Gvardeiskaya , Russo-Balt T ,  , 3 bars , 337 exp , White Russia , 10/10 , Aggressive Attack  , 14 kill , 276 pp - U:014  [+77 exp]
 Gvardeiskaya , Russo-Balt T ,  , 3 bars , 366 exp , White Russia , 10/10 , 6 kill , 276 pp - U:018  [+47 exp]

Heavy Cavalry/Tanks
 Mark V/M ,  , 5 bars , 632 exp , White Russia , 7/10 , Shock Tactics  , 78 kill , 588 pp - U:016  [+129 exp]

Machine Guns
*  Tachanka ,  , 5 bars , 835 exp , White Russia , 10/10 , All Weather Combat  , 16 kill , 0 pp - U:008  [+35 exp]

Artillery
 107-mm Pushka obr.1910 , Jeffery/Nash-Quad ,  , 5 bars , 920 exp , White Russia , 13/10 , Fire Discipline  , 24 kill , 1076 pp - U:006  [+67 exp]
 76-mm Pushka obr.1902  , Russo-Balt T ,  , 5 bars , 714 exp , White Russia , 12/10 , Resilience  , 13 kill , 489 pp - U:009  [+100 exp]
 76-mm Pushka obr.1902  , Russo-Balt T ,  , 5 bars , 702 exp , White Russia , 12/10 , Skilled Reconnaissance  , 7 kill , 489 pp - U:012  [+102 exp]
 107-mm Pushka obr.1910 , Jeffery/Nash-Quad ,  , 5 bars , 535 exp , White Russia , 12/10 , Street Fighter  , 9 kill , 993 pp - U:013  [+119 exp]
 76-mm Bronevagon Zaamurets ,  , 5 bars , 611 exp , White Russia , 13/10 , Influence  , 7 kill , 936 pp - U:015  [+165 exp]
 76-mm Bronevagon Zaamurets ,  , 4 bars , 452 exp , White Russia , 12/10 , 4 kill , 864 pp - U:019  [+105 exp]

Fighter
+  Sopwith Camel F.1 ,  , 2 bars , 295 exp , White Russia , 3/10 , 2 kill , 0 pp - U:017  [+38 exp]

Bomber/Scout
+  RAF R.E.8 ,  , 5 bars , 1130 exp , White Russia , 2/10 , Devastating Fire  , 20 kill , 0 pp - U:010  [+103 exp]


Dossier summary:

Player 1 : White Russia, Cossack Hosts
Killed: INF:340  RCN:45   AT:12   FLAK:34   FORT:25   ATY:55   CRs:3      Total: 514
Lost  : INF:21   RCN:4    FLAK:1    FORT:4      Total: 30

Player 3 : Cossack Hosts
Killed: INF:3    FLAK:2    ATY:2      Total: 7
Lost  : RCN:16   ATY:2      Total: 18

Total Entente
Killed: INF:343  RCN:45   AT:12   FLAK:36   FORT:25   ATY:57   CRs:3      Total: 521
Lost  : INF:21   RCN:20   FLAK:1    FORT:4    ATY:2      Total: 48

BV  5
V   4
TV  2
L   0

Averages: 
Infantry       *   9 Units *  6 Leaders      Total :   4712 exp,    210 kill,    965 pp    Average:    524 exp,     23 kill,    107 pp
Heavy Cavalry/Tanks *   1 Units *  1 Leaders      Total :    632 exp,     78 kill,    588 pp    Average:    632 exp,     78 kill,    588 pp
Machine Guns   *   1 Units *  1 Leaders      Total :    835 exp,     16 kill,      0 pp    Average:    835 exp,     16 kill,      0 pp
Artillery      *   6 Units *  5 Leaders      Total :   3934 exp,     64 kill,   4847 pp    Average:    656 exp,     11 kill,    808 pp
Fighter        *   1 Units *  0 Leaders      Total :    295 exp,      2 kill,      0 pp    Average:    295 exp,      2 kill,      0 pp
Bomber/Scout   *   1 Units *  1 Leaders      Total :   1130 exp,     20 kill,      0 pp    Average:   1130 exp,     20 kill,      0 pp
* Summary:     *  19 Units * 14 Leaders      Total :  11538 exp,    390 kill,   6400 pp    Average:    607 exp,     21 kill,    337 pp

[Urica]

Thank you very much!

[Ol' Willy]

I have finished Russian Imperial Army campaign: high quality stuff and it is really huge; although, I have some comments at the units used.

- 57mm gun "Sokol". What is this? I don't know any Russian 57mm gun used in Great War

- Armiansky infantry. I an not aware of any Armenian national formations in RIA

- Turkestansky infantry. This is correct, RIA had national formation made up from Middle Asian recruits. These had low moral for offense (they didn't have a slightest idea what this war was about) but stood fine when attacked. I guess it could be reflected in the game: give them less attack values but decent defensive ones. Will give them some distinction from the other infantry

- Finsky infantry. Despite being called "Finnish" these division were mostly staffed with regular Russian recruits; the word "Finnish" reflects the place of dislocation

- I can't believe there is no Latvian Riflemen. These were formed in 1915 almost exclusively from Latvian recruits and proved themselves to be a first-class infantry. Also, they were armed with American made Winchester 1895 rifles which is cool. A good candidate for quality infantry

- I have seen Sibirsky infantry in some maps but they weren't available for purchase. These regiments were good as well, Siberian Russians proved their worth in many conflicts. I guess they should be available as another type of quality infantry my memory is crap and Sibirsky units are available well before the late campaign

[Ol' Willy]

Now this is an outrage



This is the end of my turn



This is the start of AI turn

Quite formidable amount of enemy units spawned out of thin air just on top of my troops.
I go at great lengths to protect my units from enemy artillery fire. Here, AI gets two shots for free and because AI overperforms more often than not my foremost inf unit is usually gone

I noticed this a lot in my previous playthrough, for example in Marasesti map; first time, though, I was playing with 250 prestige and I thought: "okay, maybe it is just me too overpowered and I push too far forward". This time I play with 100 prestige and I still encounter those teleports.

How about placing enemy reinforcements on the side of the map instead of the middle of it?

[Parabellum]

Hello gentlemen,

It seems that this thread has already gathered a lot of dust.

Following yesterday's conclusion of CC 69, I would like to make two comments about the things that fundamentally bother me about the e-file, or rather, that I see as needing to be changed or discussed.

1. The penalty rule for attachments: Purchasing attachments is not cheap. Between approximately 30 and 60 percent of the purchase price of a unit must be spent on attachments. It is possible to purchase two attachments. This roughly doubles the price of the unit if it is to be fully equipped.
In my humble opinion, attachments are supposed to increase combat effectiveness and improve or supplement abilities. The player wants to have fun with them.
However, the combination of most attachments has the effect of partially canceling each other out or creating unfavorable side effects, which means that the player does not use them at all. I remember encountering an auxiliary unit with a machine gun in a single scenario or campaign many years ago, in which the designer had given it two attachments, each of which resulted in a movement penalty of -1. The machine gun unit normallnny moves 2 hexes – this one didn't move at all.
Of course, I understand the actual intention. For example, it is logical that a unit with +2 ammunition becomes slower, so movement -1 is OK. But does everything have to be logical and slow down the fun?

2. The fuel for fighter planes: it is set at a uniform 40 from the first to the last day of the war. There are no differences between different types and development times.
I have done some research and found that each type of aircraft has a different range or possible flight duration. In my opinion, it would therefore be urgently necessary to review this figure of 40 and to specify an individual tank volume for each aircraft.

That's all I have to say. Regarding point 1, I can say (at least I think so) that this e-file is the only one that applies this rule.

[Wonderdoctor]

2. The fuel for fighter planes: it is set at a uniform 40 from the first to the last day of the war. There are no differences between different types and development times.
I have done some research and found that each type of aircraft has a different range or possible flight duration. In my opinion, it would therefore be urgently necessary to review this figure of 40 and to specify an individual tank volume for each aircraft.

IIRC, This is one of the few airplane stats that I did not adjust when creating the Kaiser airplane units and their stats for Juakar - the base being Toliy's stats. I have max flight duration numbers for all planes in the file, so I could try and adjust the values. But for 113 out of 803 the units, these max flight duration numbers are rough estimates. Those estimates plus the question if all old campaigns would still work well with new numbers, make this a tricky exercise. I would to see what Juankar's opinion is on this.