The Aircraft Hater Mod

[JagdFlanker]

so i really enjoy the Ultrarandom Tech 1.1 mod, but last game i played i started thinking maybe getting any tech at any time was a little TOO random, and thought what might be fun is to instead just move up tech availability to half of what it was (so a tech that becomes available in 1950 becomes available in 1925, etc)

i'm not finished modding it into what i'm looking for (ultra-random, just delayed availability), but i think some people might be interested in what i have so far

Details:

this mod is for all the aircraft haters

All non-aircraft related tech is available twice as fast - i only changed the year available, everything else like the chance of researching the tech is stock

for example tech available in 1910 is now available in 1905, and 1950 tech is available in 1925. the last non-air tech 'Improved missile guidance systems'(1957) is available in 1928, while the last air tech 'Reliable ASM' is available in 1955

i didn't consider airships to be aircraft so airship tech also comes in early - aircraft carrying airships are also moved up to 1911 which may be before you even develop aircraft, but why not

any air related tech (mainly 'Naval aviation heavier than air', and 'Shipboard aircraft operation') remains unchanged from the base game.

any ground or ship based AA or missile tech becomes available early like the rest, but any air-related weapon tech availability (like ASMs) remains unchanged from the base game


so if you play at 50% research rate theoretically the Battleship Era should progress as normal but aircraft will develop later on

if you play at 100% research rate you get pretty vicious early game where tech is popping up like mad, and a much longer end-game where all ship tech is likely developed by about 1930 but aircraft tech still takes to near the end to finish

of course having the tech available to research and having the budget to research it are 2 separate things - i tested it on super large fleets at 100% research and researching was fast, but this may not be the case with smaller fleet sized games and smaller budgets

and of course if you go with slow aircraft development and 50% research rate that should really push airpower to the rear of the game


Instructions:

the ResearchAreas2 file usually goes in C:\NWS\Rule the Waves 2\Data

backup your old ResearchAreas2 file since official game updates do not like different files.

have fun!

Attachments:

ResearchAreas2 - Aircraft Hater Mod.zip (10.35 KB)

[kellig]

Thanks for the mod. I currently play at a 50% research rate so I guess I will try out your mod at a 25% rate. On the 50% rate, with slow air development, aircraft start sinking ships around 1933 so maybe your mod can get me out to 1940+.

[callum41]

I am currently experimenting with editing the AircraftBasicData.dat file it appears you can completely disable requesting aircraft proposals. If you change each years aircraft line to ";-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-" the aircraft type appears to never unlock. so for example the first fighter in 1914 appears as "1914;81;50;18;0,8;135;108;86;1;8;4;4;-;5;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-" if you change this to "1914;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-" you prevent the fighter unlocking that year.

[nitroskirata]

Is the AI building carrierfleets despite not having aircraft fixed with this mod?

AFAIK, that was the main problem, with disabeling aircraft

[JagdFlanker]

Jan 22, 2022 8:41:30 GMT -6 callum41 said:

I am currently experimenting with editing the AircraftBasicData.dat file it appears you can completely disable requesting aircraft proposals. If you change each years aircraft line to ";-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-" the aircraft type appears to never unlock. so for example the first fighter in 1914 appears as "1914;81;50;18;0,8;135;108;86;1;8;4;4;-;5;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-" if you change this to "1914;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-" you prevent the fighter unlocking that year.

out of curiosity wouldn't it be easier to change '1914' to the year you want proposals to start?  and if you didn't want any aircraft appearing all game would changing all aircraft availability dates to '1980' do that?

[JagdFlanker]

Jan 22, 2022 13:00:35 GMT -6 nitroskirata said:

Is the AI building carrierfleets despite not having aircraft fixed with this mod?

AFAIK, that was the main problem, with disabeling aircraft

i only did this mod since it seemed like something some people wanted, but i myself don't mind aircraft so i never played this mod outside of a test at 100% research until 1910

if you don't want the ai to build carriers you could try editing the data file yourself

go to:

C:\NWS\Rule the Waves 2\Data

find ResearchAreas2.dat

select ResearchAreas2.dat, press CTRL-C and CTRL-V to make a backup copy

next open it up the original ResearchAreas2.dat with notepad

scroll down until you find Naval aviation heavier than air and Shipboard aircraft operation

change the dates on techs that enable the ai to build carriers like Aircraft carrier conversion and Purpose built aircraft carrier - if you change the dates to 1980 or something like that i assume that no carriers will be built the entire game