Modding China to allow Domestic Aircraft Production

[enterelysium]

Firstly, I get the reasoning for not allowing China aircraft production. But I want to mod my game/save to allow it because it removes a huge chunk of gameplay and I'm already far down my alternate timeline by winning a war against the USA in 1904, dominating Asia, and overthrowing the Empress in the early years of the campaign.

I've had a quick look around the save and game files and don't see an obvious flag for enabling aircraft production - anyone have an idea where it is?

[markaren]

Jun 7, 2023 4:50:09 GMT -6 enterelysium said:

Firstly, I get the reasoning for not allowing China aircraft production. But I want to mod my game/save to allow it because it removes a huge chunk of gameplay and I'm already far down my alternate timeline by winning a war against the USA in 1904, dominating Asia, and overthrowing the Empress in the early years of the campaign.

I've had a quick look around the save and game files and don't see an obvious flag for enabling aircraft production - anyone have an idea where it is?

To quote someone (cheqtro)  who already figured it out:

"So, I decided to check the Data files of the game, and funnily enough there are no names for either the Aircraft manufacturers or the planes themselves in the ChinaShipsNames.dat file. I dont have time to check it right now, but it wouldnt surprise me if by adding some names you might get the ability to make your own planes as China, so you could try that for your next games, either in RTW2 or 3.



Edit: Got time to test it, and voila, i am able to create my own planes:"

[enterelysium]

Jun 7, 2023 5:07:09 GMT -6 markaren said:

Jun 7, 2023 4:50:09 GMT -6 enterelysium said:

Firstly, I get the reasoning for not allowing China aircraft production. But I want to mod my game/save to allow it because it removes a huge chunk of gameplay and I'm already far down my alternate timeline by winning a war against the USA in 1904, dominating Asia, and overthrowing the Empress in the early years of the campaign.

I've had a quick look around the save and game files and don't see an obvious flag for enabling aircraft production - anyone have an idea where it is?

To quote someone (cheqtro)  who already figured it out:

"So, I decided to check the Data files of the game, and funnily enough there are no names for either the Aircraft manufacturers or the planes themselves in the ChinaShipsNames.dat file. I dont have time to check it right now, but it wouldnt surprise me if by adding some names you might get the ability to make your own planes as China, so you could try that for your next games, either in RTW2 or 3.



Edit: Got time to test it, and voila, i am able to create my own planes:"

Thanks! Apparently my forum searching failed me.

Edit: in case anyone else wants a list to quickly add in, I got this one together quickly (the names are "inspired" since Chinese aircraft tend to not have the same evocative names as Western planes of the early 20th).



[Aircraft manufacturers]

Chengdu

Shenyang

Xi'an

Guizhou

Harbin

Hongdu

Nanchang

AVIC

CASC

CATIC

[Helicopter manufacturers]

Jiangxi

Avicopter

[Aircraft names]

Nezha

Kunlun

Dragon Blade

Heaven

Sun Wukong

Penglai

Phoenix

Guan Yu

Emei

Golden Shield

Celestial

Nuwa

Jade

Celestial Armor

Dao

Pangu

Dragon Gate

Thunderbolt

Yin

Nuwa

Huashan

Sky Piercing

Yang

Erlang Shen

Hua

Divine Halberd

Elemental

Zhong Kui

Jade Pendant

Immortal

Fuxi

Immortal Vessel

Celestial Dragon

Xiwangmu

Heavenly Sword

Harmony

Qi

Unity

Lotus

Bai Gu Jing

Tai

Hou Yi

Yellow River

Eternal Flame

Yu

Zhang Fei

Heng

Peace

Li

Yanluo Wang

Poyang

Guardian

Zhu Bajie

Infinity

Wisdom

Zhurong

Jiuzhaigou

Sacred

Jiang Ziya

Wudang

Dunhuang

Fury

Tiger

Talisman

Silver Crescent