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HPS/JTS Franklin Errors - No Weapons
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Author:  Blake [ Tue May 11, 2021 9:16 pm ]
Post subject:  HPS/JTS Franklin Errors - No Weapons

I started looking at HPS/JTS Franklin for the first time since the big 3.0 update. About 80% of the Federal cavalry is now unarmed. This was not an issue in the past. Their OOB lists them with having "z" weapons which the PDT files do not support. As a result they have no weapons at all.

While it might be amusing I can't imagine any Yanks wanting to battle in a scenario where they are without weapons.

I emailed JTS support about the issue and I hope to hear back about it in the future.

Just thought I'd give people a heads up. Be sure to check the scenario first because many become unplayable as a result.

To manually fix it you can alter the OOB's to replace all the "z" weapons with "C" weapons which are Carbines. Just make sure your opponent does the same thing.

The one on the left has no weapons! The one on the right does.
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An example of OOB file you would need to alter to fix. You can see the small "z" which is not a weapon recognized in Franklin.
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Author:  RichWalker [ Wed May 12, 2021 9:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HPS/JTS Franklin Errors - No Weapons

This error occurred with several games, and is a known issue, getting fixed. But you interim solution is correct. The issue was that the "z" weapon wasn't added to the code. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Author:  Blake [ Wed May 12, 2021 9:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HPS/JTS Franklin Errors - No Weapons

When the issue is fixed in a future update, Rich, will the update overwrite the altered OOB/PDT files to make them correct?

Author:  RichWalker [ Wed May 12, 2021 10:01 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HPS/JTS Franklin Errors - No Weapons

Blake wrote:
When the issue is fixed in a future update, Rich, will the update overwrite the altered OOB/PDT files to make them correct?


Yes sir, all new files will overwrite existing files.

Author:  dalelast [ Thu May 13, 2021 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HPS/JTS Franklin Errors - No Weapons

I remembered there being posts about this awhile back and was able to find this.

viewtopic.php?f=140&t=21444&p=113709&hilit=Franklin+Spencer+Carbines#p113709

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