Here is an example of the German OPs used in the WW2 Scenario: However, the amount of data required is not very extensive, with the 44 OPs in the WW2 scenario requiring about 2 hours to build. It does take a little thought in actually deciding what OPs to include. The attachment below shows the data required for the SME to prosecute successfully. When that attacker takes enough of these cities in all of an OP's Fronts, they will win the OP.ĭata is updated in a special file in a mod that uses the SME, called, "00_a" By filling out data in a specific format, the SME will interpret these data to determine how it wants to direct AI civs and units to perform in a manner that (at least tries to) mimics a human player who understands what they should be trying to accomplish, given the parameters of the scenario. It consists of 1-3 Fronts, which are used to generate extra reinforcements (for AI civs), and help direct movement of units near the area towards their next objective.Ī Front basically consists of a list of cities that the attacking civ wants to conquer - in order, usually from nearest to the attacker to the furthest away. The heart of the SME is its use of Combat Operations (OPs), coupled with corresponding "Fronts."Īn OP is a main level of effort, directed against a specific enemy civ. Here is the overview of the SME (updated 03/01/19): There are a few more pieces of data required to properly define a scenario, but this is basically all the SME needs to successfully put up a decent fight in a scenario setting. Each of these fronts consist of a list of Objective Cities - cities the civ will take in order, and a "box" (bottom left and top right plots) - and any friendly units within these boxes will move toward and try to take the next objective city on the list. Within this OP there will be 3 fronts: North, Center, and South. For example, Germany invaded the USSR using a Combat OP called "Barbarossa", after the great Emperor of historical fame (even if his swimming skills left much to desire.). OPs are broken down into 1 to 3 "fronts" - main thrusts within a given OP. Only a few pieces of data are required to define these OPs. These are the "main efforts" a civ will undertake to help accomplish its geopolitical goals. The main drivers in the SME are focused on "Combat Operations" or OPs.
Basically, most of the working code exists and will execute based on a few elements of data, which can quickly be adjusted to provide a new scenario with minimal new code. This library of code allows rapid design/implementation of new scenarios, using an extensive, data-driven approach. This mod is the first attempt to employ the World at War - Scenario Management Engine (WAW-SME)
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