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Edit a Vehicle in the Database

You can edit a vehicle in the current vehicle database. This is extremely useful for things like changing armaments or ammo loads, changing icons, or any other operations you wish to perform on the vehicle database which ships with BCT Construction Set.

Select the Edit function from the Vehicle menu.
You will be asked what vehicle you want to edit.
You will be presented with a Vehicle Edit Dialog. This dialog will allow you to edit every aspect of a vehicle. You can change any of the entries by highlighting and typing over them. You can change the weapons by selecting new ones from the drop down box. (You can delete weapons be selecting "..none.." from the top of the combo box list.)
Change the icon associated with a vehicle by clicking on the "picture" icon...
...And selecting a new icon from the resulting list.

This window allows you to edit information about a vehicle stored in the Vehicle database. It contains the following information:

• Name of the vehicle or team type
  

• Normal speed in meters per second.
  
• Sprint speed in meters per second (grayed out for dismounts).
  
• View range in meters (standard range, not adjusted for environment, movement, and other effects)
  
• Time in seconds to begin movement after having been given the move order.
  
• Size as compared to a T-80 Russian tank (about 7.4m long X 2.2 m tall X 3.4m wide).
  
• Time to enter defilade after having been given the order.
  
• Weapons carried and standard ammo load per weapon.
  
• Whether or not the unit can shoot while moving.
  
• Target Value. This is a value, from 1-100, that you place on this vehicle type. This number assists the BCT AI in determining which target to shoot at with direct or indirect fires when it has more than one target to choose from. The higher the value, the more important the target.

The Kill Odds and IF Effects buttons allow you to edit the vulnerability of this vehicle to direct and indirect fire.

This is the generic vehicle type for use in the Vehicle database. It describes a vehicle with no special capabilities. It describes everything from a tank to an armored car.

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