USER GUIDE
Customizing VBS3Fires
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VBS3Fires v3.6.3 User Guide
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If a value is entered in here, VBS3Fires will first look for that file in the mission directory when the
VBS3 scenario starts. If it finds the file, it will use that. If not it will look for that named file in the
myData directory. If it cannot find that, it will use the Caliber of the battery to try and find a
matching Caliber entry. Again it will first try the mission directory and if not successful it will try the
myData directory.
When doing the above search it will look for a file with a filename in the format of:
chargeX.dat - where X is the Caliber of the gun. For example charge155.dat.
This would be for the charge table.
For the other file types it will look for:
ballisticsX.dat and damageX.dat
If it is unable to find the relevant filename, it will then look for a file with the name
chargeDefault.dat (or ballisticsDefault.dat or damageDefault.dat) in the myData directory.
If it is still unable to find that file, it will use the system default for the selected Caliber and if the
Caliber is not recognized as a standard Caliber, then it will use the system general default data for
the relevant category.
A list of the load sequence is shown below for the damage file of 155mm battery:
1. Attempt to load specific battery specified file name from Mission directory
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\VBS3\ [Mission
Directory]\<useDefinedFileNameInBatteryObject>
2. Attempt to load specific battery specified file name from myData directory
[InstallDir]\myData\<useDefinedFileNameInBatteryObject>
3. Attempt to load Caliber related file name from Mission directory
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\VBS3\Mission Directory]\damage155.dat
4. Attempt to load Caliber related file name from myData directory
[InstallDir]\myData\ damage155.dat
5. Attempt to load general file from myData directory
[InstallDir]\myData\ damageDefault.dat
6. Attempt to load Caliber related data from system defaults
7. Use general default data