Hearts of Iron Leader Editor
Version 1.21

This is an editor to help make editing the leader files for Hearts of Iron safer and easier.

You'll need Java 1.4.2 run time environment installed before you can run this program. You can get Java from Sun at:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

(Download the "JRE" unless you plan to develop Java software yourself).

What does this do? Our program allows you to work with the "csv" files without having to worry about semi-colons or getting the correct column. We provide you with drop down selections so that you can choose the type of leader and rank without having to worry about numerical values.

Also provided is a statistical analysis of the leaders (average skill rating). This is just an early crude version and will have more information in future versions.

Usage:

• Double click on HoILeader.jar to run it.
• Select File; Load to load a file (you must hunt down your \db\leaders directory)
• You may merge more than one file together my repeatedly loading (and acknowledging you wish to merge).
• Select the leader you wish from the table displayed and click "Edit" to change values.
• You may click on the table headers to sort by any column.

Features:

• Automatically creates correctly formatted .csv leader files
• Select Land, Naval, Air leader type without having to remember the numerical equivalent
• Select rank without having to remember the numerical equivalent
• Sort by any category
• Add or Delete new leaders easily
• Edit safely with some error catching (experience can't go above 99)
• Merge multiple files
• Statistical Report
• Mass setting of experience to 66
• Purging of all Land Major Generals of skill less than two with no traits
• Automatically decreasing the rank and skill of all air commanders

Version 1.21 Changes:

• GUI layout enhanced for better dynamic adjustment for different screen resolutions and less mouse movement for overall usage.
• Added a mass feature to reduce the rank and skill of all air commanders at a single click. Each commander's rank will be reduced one level and all skill values will be decreased by one point.

Version 1.13 Changes:

• When deleting a leader you now have the option to delete his photo too.

Version 1.11 Changes

• Changed the "Set Experience 66" function to "Set Experience to 75 percent". This now accounts for the skill level a commander has (be sure you set all skill levels before using this function!) and sets their experience so they are 75% of the way to their next level. This is based on the values in this table:

Version 1.10 Changes:

• Added the "Set Experience 66" function
• Added the "Purge Major Generals" function
• Improved the layout of the editing GUI (specifically for when assigning traits)
• Added minor documentation

Version 1.06 Changes:

• Fixed a bug for recognizing and setting "Night Flyer" trait
• Improved reporting of leaders with multiple traits
• Enhanced statistics reporting
• Fixed potential WinXP compatibility problem

Version 1.05 Changes:

• If a change is detected, then when you exit the program will prompt to ask if you want to save your changes.
• Crude printing of the leader table.

Version 1.04 Changes:

• Improperly formatted lines are now ignored (USA.csv will work).
• The directory used will be remembered for the next usage (hoileader.ini maintains this)

Version 1.02 Changes:

• "Radio Button" selection to allow easy assignment of multiple "traits" to a leader

Version 1.01 Changes:

• Changed behavior of "save" to be more logical when loading multiple files. "Save" now saves using the file name of the last file loaded.

Download HoILeader Editor Version 1.21 Here.

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Problem Reports / Compatibility Issues:

• We have had one report of the Leader Editor crashing WinXP. We don't recommend WinXP, but there is no reason it shouldn't work on WinXP.

Comments or feedback please e-mail: hoi at mnstarfire dot com