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[. . . ] After the stunning attack at Pearl Harbor, Japan went on to seize vast areas of the South Pacific in one swift victory after another. Only on the Philippines, where American and Philippine troops bravely held out in defiance at Corregidor, was the tide held at bay for a time while Allied British, Australian, Dutch and American forces struggled to consolidate and forge a line of resistance. While decisive naval engagements were being fought in the Coral Sea and later near Midway, allied forces mustered in distant outposts for the inevitable counterattack against Imperial Japan. Marines landed at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands and began the long march back on the road to Tokyo while forces from the ANZAC command threw down the gauntlet in New Guinea. [. . . ] Setting the proper date ensures that only units that were available at that period of the war are available in your scenario. Rising Sun Organization Editor Availability Dates Nationality Earliest Date Available Japan December1941 U. K. /Commonwealth December1941 United States December1941 Latest Date Available December 1946 August 1945 December 1946 96 TalonSoft's rising sun TalonSoft's rising sun 97 The Order of Battle (OOB) Editor The Order of Battle (OOB) Editor TIP #3 OOB Editor Tool Bar MINIMUM ORG SIZE: It probably cannot be emphasized enough that the minimum organization in your scenario's Order of Battle should be a battalion (as this is the lowest-level unit that contains an "inherent" HQ). If you "import" lone platoons or companies into a side's OOB, be sure you then put them "inside" a battalion or higher-level org that has an HQ. In other words, don't simply import a lot of platoons or companies without adding them "into" (i. e. , putting them inside an org "folder" that has. . . . ) an org with an HQ. Example: Determine the "size" of the encounter you want to depict, and find the battalion or higherlevel orgs (from within the list of organizations) that best match the type of units involved. As necessary, supplement that org with specialized platoons and/or companies, but be sure to put those companies "inside" that org. Adding Units to Your OOB The OOB Editor's Tool Bar is located near the top of the OOB Editor's Interface (see illustration below), and provides tools useful in moving selected "orgs" and units from one place to another. If you position the cursor over a Tool Bar button a brief description of that button's function will be displayed after a moment. For more information on these buttons consult the OOB Editor's on-line Help file, and see pages 99-100 of this manual. Once you have located the organization you wish to add to your OOB, highlight (select) the org's name by a single left-clicking on it. Left-click once on the Add Unit/Org (Auto) Tool Bar button to place the org highlighted in the "Created Units and Organizations" column (where all units of your scenarios org will be listed). This will automatically assign a random organizational number(s) to that org if it is battalion-level or higher. Left-click once on the Add Unit/Org (User) Tool Bar button to place the org highlighted in the "Created Units and Organizations" column, which will allow you to assign a specific organizational number to that org (as well as to many of its sub-organizations, if applicable); i. e. , use this method of adding an org if you know that you want the 101st Infantry Division added to your org, not just any rifle division. Customizing your Organization If you wish to make your own custom orgs by say, adding in a certain battalion type into a regiment, you can do this similar to adding a leader. To add the unit or org to the org you desire, highlight the unit/org in the "Available Units and Organizations. " Then left-click once on the Add Unit/Org (Auto) Tool Bar button to add the unit/org to the "Created Units and Organizations" (right-hand) column. Then left-click on the Move Unit/Org Up Tool Bar button as necessary to move the highlighted unit/org up until it is displayed directly beneath the org you wish to incorporate it into. Then, with the unit/org still highlighted, left-click once on the Lower Unit/OrgTool Bar button. This will "lower" the highlighted unit/org into the org directly above him. Other OOB Editor Tool Bar Tips To quickly move the selected unit/org all the way to the top of the org it is in, highlight the unit/org and left-click once on the Unit/Org to Top Tool Bar button. To delete the selected unit/org from the "Created Units and Organizations" side, highlight the unit/org and left-click once on the Delete Tool Bar button. To quickly adjust the morale level of all units in an org, highlight that org's name on the "Created Units and Organizations" side, and left-click once on the Adjust Morale Tool Bar button. Left-click on the desired number to set the morale of all units in the highlighted (selected) org to that level. Finishing Your Order of Battle and Saving It The Scenario Editor Once you have finished the . map and . org files for your scenario, you can begin to lay out the pieces on the map and define the "parameters" of the contest. Upon starting the Rising Sun Scenario Editor you will be prompted to open one of the preset scenarios already in the game, from the Open dialog. Unless you have a scenario already in progress that you wish to continue editing, cancel this command immediately. Although you can edit the pre-set scenarios that come with the game, it is highly recommended that you do not tamper with any pre-set scenarios, as this may not only alter how the scenario functions, but it may become unusable, and may also prevent an upgrade from properly working if any of the files of such a "tampered" scenario are being updated by that upgrade. [. . . ] The Pacific War Atlas 1941-1945, New York, Facts On file, Inc. Six years of War--the Canadian Army in Canada, Britain, and the Pacific. The Battle of Kohima, New York, Stein And Day. MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 new Guinea Campaign, Kansas, University Press of Kansas. [. . . ]