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Are you referring to the basic slit trench from CoH 2, just without the netting or the old CoH 1 dug in trench?

In the first case: It is in fact the same object as the vanilla version. [armies\soviet\structures\mortar_emplacement\mortar_emplacement]
If you want the netting removed, you will have to toy around with the "build" variable of the entity. Set up a custom "animator_set_variable", type in "build" as variable name and set the variable value to 0,6 for the trench without netting+frame or set it to 0,9 for the trench without netting but with the metal frame on top.

In the second case, this model is present, usable but it only provides the units inside with a limited firing arc. [environment\objects\defenses\trenches\mp_trench_02\mp_trench_02] is the path+name for blueprint information.

I'd actually appreciate a revert to the old "actions" only system. That would restore my tuning packs that were destroyed in February, I guess.

Anyway I suggest moving all action data from squads to the entities. You'll have to create a bunch of new clones and put all slot items in requirement actions to prevent trouble on reinforcing the squad, but it is possible and it is working just fine. I am done with 3 of 5 factions and up til now, every problem that occured could be resolved.
At least that way you'll have a certain security - unless Relics next target is the ebps section of the attributes. In that case we're fckd.

Yes, that is more or less what I expected. I wonder what their new solution is, though.

Nice workaround, Olhausen. That certainly one way to do it, at least until we know what is actually going on with the extension in question.

And yeah, as mentioned before I am also aware that, of course it doesn't only affect the slot_item function.

The issue has also been posted in the bug reporting section of the new official forums, but unsurprisingly Relic has yet to respond to anything over there (They have generally become quite passive in the recent time I feel).

Looks like I need to dig this up once more.

Since Relic released their April Bug Fix yesterday - the one project of mine I could salvage since all squad_action_apply data got lost, has been broken again.

Everywhere a unit should spawn in with a certain slot_item, added on spawn by squad_action_apply/squad_actions/slot_item_add - this slot_item will no longer be added. It worked just fine only minutes before the patch, so I am certain the bug fix is the reason here.

This holds for custom units as well as unchanged units in the tuning pack like the call-in mechanized Grenadier Gruppe, equipped with an LMG-42 by default, that now arrives without one.

Squad upgrades work as intended, so it can't be the slot_item_add function, I am suspecting more changes to the squad_action_apply extension.

Now whatever Relic has changed yet again, the slot items work in vanilla, this seems to only affect tuning packs - I can't reproduce the vanilla solution though, since it appears to me that the Devs didn't update the modding files/data base with their changes yet.

Any intel on the situation? Can someone confirm this? Or is it just me having the issue?