Also I was wondering if someone could tell me were I find the reference point in the tool application for both accuracy and penetration. So for which distances are the 'hard' values meant? And does pen and accuracy go to up to 1 at 0 distance or are they hard capped?
And one last thing to finish this post:
Could someone explain to me which factors (and also where they are in the tools app) contribute to infantry damage by small arms?
Any help om this would be great!
Accuracy and penetration are found under "weapon" in the mod tools attribute editor. You need to find the correct weapon, and usually the "mp" file which stands for multiplayer if I assume correct. For example if I wanted to find the panther 75mm cannon stats, I'd look under "weapons\west_german\ballistic_weapon\tank_gun\panther_kwk42_75mm.
mp". Accuracy and penetration should be under there. Accuracy is multiplied by the target size of the intended target. Penetration is calculated as "pen/armor" = % chance to penetrate and deal X damage. Distances are measured by "close/mid/far" which can be found under "range". "angle_scatter" is deviation left and right of intended target while "distance_scatter_offset" is near and far scatter of the target. All these values have multipliers in the file as well so you need to look at that. Fog of war multipliers are in effect as well when FoW is there.
Infantry damage is calculated similarly, only without scatter I think. Some weapons like the BAR, have a chance to reroll their shots at units in the vicinity should they miss. You take the accuracy of the weapon and multiply it by the target size, which is relativley close to 1 before received accuracy modifiers are applied. Then you have weapon damage. All models ingame have 80HP except snipers which sit at 82 to avoid 1 shots by mortars. Certain units, specifically shock troopers, have armor which like tanks gives a chance to negate damage.
There's many more things to cover, but that's the basics of a few things and how they're calculated. I'm sure SneakEye or Vipper could give much more info than I.