MegaMek/MekHQ/HeavyMetal Pro Patchwork Armor Help

[Corusare]

I've been having a bit of trouble with this, and so I thought I'd make an account here and ask the veterans.

I'm getting ready to run a campaign set in the periphery, with the players near-destitute local mercenaries. I was hoping that there was some way to do patchwork armor, to try and keep things at a low power level for a while; the periphery is at a lack for battlemech-grade armor, after all. HeavyMetal Pro offers the ability to make patchwork mechs/vees, but HMP does not have commercial, industrial, or heavy industrial armor. While HMP does allow me to make custom armors, I cannot set the BAR for it, and I doubt that MegaMek would recognize it either way.

So, i wanted to ask some of you veterans here if it is possible to either add in Commercial and industrial armor to HMP in a way that MegaMek (and MekHQ, if possible) will recognize, or perhaps some manual edits I can make in the HMP file.

Barring that, I wanted to ask if it was possible to hand-make the units using .BLK files; i don't have a lot of experience editing them manually, so I don't know if it's possible to do patchwork that way.

Thanks for your time!

[Hammer]

Megamek supports patchwork armor on Mechs.  The units can be built in MegaMekLab and the armor can be assigned to location and type.

[Corusare]

Many thanks! It looks like I was using an old version of MegaMekLab, so I was not aware of that functionality.

I am curious, though; is patchwork armor supported for vees as well? I understand that I may not be able to make them in the lab, but even if I have to hand make the .blk, I would like to have the option.

[Jayof9s]

MMLab handles Mechs, Vees, Battlearmor, Infantry, and ASF.

[Corusare]

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!

[Hammer]

I am curious, though; is patchwork armor supported for vees as well? I understand that I may not be able to make them in the lab, but even if I have to hand make the .blk, I would like to have the option.

Unfortunately, patchwork isn't coded for Aerospace fighters.

[Corusare]

Do you happen to know offhand if MekHQ handles patchwork armor smoothly, such as repair/requisition?

[Jayof9s]

In theory it should be fine but I couldn't say for sure.

[Corusare]

I'll have to do some tests of my own, then. Thanks for your help!