Another dumb new guy question

[Akiyama]

Greetings,

Can some kind soul please explain to me, very clearly as I am to dumb to understand the manual obviously, the procedeure for creating pre-defined groups? I have tried and tried but can not seem to do it. I must be missunderstanding the manual. Also once you have created these groups how do you select the group as a whole? I cant seem to do that either.

Thanks in advance

[YAKOBU]

Hi Akiyama http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

I play MTW: VI and group like this:

- On the battle screen left click your first unit for the group
- Then holding the CTRL button left click the other units to go in the group 1 at a time. They should all be highlighted.
- Then at the top left of the screen you should have a group button. Left click this and you have a group.

Unfortunately the group button is next to the rout button which has caused me problems in the past.

Also I think you can group by number but I don't so someone else may advise on that.

I am at work at the moment so apologise if this advice is incorrect.

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[Akiyama]

Yakobu,

Thanks for your help. My problem though is that I am trying to create numbered sub groups, for lack of a better word. The manual refers to them as pre-Defined groups, each having it's own assigned number that you should then be able to select. I can't seem to be able to assign units to these groups and the manual is not vey clear, at least not to my humble newbie self

Thanks again.

Cheers

[Imperial Buffoon]

Don't use numbered groups much myself but IIRC, once you have grouped some units, you can select the group and then SHIFT+CTRL+number will assign the number to the group and CTRL+number will select it, you can then assign group formations (on the upper RH corner) to those groups.

[YAKOBU]

This thread may help, especially the bit by ichi http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin....g+units (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=13179;hl=grouping+units)

[Akiyama]

Thanks gents I will try these out and get back to you.

Cheers
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[Akiyama]

Your help did the trick Thanks gents. I handed the Koreans a devestating defeat last night Just watching the armies take formation on such a large scale is a thrill in it's own right. The no-dachi and naginata troops fighting for the bridgehead was outstanding The explosions of the Korean thunder bombs are incredible to watch

By keeping up a steady hail of arrows and lead shot from my missle troops and with the no-dachi and naginata troops thinning out the Korean troops at the foot of the bridge I was able to slam my heavy cav across making way for my yari and arch cav to cross and deploy The Koreans counter attacked fiercly but I was able to thin their ranks before they closed with my footmen who were in a killing frenzy The brave Korean general & his troops finaly broke and started to flee

Time ran out before the Korean army completelt fled the field of battle but I won on casualties inflicted having taken 900 something heads

I love this game http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

Cheers

[YAKOBU]

Glad you worked it out Akiyama, shame I'm playing MTW: VI.

If you have trouble in future you may want to run a search using keywords. The button is at the top of the main page. I find it very useful.


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[Akiyama]

Thanks again Yakobu http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif