how do you draw melee weapons?

[aargh57]

Sorry for the novice post but after searching for an hour and not finding it I finally gave up. I'm playing the Russians and can't figure out how to draw my melee weapons to charge with my boyars. I can't find the button to click that on anywhere. Also, I got the game from Walmart and it didn't come with the manual so I don't have that as a reference. Right now I can pretty much only use them as Horse Archers with armour. Thanks.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Hm, if I remember it correctly it's either alt or shift + click or it's right click that fixes it.

[asilv]

Hold down alt-key and leftclick to make missile troops attack with their melee weapons.

Also, here is link where you can download MTW manual and tech-tree (https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=13950&p_created=1101941617&p_sid=AHiY7Ozh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTIxJnBfcHJvZHM9MSwyODQmcF9jYXRzPSZ wX3B2PTIuMjg0JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1tYW5 1YWw*&p_li=&p_topview=1).

[aargh57]

Thanks for the help and the link. It will save me a lot of aggrevation.

[asilv]

No problem. ~:cheers:
I Forgot to mention in previous post that MTW Guides (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=47) forum also has useful infromation. Especially A Beginners Guide to Medieval: Total War (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=31445) by frogbeastegg is very helpfull for new players. If you have more questions about the game best place to ask is MTW - Main Hall (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=20).

[Drisos]

Sorry for the novice post . . .

No problem at all! Asking questions is good, you and others will learn from it. ~:)

[ichi]

Welcome to the Org aargh :balloon2: :balloon2:

Alt and double left click makes 'em charge. Missile troops will also switch to melee once they're out of ammo

ichi :bow: