Battle formation question...

[Tony Furze]

OK Let s see if I can make this clear:

I want a unit, eg archers, to retreat, take position on a hillside in a two man line.

If I click the destination twice , they run. Is a further command to line up :


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separate and does it have to be done after they arrive?

What I want is for them to Run and line up, however they don t seem able to do both ie when I drag out the ghost unit before they arrive they go back to walking (which means they get pounced on)

:dizzy2: Hope that s clear.

(By the way, in Shogun it works a treat-they run and line up)

[Jxrc]

What I want is for them to Run and line up, however they don t seem able to do both ie when I drag out the ghost unit before they arrive they go back to walking (which means they get pounced on)

Same happens to me all the time. Only solution I know of is just do things in reverse order.

Step 1: drag out the ghost unit
Step 2: tell them to run

A bit tedious but with the pause button ....

[macsen rufus]

Just to expand, the "run" command is 'Ctrl-R', which doesn't interfere with the previous command, so they'll do what they were doing before, but faster :2thumbsup:

Edit: another way round - you can double-click to get them running to near where you want them, then press SHIFT and drag out the formation, which effectively means "run here, THEN deploy here" :bow:

You shouldn't need to pause for either of these methods if you don't want to.

[Raz]

Heh, I don't know why they didn't put in a "ok, now go back to walking" command. :thinking:

[macsen rufus]

It would make sense, I wonder if ctrl-R might work as a toggle? Don't recall ever trying that....

[Innocentius]

You see, this is the reason I made this thread. (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=98785)~;)

[Tony Furze]

Thanks Raz, Jxrc, Innocentius and macsen.

macsen:
The Ctrl + R did indeed work-I ve just tried it out on my retreating Nubians in an Egyptian campaign...pulled out the ghost unit, then hit Ctrl + R and they ran dutifully to their positions.

[Taedius]

It would make sense, I wonder if ctrl-R might work as a toggle? Don't recall ever trying that....

It should. The hard way (right click on unit card, pick 'Run' from menu) certainly works that way.