Are there any formation files that make the AI capable of simply maintaining a line?

[QuintusSertorius]

I just had a battle in a forest that was ruined by some absolutely shocking maneuvering by the AI. I know that's not EB's fault, but I was wondering if there are any formation mods, any at all, that make it able to simply keep it's phalanxes in an unbroken line. Nothing fancy, not talking clever flanking, just keeping them lined up, instead of breaking them up where they can be overwhelmed piecemeal.

Par exemple:

Start of battle, nice, solid, unbroken line. Pikes in the centre, others on the flanks. Good.



Oh dear, battle's barely begun and their entire left has marched leaving the right and centre behind.



Now they're moving part of their right, but leaving the centre where it is.



Centre doing a good job of watching their comrades get slaughtered. Otherwise useless.



Added bonus, yet another suicide charge by the enemy general. Seem to be getting a lot of those lately, as well.



So can anything help? Anything at all that can improve on this mess?

[abou]

If you are on the defensive, march forward to meet them. I have found that usually works otherwise the AI tries to split its army in an attempt to flank you.

[QuintusSertorius]

I attacked them, then I marched to meet them, and stopped intially at skirmish range. Could the fact that half of my line - even though it was in plain sight earlier - hid themselves when they stopped have confused the AI?

They didn't even try to outflank me here, looked like it was trying that stupid match-up business it does.

[||Lz3||]

try AI formations minimod compiled by Lysander13, you can find it at the first page of minimod section

you should try Darth's formation (you play with huge size so that's perfect for darth's)

I used it and it's really really better ,they mantain a line and even try to flank with cavalry

[QuintusSertorius]

I've installed DarthMod, we'll see how that goes.

[QuintusSertorius]

Just fought a big battle with DarthMod, and not convinced it's a great improvement. They did try some pretty effective flanking, but the centre still failed to do anything useful. Two of the units just milled around in circles not attacking, and at the start of the battle they did a lot of running backwards and forwards tiring themselves out.