Konnichiwa Steeleye,

This problem also occurs in tiny woods. The textures used to make a wood are always the same. It is possible that the makers of the default maps were aware of this problem and put many effort in 'masking' this feature a bit. You won't run into that problem when playing ot 4th Kawanakajima or Green.

The editor that comes with the xpack seems to be able to place individual trees (a thing the demoeditor can do too, but it can handle only 100 trees). Screenshots of this editor showed a warning like: trees to close.

I haven't tested it on all default maps only on some. If you order a unit to go from a open spot to another open spot and if there's a wood between it, they will march around the woods. They wil use a 600 yards path through undulating terrain to avoid a 10 yards walk through a forest. If you want a unit to travel the shortest way, through a forest, you should first order them to enter the forest then order them to go to their final destination.

Doesn't it become more and more obvious that you didn't lose a battle because of faul play but just because things work different than one expects? Stop accusing each other of cheating please.

-Rout 'bug'.
-Woods force units to take a different way.
If they position themselves such that they get exposed by enemies they could trigger the rout bug or just rout.

You just ordered a unit to go through the woods, there were no enemies around and now THEY rout? CHEATER!

-Water in maps can cause teleporting of units. CHEATER!

-2 Heavy hth enemy armies with some muskets deployed right in front of your nose will cause your army to rout. CHEATER!

Battles are quite hectic did you have time to actualy monitor everything that happened?
CHEATER!

Ever run some custom battles or test battles online? True a nod can win from a YS. Flanking would be better. But there is a high statistical fluctuation: sometimes 53 nods will survive, then 20 under same conditions, a 3rd time they'll get beaten. CHEATER!

We are playing battles, good tactics will help, but we're also playing bingo.


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