Formations while marching

[Iskander 3.1]

Sorry if this has been asked about before but I haven't been able to find an answer yet so I'll just ask here.
When I am on the battlefield and I arrange my entire army into formation and group it, how come when I move everyone they don't always stay in the formation, and if they do, they don't always face the way they were facing before they moved? Sometimes they automatically slant which is a pain because it'll expose one of my flanks...

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Its one of the inefficiencies of the RTW engine, Formation movement is VERY HARD if not IMPOSSIBLE.
But if you think that's bad just see some of the pathfinding stories Ive gotten out of M2TW.
(Shudders)

[/Bean\]

There are some tips to help, but no cure, unfortunately.

For instance, you can hold down shift to see the unit desitnation flags, space bar to see the actual formation they will end up in, and if you group and drag rather than simple right click you should be able to move them, keeping in formation.

The bigger distance, the more obstacles and the difficulty of the terrain all help to disrupt the formation, so take these into account when moving large forces.

[Iskander 3.1]

Group and drag?

[/Bean\]

You understand group, right?

Then just right-click drag the units of the group where you want them lined up, like you do with any unit. Only these are units grouped, so it's like one big unit

[Rilder]

Yeah grouping units locks their current formation.

[Iskander 3.1]

Problem is when I do that, they all end up in one long line and I can't make a deep or organized formation.