Unlimited men on the battlefield

**Celtic_Punk** · 09-30-2009, 14:15

like a thousand times as dumb if its FM led. they'll charge your precious hand-groomed 29 year old straight into the sarrissas of the enemy.

**Lysimachos** · 09-30-2009, 16:00

There is unlimited men, but in a different sense. Usually the game will keep reinforcements from joining the battle, if the number of men which has to be represented is so high that it could be bad for the performance. If you open the preferences.txt you will find a line: UNLIMITED_MEN_ON_BATTLEFIELD:FALSE
Change FALSE to TRUE in order to circumvent that mechanism. That means, all computer controlled reinforcements will join a battle, regardless how many men will take part. However, as said by others, you yourself can only control a maximum of twenty units, which cannot be changed.

**andfjel** · 09-30-2009, 18:22

Ah I see! :) Thank you all for the answers!

**Celtic_Punk** · 10-01-2009, 23:23

Good luck... i suggest you put your generals on yer own stack.

**Macilrille** · 10-02-2009, 00:22

And remember if you do not want them to charge on under AI command and die that if you uncheck them, then R click on enemy to look at his force composition that you must check and uncheck it again after as the game resets to AI reinforcements without it being evident in the little box. That upset me a few times before somebody here told me of it.

**antisocialmunky** · 10-02-2009, 02:24

Wait for EBII, it'll probably come with the unlimitted men flag ticked.

**Lysimachos** · 10-02-2009, 07:12

Just wanted to add, the M2TW engine has an important advantage over RTW regarding battle reinforcements, because you have certain degree of control over them.

**andfjel** · 10-07-2009, 11:02

Thanx for all the answers... looking forward to EB2

Originally Posted by Macilrille

And remember if you do not want them to charge on under AI command and die that if you uncheck them, then R click on enemy to look at his force composition that you must check and uncheck it again after as the game resets to AI reinforcements without it being evident in the little box. That upset me a few times before somebody here told me of it.

What did you mean by this?

**Macilrille** · 10-07-2009, 18:08

When looking at the scroll telling you that you are attacked or attacking an enemy ans showing the leaders of both sides of the battle you can R click on the enemy to check the force composition of his army.

If you do this after you have unchecked any secondary army from AI control, it will revert back to AI control if it has a general and it will not be visible to you (the box you click will still be empty). Ergo you have to check and uncheck AI control of your secondary army again- if you have a general or FM leading it.