How do I run in battle?

[Gaiseric]

I drag a line where I want my troops to deploy about 100 yards ahead of me. How do I get the troops to run there and form the line I want them to deploy in? Double clicking is getting them there but not in the formation I want.

[caravel]

Two options:

1) Right click the unit or group of units and select "run".

2) Select the unit and do CTRL+R.

Tip: Fatigue is a big factor, ensure that those men absolutely have to run.

[Gaiseric]

Thanks!!! The manual doesn't tell how to make units run this way, and I couldnt figure out what I needed to do to get my units to run to their deployment/formation line. This will be a big help in battles!!!

[Gaiseric]

Double post. Sorry there just are not enough recent threads to post my questions in and I hate to make a new one. Anyway, I just wanted to ask if it is alright to reply to some of the older threads on this forum? Is this too dorky to reply to a thread that is more than 6 months old? Lol, I would compare it to trying to have a conversation with a corpse. A one way conversation mostly, although it beats talking to myself. I have the free time and can add my opinions and comments to some of these threads, but I wanted to know if it was ok or not.

Edit: Nevermind, I'll post any MTW relevant questions here and that is all. I realized that time spent on the forums could very well be time spent playing MTW. Your responses to all my questions in other threads so far have been very prompt and informative. If I have further questions I will post them in the current threads/topics. Thank you for your help!!!

[Vantek]

Posting in old threads is indeed generally frowned upon, but as you can read from below my name, I personally deviate from that view. Posting something random and irrelevant in an old thread would be obviously counterproductive, but if it is well on topic and the topic is something specific, then IMO it's often better to post in an old thread, so that all information about that topic would be in one place. I mean if you read that thread and still didn't find your answer, then obviously the thread didn't contain that information, so why not add it there.

Perhaps a year ago or so I was actually the one who revived the Golden Horde thread (at which point it was a couple of years old) for the reasons I explained above. Didn't cause any harm, did it now. On the contrary, a lot of great discussion followed.

[Gaiseric]

That thread now has 9 pages to it and a lot of good conversation and information about MTW. If I have some free time and some relevant information to add to a thread, I might post in one, even if it is dead. For the most part the only trolling through the forums that I have been doing is when I have been waiting for a reply on a different thread. Even though this forum seems dead, the moderators and some members have been doing an awesome job at giving speedy replies to my posted questions. Great Work and Thank You for your help and patience!!!

Since I posted the above, I have also discovered some of the .org's other sub-forums. These tend to be more alive so I will probably post in them instead, if I am in a talkative mood.