Does the Alt.left click command work while troops are engaged or is it more of a pre engagement positioning command? For example, if I had 3 groups of spearmen actually engaged and I used this command, would they take a morale hit, attempt to turn their backs to reach the designated area etc. Of course I can try this out in a custom battle without bothering everyone.

As to DIPLOMACY--It's not so much that an ally might suddenly attack you (trust but verify), it's the incoherent reasons for doing so, not accepting cease fires when being destroyed etc. I also think that if Muslims are marching on Rome or Christians on Antioch, the intra religious petty squabbles should have a much greater chance of being put aside as they most certainly would have been historically.I think Carts got it right on the money about an editor.

THE most annoying aspect is the marriage factor which the more I think about it was probably MISGUIDEDLY programmed into the game intentionaly. Right now I've got all of France except Tolouse, Genoa and a Crusade marching on Almo held Castile who are beating the stuffings out of the Aragonese. Nevertheless, NO ONE will marry into the family. My faction's turning into the Adams Family and there's nothing I can do about it.

Again, I think that this renders a large chunk of the V/V aspect of the game meaningless and just flat out aggravating as hell.

Thanks for the replys by the way.