RTW demo conclusions: a full summary

[Lord of the Isles]

Also selecting the MTW UI. Even when switching it too true in the Preferences file, the UI doesnt fully represent the control you have over your army that STW and MTW gave you. While its at least nice to be able to left click again, dragging out formations to adjust unit spacing as well as depth doesnt work right, as well as trying to move your grouped army while keeping formation.
I hope that the MTW control option is still work in progress and will be fixed in the final game...

--insert obligatory and deserved thanks to blodrast--

I'd like to expand on spacecadet's point. I've found that the only way I can adjust formations using the Total War Controls setting is Control-LeftMouse and drag them out. In the Trebia battle however, I grouped 5 phalanx units and, with them selected, tried Control-LeftMouse and the pink dots that showed the new positions weren't in the line I'd dragged out, but were all relative to their current positions. I ungrouped them, selected all 5 and then got the behaviour I wanted. That seems like a bug to me.

Anyone know how to adjust unit facings? Alt-RightMouse was the traditional TW way but I can't seem to find an equivalent in the demo. Ditto with attempts to move a group to a new position and keep its current position/formations. In Trebia last night, I tried to move a group of 2 Sacred Band Cavalry to a new position. Ended up with another group also moving towards that point!

Maybe the attempt to use the old Controls is flawed anyway and I should just get used to the new style. I'll have to give it a go.