AI Battle Formation Mods

**Alexandros Maximus** · 04-05-2008, 22:16

i installed darth and marcus camillus formations.

none of the formations are there, but i am running my romani savegame.

so i'm assuming that the formations are not savegame compatible??????

**Lysander13** · 04-06-2008, 17:12

Originally Posted by Alexandros Maximus

i installed darth and marcus camillus formations.

none of the formations are there, but i am running my romani savegame.

so i'm assuming that the formations are not savegame compatible??????

I fail to see why it wouldn't be save game compatible. There should be no issues with save game compatibility.

As for the formations not being there:
If they are not there. Then you have not installed properly. It's a zip file contained within the correct EB file structure so it will overwrite the necessary files if unzipped in the correct location. Which BTW is the main install directory of where you have EB installed not the data folder in case it needs to be mentioned. If you were not prompted to overwrite when you unzipped then you did not do it in the correct location. Also note, when you using MC's player formations and DV Formations. You must install DV's first, then MC's player formations. You can verify installation simply by opening your descr_formations.txt file ( in the EB Data folder ) with a text editor ( ie..notepad ) for MC's player formations, scroll down a bit and look for a reference saying " Marcus Camillus' Republican Roman Legion Formation ". Do the same for DV's formations, however this time your opening up the descr_formations_ai.txt file and right along the top of the file it should say Darth_Dark_Formations 16.2. The above verification assumes you've installed both of these in the right order and that their installed in the correct location.

**Alexandros Maximus** · 04-06-2008, 20:45

had to do it different (unpack, cut/paste, instead of directly unpacking) because of vista's security shit.

running EB now to see if it worked.

**Pezlu** · 04-11-2008, 13:16

Has 1.1 improved formations over 1.0?

If not, is this compatible with 1.1? :P
By comparing the files it would look so. Do you confirm?
I love this mod, it actually makes the game more challenging and interesting!

**Ludens** · 04-11-2008, 13:25

Formation files are pretty independent from the rest of the game, so they are almost certainly compatible. I cannot answer your other question.

**Lysander13** · 04-12-2008, 07:07

Originally Posted by SunShadow

Has 1.1 improved formations over 1.0?

If not, is this compatible with 1.1? :P
By comparing the files it would look so. Do you confirm?
I love this mod, it actually makes the game more challenging and interesting!

1) EB's 1.1 formations are the same as 1.0.
2) Yes this is compatible with 1.1. Even the archived files can be used if one would happen to want to switch back. Ludens was quite correct. Formations for the most part are very independent and can be used from version to version.
3) Confirmed.
4)

....Glad your enjoying it. I hope to improve on the relationship between certain EB files and these formation mods very soon for what will hopefully turn out to be a more enjoyable result as it's relative to using these formation mods. Particularly for Sinuhet's Formations. For example i was actually extremely happy to see mass being raised for cavalry.

Anyhow, all i need is actual recreational time to be able to do this....

**STuNTz2023** · 05-26-2008, 15:01

sorry have a quick question. Yesterday i installed Darth and Marcus' player formations. I decided to try them out in my roman save game and the formation worked beautifully. However with some of my army's the formations for republic and imperial formations are in red and will not let me use those formations. Am i missing needed units? Do i have to have the specific amount of each unit as he mentions in his readme?

Thanks for this mod the battles have been a very pleasent change!

**Lysander13** · 05-27-2008, 18:54

Originally Posted by STuNTz2023

Yesterday i installed Darth and Marcus' player formations. I decided to try them out in my roman save game and the formation worked beautifully. However with some of my army's the formations for republic and imperial formations are in red and will not let me use those formations. Am i missing needed units? Do i have to have the specific amount of each unit as he mentions in his readme?

Thanks for this mod the battles have been a very pleasent change!

Yes.
Just follow the unit roster layout that's spelled out in the readme for very sharp looking Republic and Imperial formations and you should have no trouble accesing the formations once you've grouped all your units together. Glad you find the formations to your liking.