default_melee_state

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after testing a whole line of similair formations with minor tweaks my conclusions about the formations files are rather simple ....

There is absolutelly nothing special!!

it all has to do with a proper army formation where linking up some armies may prevent the AI from redistributing armies and sometimes its actually the cause of it ...
a 1/2 decent formation already has the potential to do wonders in respect to the vanilla files, it just needs to be linked properly, so give the AI formations it wants to use even if its priority is set low (if you make a 3-units formation than the AI tends to select that formation over a formation that has no unit-limits, or if the units match the tag it gets selected over a formation with for instance "infantry" or "all")

Also what I first liked to believe makes a good impact, the dummy-block in front of a formation, does make no difference at all by default, it however can help a formation stop redistibuting its men ....

All the commands in the formation file seem to be nothing more than sort of on/off-switches, no hidden features or anything ....

Edit;
scrapped last remark, doesnt seem to happen any more ....


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