This info should smack you in the mouth and say "do this now" when you install.

Thanks muchly.

I don't know if it's just a sign of the times but these days Youtube videos seem to fill the advertising role used by demo software.

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Oh I find the dancing lines very distracting. Very. Can't watch it in fact. I'd much prefer to see the troops in fixed blocks(bases), roughly two figures per company if fighting with ...

<t> Oh I find the dancing lines very distracting. Very. Can't watch it in fact. I'd much prefer to see the troops in fixed blocks(bases), roughly two figures per company if fighting with battalions. If going up a level then four figures per base representing a battalion for multi corps battles but ...

I'm not strictly a fan of realism. A lot of people who think they know "realism" don't know their arse from their elbow. But if the battle on the screen matches the fun I have on the Napoleonic miniatures battlefield then A+.

<t> Another name for skirmishers in the Napoleonic era is harassers. I firmly disagree on the role of reconnaissance. You're only sending them a few musket range lengths ahead. They cannot move far ahead or they will be to far from the formed lines and be vulnerable to being caught in the open by ...

<t> one - I don't know the answer<br/>
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two - in the wargaming rules I'm familiar with charge and melee are not the same thing. Charge is a bonus to the initial round of melee and can be huge relative to unmodified melee damage, eg lancers.<br/>
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three - if woods are divided into light ...

<t> I won't pretend to know the significance of the sprite ratio but is it significant to the size of the battalion? Some Napoleonic battalions at full strength could have a strength of 1000 men on the field (ten companies of one hundred men), but more likely 800 prior to a period of campaigning ...

<t> The last thing I ever coded on was a PDP-11 so treat this comment with appropriate scorn.<br/>
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Given that the current formations manoeuvre "by the centre" of the battalion as a whole it would be more accurate to code for subunit "flags" to represent the companies. Each company would then ...

<t> In the Napoleonic era the reality of battle for many soldiers was the drillbook. Depending on the battlefield and the tactical situation the defender will most likely have more options regarding the individual disposition of soldiers. But effective manoeuvre in battle required the execution of ...

<t> Not that I have attempted to study how the little men move in detail, but I think their "only" way to move is by wheeling in extended line. They should be able to resize their frontage, form, retire in close order and turn about in a manner indicating they have companies as part of battalions ...

<t> Not that I intended to answer the original question but perhaps the answer goes something like this.<br/>
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In the American wars the only cavalry were dragoons, who did not evolve into melee heavy cavalry and were never as well trained in their role as European heavies. They only served as ...

<t> I think that in Europe you see a continuous change in role for mounted troops. From heavy lancers (knights) and mounted men-at-arms changing tactics in response to bodies of pikemen mixed with the first man-portable firearms, you see changes roughly every hundred years. Each major cycle of war ...

My point is I would pay extra to see my men move using real drills of the era. I don't know if anybody else is a student of the training of soldiers, but drills won battles and warm my heart a little to see it displayed on the screen.

<t> It's interesting that the (successful) charge of von Bredlow's brigade is used as an example for both sides in the arguement about the effectiveness of melee cavalry at that time. Some only consider the action in isolation from the rest of the battle and I think this is limiting in the arguement ...

Only one person has mentioned the Franco Prussion War and that has to be the reference point for a discussion on how to use cavalry in the later part of the 19th century. Professional armies with a full spectrum of training in their ranks going at it over the same terrain as Napoleon.

<t> In the early era column tactics were a function of training and resources, or a lack thereof.<br/>
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Now that you mention it the battles do look very linear but forum posters are saying that how things look doesn't reflect what is acually happening in the resolution of combat. Perhaps the ...

<t> As somebody who began Napoleonics with 25 mm figures I can say that part of the appeal is the visual effect of the array of columns and lines. A good arguement can be made about this being unrealistic too, but I prefer my battles to have visual appeal along with good fun. Different miniatures ...

Project Orion would be more fun.

<t> An improvised defensive tactic for recon units in a hide was to place a claymore on top of the APC and button up. Offically this was forbidden because if detonated the blast would blow the vehicles antenna away and leave the crew without communication. But I suppose if the enemy infantry were ...