ORIGINAL: warspite1
Thanks Klydon/WarHunter
I've checked RAC and it says nothing about having to re-form. Is the program just looking for possibles then? If so I'd rather it didn't if its going to crash the game....
Added a screen shot of the French reforming a corp from the broke down pool. The game is trying to remind you about a mandatory step. Which i did not know was mandatory until i read about it here. The screenshot was taken just before French Production.
The parts bolded are important. I cut out parts not relevant. Hope this helps.
off to bed [>:]
Player Manual 2
9.3.8
page 160
UNLIMITED BREAKDOWN
When a corps or army unit is broken down, it is not returned to the force pool (as it would be under the standard rules for breaking down units). Instead, it is placed in a separate pool, called the “BreakDown Pool”, which is viewable using the Pools form (see Section 8.7.1.23). MWiF maintains a record of which divisions were created when a corps/army was broken down and will not reform the corps/army unless two identical divisions are used. They do not have to be the same divisions, just identical in type and combat factors (i.e., a 1-4 infantry is a 1-4 infantry is a 1-4 infantry).
When destroyed, divisions created by breaking down corps/armies are placed in the BreakDown Pool. Divisions that are part of the standard counter mix, and therefore either part of setup or built by the player using the normal production rules, are returned to the force pool when destroyed.
Reforming a Corps/Army from Divisions
Players can only reform corps/armies that are in the BreakDown Pool. This is a major change from the standard rules where you can reform on-map divisions into corps/armies that are drawn from the Force Pool. Units in the BreakDown Pool remain there until either: (a) they are selected as the corps/army to replace 2 division units that are reformed into a corps/army, or (b) 2 division units that were created when a corps was placed in the BreakDown Pool are destroyed. You can basically think of the later situation as the two destroyed division units reforming as a corps sized unit which is then returned to the force pool. Units in the BreakDown Pool can never be built during the Production phase while they reside there!
To avoid misuse of this rule by players, if two divisions in the BreakDown Pool can be reformed into one of the corps/armies in the BreakDown Pool, then the player must do so. However, he has the choice of which corps/army is reformed. This mandatory reformation occurs during the BreakDown phase.
Because MWiF has a record of which divisions were created when a crops/army was broken down, it permits a player to reform the exact same corps/army from those divisions (or identical divisions). This is a pleasant change from the standard rules because it lets players who reform corps/armies get the exact same unit back that they had originally broken down. Under the standard rules, the process of breaking a corps/army down and later reforming it can generate a weaker corps/army than the player had at the start.
So, here is a summary of the revised rule on reforming divisions into a corps/army:
If, during the Reform phase, 2 organized divisions are stacked together on map, not in enemy ZOCs, and their factors match the factors of the original divisions that were created from a corps/army in the BreakDown Pool, the owner can elect to reform them into that corps/army.
During the BreakDown phase divisions in the BreakDown Pool must be reformed in a corps/army if two of them have factors that match the factors of the original divisions that were created from a corps/army currently in the BreakDown Pool. The resulting corps/army is transferred from the BreakDown Pool to the Force Pool.
If more than one corps/army in the BreakDown Pool satisfies the above criteria, the owner gets to choose which one is reformed.
