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triple post... sorry again...

Come on, one more.. for the quadruple...[:'(]

One of the things I really liked of v3.4 was the opportunity of letting the PO manage the formations, but allowing the player to change their objectives and emphasis on a turn by turn basis. That is fun and close to how I 'd like to play a lot of scenarios, especially the large ones. Also, probably a lot simpler in terms of AI programming.

However, I have always found the instructions on how to precisely do that a little obscure and I am not sure that the option is available in PBEM play. But it is something it'd be nice to emphasize in 3.5/4.

ORIGINAL: Telumar

Come on, one more.. for the quadruple...[:'(]

I wish i could... but i'm exhausted....

I have always found the instructions on how to precisely do that a little obscure

Turn it 'on' in the Advanced Game Options, then you will see the buttons at the lower right. Then you can highlight the selected formation's objectives as seen on the left, and you can change them if you want. Then you can hit the button to 'Move the PO' and all formations will move a little. If you want a formation to not move on its own, set its orders to Manual (in the Formation Report box). Its easy to do, but can be time consuming if you make a lot of changes and if the original design has many objectives (as seen in the mini map at lower right).

Its a great way to assume command and then watch your units do or not do exactly what you intended. Designers can also use this to make PO adjustments, which is excellent. So its fun, and functional. Thanks to Ralph for putting this feature in !

ORIGINAL: governato
One of the things I really liked of v3.4 was the opportunity of letting the PO manage the formations, but allowing the player to change their objectives and emphasis on a turn by turn basis. That is fun and close to how I 'd like to play a lot of scenarios, especially the large ones. Also, probably a lot simpler in terms of AI programming.

However, I have always found the instructions on how to precisely do that a little obscure and I am not sure that the option is available in PBEM play. But it is something it'd be nice to emphasize in 3.5/4.

It's not you, it's me. It started out life as something I threw together to diagnose the AI. I realized I could add a couple of tweaks and some other sucker, I mean worthy gentleman with time on his hands, might find it fun. I'm hoping to make it more intuitive this time.

I just stumbled on this wargame of the Gettysburg battle, it is in development, but the AI seems pretty fun/capable
and the developers have a fun blog and forum.

Here is the LINK

Oh..and it's crowd funded!