Pls check this screenshot: I've set the formation to "successive lines", a formation where a given unit is supposed to approach the enemy (or to defend) in 2 lines/rows (one could say 2 "waves" too, i guess, on Bn level). But the current frontage (pls see red formation button) would be 2 columns, in fact. The width of these "lines" (frontage indicator) rather reflects a double-column line-up than anything else, since the unit has 120 troops. The facing would be the same if auto-facing would be off, so I'd have to change the facing (to the West or the East), in order to get the desired width of the "original" successive lines-frontage, a feature that used to be in the game once. Even large arty/base units would use columns instead of "real" successive lines known from HttR (and COTA 1.0 i think).
Did I overlook a comment covering a change of the code for frontage/formation (in the list of changes/fixes from earlier patches), or is it an oversight on your end?.
EDIT: Another question comes to my mind, as I've not used successive lines as attack task on Bn or Rgt level for quite a while: I've seen HQs sending 2 waves (consisting of 2 Coys) to execute an attack (I ordered succ. lines), but what about a Rgt, or let's say a "Kampfgruppe" formed by the user, would these formations' HQs send more than 2 waves? If not, I'd love to have a new button .... something like "waves/succ. lines", where the user could enter a value to determine the number of lines/waves (waves = number of Coys, on a Rgt level for example). Would come in handy for BFTB scenarios, for sure. [:)]
Would be a great tool to attack enemy strong-points. The Russians used this approach (ignoring casualties) excessively, the Germans used that in the Ardennes offensive (on Korps/Army level) to clean out the bulge and to protect the flanks (ok, that was the plan at least, eheh).
