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Suppressing unit mergers
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:35 pm
by Javakamp
Is there a way to prevent units from merging together? Several times I have had an army and a couple of attached corps in the same region. These units have been built so they generate enough command points so they can all move with no delays. But then the next turn they will sometimes be combined into a single stack, which will no longer have enough command points to not have a movement penalty, which forces me to rebuild the subordinate corps. Not a major hassle, but I hate having to redivide the stack.
RE: Suppressing unit mergers
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:38 pm
by LarryP
ORIGINAL: Javakamp
Is there a way to prevent units from merging together? Several times I have had an army and a couple of attached corps in the same region. These units have been built so they generate enough command points so they can all move with no delays. But then the next turn they will sometimes be combined into a single stack, which will no longer have enough command points to not have a movement penalty, which forces me to rebuild the subordinate corps. Not a major hassle, but I hate having to redivide the stack.
Select the units tab and right mouse click. A lock will appear and that means it won't merge with other units. There is also a keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L and that locks\unlocks all stacks.
Hope that helps. If not, ignore me. [;)]
RE: Suppressing unit mergers
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:05 am
by von Beanie
I believe there is a "regroup armies" option in the opening game options menu that automatically combines all units in a region. I'm not sure what it does, but it could be the cause of your problem.
RE: Suppressing unit mergers
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:55 am
by Gray_Lensman
ORIGINAL: von Beanie
I believe there is a "regroup armies" option in the opening game options menu that automatically combines all units in a region. I'm not sure what it does, but it could be the cause of your problem.
This "regroup armies" option does not cause the groups to merge. It just cleans up the map display to show only one stack of units in any region that contains at least one group.
RE: Suppressing unit mergers
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:59 am
by Gray_Lensman
ORIGINAL: Javakamp
Is there a way to prevent units from merging together? Several times I have had an army and a couple of attached corps in the same region. These units have been built so they generate enough command points so they can all move with no delays. But then the next turn they will sometimes be combined into a single stack, which will no longer have enough command points to not have a movement penalty, which forces me to rebuild the subordinate corps. Not a major hassle, but I hate having to redivide the stack.
<ctrl> <L> will toggle group locks to prevent unintentional merging of groups. When you are moving groups around and you think you will be close enough to other group(s) to possibly cause a merge that you don't want, just hit <Ctrl> <L>, until you are done with the moving, then hit <Ctrl><L> again to retoggle it back to allowing merges. You will see little "lock" icons toggle on/off on the group tabs when you do this.
RE: Suppressing unit mergers
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:25 pm
by Javakamp
Thanks for the info guys.