Detaching a Company HQ from a Battalion HQ?

[Taipan61]

Is the only way to detach a Company HQ from a Battalion HQ is by issuing some sort of order to the Company HQ like defend/move/ and then cancelling the order?

Or am I missing something totally obvious?

PS: Good game [:)]

[MarkShot]

You could simply issue an "in-situ" (the formation) [D]efend order and they will be dettach and simply stay where they are.

Yes, the creation of forces is a by product of giving orders. You cannot manage forces independent of orders; except for reattaching to the organic superior.

[Taipan61]

You could simply issue an "in-situ" (the formation) [D]efend order

Cheers. Knew there had to be a way.

[MarkShot]

changed "can" to "cannot"

That's what happens when you read and respond to posts while you are supposed to be doing real work. Sorry.

[Taipan61]

Yes, the creation of forces is a by product of giving orders. You can manage forces independent of orders; except for reattaching to the organic superior.

I had wanted the Company to stay put, but move the Battalion HQ further up the road. I kept issuing orders to the Battalion HQ and so every Company HQ not detached was moving as well, which was not what I wanted to do.

[Taipan61]

You'd better find someone to change my quote then. [:D]

[MarkShot]

I generally manage my game play in the following fashion:

(1) I construct my plans in a top-down fashion. Conceive of the broad strokes first. Like what are the phases, where should be the fire base, where is recon needed, where should the attack come from, what should be my roadblocks and screens, where should be my defensive lines, etc ...

(2) I issue my orders in a bottom up fashion. Orders issued to arty/mortar, support weapons (ATG, Direct fire flak, MG, ...), individual companies, smaller forces, the next level forces, and the map boss.

This approach emphasizes the best aspects of big picture planning with the most efficient and error free employment of the HTTR interface. You will find this described towards the end of my stickied tips thread. If you have a chance, you can skim through them to find out various useful tidbits.

Enjoy the game.

[JeF]

ORIGINAL: MarkShot
You could simply issue an "in-situ" (the formation) [D]efend order and they will be dettach and simply stay where they are.

Easiest for this purpose is to give a Rest order. By default, it uses an "in-situ" formation. So your unit will stay where it is, detached from its superior.

Unfortunately there is no "detach all sub-unit" command. Not that I find the need for one. The above makes the trick for me.

Cheers,

JeF.

[Grouchy]

Or maybe Panthergames can add a "toggle" key in the UI: Detach/Reattach [;)]

[EricGuitarJames]

I find I use the 'in situ' order quite a bit these days. I find issuing the order to a brigade hq (for example) and then detaching the battalions (and any other units I need) off to wherever I feel I need them. Once in position I can then reattach them and reduce my command load.