Scourge of War 1.6 Beta Patch

[Marching Thru Georgia]

ColMcBroom wrote:

Before Brandy Station/1.6.1, I could send messages to my subordinates, and they'd go do what I told them to do.
After installing Brandy Station/1.6.1, my subordinates receive messages, and do nothing.

Likely you are the victim of the infamous courier time bug. To get around this click on the date and time tab on the courier screen. Now write your order as you would normally. Your subordinates will now execute their orders. You only have to do this once per game.

[ColMcBroom]

That's one issue I read about while researching this'n. Did notice I had to change some execution times, at least once per game session. But, the brigadiers still don't listen.

How about a court martial feature...

[ColMcBroom]

Yes, am using a number of mods...too many, probably. Smoke, blood, artillery sounds, etc.
Try turning some off, maybe? I can post a log next time it happens.

I'm using couriers exclusively for artillery:
a.) to get them in place and unlimbered without the infamous berserk headless chicken dance breaking out*, and:
b.) getting them to switch ammunition type.


*That particular maneuver is something like Forrest might have gotten Morton to do just to cause the yanquis to stop and stare, while he went tearing around to their back side.

[2ndAcr]

I use couriers all the time, after sending an initial message and setting the time stamp, have not had a problem doing anything by courier. Now granted if I order a arty battery to do something as a Corps commander, there is high chance the div commander will change my order.

You have to be very specific on orders by couriers. Most orders have to be like this exactly:

Move/Dest
Facing upon arrival
Formation to use
Stance (defend etc)
Use road or if you want direct cross country, leave it blank

You can usually send short messages like change formation and such only and they will obey, but have also seen them begin to obey and then a courier from a higher will counter my order.

[ColMcBroom]

Here's the one courier message I use, that worked before I installed Brandy Station* & patch 1.61:

Artillery to unlimber.
Unit to fire at will.

I fiddled with the assemblage of modifications I had on or off. After testing this out, that particular problem went away.

A certain amount of non-obeyed orders, or garbled execution of orders, adds realism to the game. Anybody that's ever sent an email around the office and achieved a failure to communicate knows just what I mean. Trying to communicate while getting shot at...oh, golly.

To sum up--problem mysteriously solved. Works for me!

Thank all y'all for responding, eh?

Col. McBroom*
Fort Worth

*Because everybody gets a free promotion when you cross the state line into Texas.





*love the railroad accessories in the map...want to set a boxcar on fire and roll it down the track