Campaign battle starting position

[william1993]

Why, when you go to battle during the sandbox campaign, and you enter one, the two armies are starting right on top of each other? I can't even set up or make preliminary movements because I start and then 5 seconds later 30K men are rolling over my balls.

Is that some setting that I am doing wrong or is it made like that?

[con20or]

if you run into them on a road a line of sight battle is very likely.

[william1993]

But on campaign you cannot go anywhere else but a road.

[IronBMike]

Why, when you go to battle during the sandbox campaign, and you enter one, the two armies are starting right on top of each other? I can't even set up or make preliminary movements because I start and then 5 seconds later 30K men are rolling over my balls.

Is that some setting that I am doing wrong or is it made like that?

Mine start across the map just fine.

[con20or]

If i remember correctly they alternate between LOS and hunt them down. Attack/defend happen if you are in a town unless it is a very big battle, then it is hunt them down.

[Xreos1]

My experience has been LOS battles only and way too close.

twice a single cav division on the flank with horse atty support has been annihilated by 2 cav divisons with 3 atty batteries in support. This happens faster than I can get them out of danger.

These LOS battles should be a modified hunt them down where your screening units stop at 1st sight and your remaining forces are farther behind. Maneuver before battle is vital, and necessary.

Also I have trouble keeping the detached units together. I thought I had 2 infantry corps and one cavalry corps were together, but they engaged the enemy separately and not unified.

[con20or]

They should, if they are part of the same branch in the OOB after you reattach them.