Possible problem in AI logic

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Corps tutorial.

Howe (DIV) is given strategic order to hold left flank by me playing as Sedgwick (Corps). I have played this tutorial 10 times already and the CSA is always changing tactic... I like it so much but it's pretty tough considering the visibility restrictions of my camera settings lol.

Anyway, Grant (BDE) is right below Howe in the chain of command and he shows as having totally different strategic orders (which is why he is on the spot instead of going to Howe). Howe moves right away to the indicated spot as soon as my courier reaches him but his BDE commander Grant doesn't, I do not remember right now the name of the second BDE commander but he doesn't join Howe either.

Result: 5 minutes later, Howe is alone vs something like 2000 angry confederates who want his scalp. This is a pretty serious issue to double check at lightning speed. Are we absolutely sure that when the Corps commander (player) issues a strategic order to a DIV commander, the DIV commander issues his orders accordingly to his subordinate BDE commanders?

I triple checked already and I got this happening with other DIV commanders as well. I can see their flag on the field with their intended move location and they DO go but without bde commanders (whose move flags are not shown) and of course, without troops. So I am pretty sure of what I am saying there is something in the chain of command that doesn't seem to work as intended.

It MIGHT be that the bde commanders need more time to deploy their men but still, the DIV commander moves right away, they don't and they still show as having obsolete strategic orders. This is a key issue.

Edit: The Div tutorial shows when BDE commanders are given orders they follow them perfectly. This is something happening between Corps and Div not between Div and Bde.

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Here you go I ran another quick test to confirm the aforementioned issue.

I sent Howe again with strategic orders to defend on the road northwest of Gettysburg (Mummasburg road). The orders were issued at the beginning of the scenario and while Howe is selected, you can see the green star indicating the location of his strategic orders on the map.

However, you can also see with the tooltip popping up from my cursor, that all of his troops (in this case I highlighted Grant) have remained right where they were at the start while Howe himself moved immediately to the target location.

In other words, Howe took my DEFEND orders and moved to the spot but he did not seemingly resubmit my orders to his troops.

It is important to note that this happens only with Corps Commander given strategic orders. Selecting a Div commander and issuing a Move (or any other) order will make the Bde commanders act accordingly. Can anyone else confirm or disconfirm this?

On a sidenote, since general units do not really make use of so many status indicators, I was thinking that in the pane left of the compass their flag could be displayed so we could immediately identify them on the battlefield.

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Unfortunately, I ran 2 more tests and this keeps going on. It looks like the only one who keeps the assigned strategic orders is the DIV commander himself. You have to go and get the BDE commanders and give them separate Strategic Orders if you want them to send their regiments to battle.

Has anyone else tested with this? Can anyone confirm or disconfirm this finding?