Scourge of War Boards

It was already established in an earlier post that the 'form up to the left of general x' command forms you up to his immediate left, not his leftmost unit which is what it should be. Im trying to think if there is any occasion when you would want it to be this way?

Of course you can give orders to form up to the left of his left most unit but you generally dont know what that unit is unless in your limne of sight.

Would it be a big thing to change? Courier messages are my favourite part of the game, I really would love to see them improved a bit.

My other biggest wish - approx size and location in enemy sighted reports! I love to feel like Im playing with real commanders.

The command you are using is very useful for setting initial positions of troops and for moving batteries to good locations. If you want the unit to move to the left/right most unit of the commander, use the 'Move to my left/right flank' command.

hi MTG - can u explain that a bit more? Im not sure thats how it works..

For example - division A is in formation, you want division B to form up on the left of division A. You order division B to move to the left flank of general A. Logically it should move to the left of division A but in reality it moves to the left of general A, wherever he is placed. My point is - when giving the order to move to the left of an officer, i think it would be far more useful if it moved to the extreme left of all units under his control rather then to his left.

I have not seen that happen, but you think thats how it is currently implemented?

Ah, now I see what you are trying to do. In the example you give, the commander of division B will form up on the left most regiment of division A. So there will be 50% overlap. To do what you would like, and I agree it is logical, Norb would have to modify the code. The 2 types of commands that move a unit relative to the player's sprite are working well. It's the command that moves units relative to AI commanders that needs a small modification.

am i talking about two different commands?