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Infantry square
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:38 am
by Tacloban
I had not seen the AI form square before, but today at Pipe Creek 2, two regiments of Davis' brigade did, sort of, soon after making contact with the advancing enemy infantry (no enemy cavalry in sight:
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Re: Infantry square
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:51 am
by Damned Black Hat
I didn't even know you could form a square.
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:05 am
by Tacloban
Well I can't but the AI can, and there appears to be at least two infantry square formations in the drills file. Here is Davis' brigade holding in what was supposed to be (ordered to be) double line:
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Re: Infantry square
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:16 am
by Davinci
Well, that would explain why his troops got captured in the railroad cut!
davinci
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:38 am
by Tacloban
Getting to know RebBugler's toolbar mod better, I see that I probably unwittingly ordered the squares, as they are the same button as "column", sort of.
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:56 am
by Davinci
Getting to know RebBugler's toolbar mod better, I see that I probably unwittingly ordered the squares, as they are the same button as "column", sort of.
It would have to be something along those lines, due to the fact that the
AI would never choose that formation on their own.
After you posted this I did browse over the
default drills file, and notice that the
square formation is close to the
line-formation at the
level five-command structure.
davinci
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:15 am
by cliometrician
When you go to the Column box, place your cursor on the left side of the box for column, and place the cursor on the right side of the box for square.
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:45 am
by RebBugler
Ha, was testing that formation and forgot to delete it before publishing. Anyway, maybe someone can find a use for it, it's slow and cumbersome with reduced firepower...maybe? :unsure: Not sure if they block each other out or not...so, maybe someone will test this out better and report.
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:54 am
by born2see
RebBugler wrote:
Anyway, maybe someone can find a use for it, it's slow and cumbersome with reduced firepower...maybe?
Worked at Waterloo... Just call me Old School.
B
Re: Infantry square
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:01 am
by RebBugler
RebBugler wrote:
Anyway, maybe someone can find a use for it, it's slow and cumbersome with reduced firepower...maybe?
Worked at Waterloo... Just call me Old School.
B
Yeah, but this is SOW ground, and here on this side of the pond, the cavalry dives into the middle of your s..., and doesn't care what shape your in. :woohoo: