Units light infaltry behaviour

**theodorsr** · August 03, 2010, 09:56 AM

Hi, I only want to say that i dont want the units to be spread out all the time, witchthey are.
Woudent it be better to have the option to have them spread out or in a tight formation using fire by rank?I think so

What does you think abaout this? and sorry for baaad english

**chudolf** · August 03, 2010, 10:20 AM

Troops in that time did not fight in tight formation at all , so using light infantry mode they kneeling, hiding , more less like in real [ ntw engine not allows to make a real trench warfare so we must accept light infantry mode battle system ]

**.Mitch.** · August 03, 2010, 10:42 AM

You want your WW1 units to use fire by rank?

I'm afraid I don't fully understand.

**a tw player** · August 03, 2010, 11:10 AM

**Audacia** · August 03, 2010, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by a tw player

Now lets be nice....

**Nyxos** · August 03, 2010, 11:39 AM

I think he posted in the wrong mod

**theodorsr** · August 03, 2010, 12:15 PM

I didnt! It is just that I want them to me a bit tome thicker so they can fit in a city or so. A tw player

Me

**oldboyhammer** · August 03, 2010, 12:20 PM

I wonder is it possible to give them a secondary formation where they are closer together in a tighter formation but still use light infantry behaviour? The secondary formation wouldn't be the rank formation but a smaller tighter version of what we have now. This way you could switch between the two.

**theodorsr** · August 03, 2010, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by oldboyhammer

I wonder is it possible to give them a secondary formation where they are closer together in a tighter formation but still use light infantry behaviour? The secondary formation wouldn't be the rank formation but a smaller tighter version of what we have now. This way you could switch between the two.

Great idea! Agree!

**a tw player** · August 03, 2010, 01:01 PM

I'm sorry, I love you really theo

**RO Citizen** · August 03, 2010, 02:19 PM

Let's see...a rifle battalion firing by rank at a machine gun...hmm, maybe I'll mod that out if I have time

Well, theo, besides historical accuracy, there is also the arty problem. It already kills alot of dudes, so making tight lines would result in completely useless infantry.

**antisocialmunky** · August 03, 2010, 08:27 PM

Can we just use light infantry behavior as 'crawl'?

**Ediblemittens** · August 04, 2010, 01:21 PM

Crawling would be cool... however the tight formation would be 100% useless. Infantry already get chewed up a lot as it is by rifle fire, and even more so by canister shot and machine guns. And the fire by rank idea is historically inaccurate and relatively pointless.