Unlimited units on the battlefield?

**Norse Archer** · July 17, 2007, 07:55 PM

I know some other mods make it available for the player to control several full stacks on the battlemap, was wondering if SPQR had this feature.

AI reinforcements just LOVE to sprint all the way across the battlefield, arrive to the fight exhausted, and of course I lose my reinforcing General who charges in alone headlong into a line of Phalanx formation Hoplites...

**GaussSoldier** · July 17, 2007, 08:06 PM

If you mean having the units of other armies fill in your gaps, then yes. If you mean controlling several legions at once, you're outta luck. I heard that M2TW comes with that feature but it's not perfected yet.

**Norse Archer** · July 17, 2007, 08:21 PM

Was meaning controlling several legions at once, ie controlling your reinforcements(full stack main army, and controlling a second full stack reinforcement army as well).

**Teodosio** · July 18, 2007, 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by Norse Archer

Was meaning controlling several legions at once, ie controlling your reinforcements(full stack main army, and controlling a second full stack reinforcement army as well).

Ihih I hope you have the speed and computational abilities of a CPU!
For me, it's already too much to control a single stack!

The future of these games is more automation: I'm sure that in a not-so-far future we will be able to bring 10 legions in battle (what happened very often in those times) and we would just give generic orders to their leaders (defend that, attack, cover this other legion's flank, protect the hill, etc...). It is pointless to insist on micro-management, that way we'll never be able to recreate the truly big and epic battles of old.

**-|I_L|-Empire** · July 18, 2007, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by GaussSoldier

If you mean controlling several legions at once, you're outta luck. I heard that M2TW comes with that feature but it's not perfected yet.

I not noticed that, I shall investigate!

**Roman Clone** · July 17, 2007, 08:25 PM

You would have to edit the GUi which is Locked.

**Alatar** · July 18, 2007, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by Norse Archer

I know some other mods make it available for the player to control several full stacks on the battlemap, was wondering if SPQR had this feature.

AI reinforcements just LOVE to sprint all the way across the battlefield, arrive to the fight exhausted, and of course I lose my reinforcing General who charges in alone headlong into a line of Phalanx formation Hoplites...

Well sorry, but you wrong it's hard coded and cannot be done.
M2TW kingdoms has this feuture aparantly.

**Garnier** · July 18, 2007, 09:22 AM

To clarify, M2TW is no different in this respect. In kingdoms, the new feature is that you can give general orders to your AI reinforcements. You will NOT have direct control over more than 20 units at a time.

**Teodosio** · July 18, 2007, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Garnier

In kingdoms, the new feature is that you can give general orders to your AI reinforcements.

I can believe that it is my DREAM

Please tell me where I can find detailed info on that!

**Artos** · July 18, 2007, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Teodosio

I can believe that it is my DREAM

Please tell me where I can find detailed info on that!

One of the most exciting new features is controlling multiple reinforcements. This feature allows the player to have bigger battles than ever before and be the commander of the whole battle! The player can issue commands to reinforcement armies and still control the units in his own army, letting him thus stage massive strategic operations. For example, the player can attack a huge castle from four sides at once with a full army on each side!

From: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ml?sid=6168943

Can't wait Kingdoms!