Allies don't assist in defensive battles?

[OBarbas]

Gentlemen

I'm playing Lands to Conquer 3.0 as the Brits.

I had one peasant unit in a castle and was suddenly attacked by a huge assembly of Portuguese troops. Adjacent to the castle was a huge army of French, my Allies. On the 'challenge' screen immediately prior to the actual battle it indicated that my poor peasants could count on the huge French force as allies so I engaged in live battle.

The Portuguese burst over the walls, my peasants fought to the death, and the French had a picnic on the edge of the battle map and did SQUAT to help me. They never entered the hostilities.

I noticed on the 'challenge' screen that there was no option manually to control the French and their unit cards never appeared on the HUD.

Is it because my forces were so weak, or is this a glitch? Obviously it makes me wonder what use allies will be in future.

OBarbas

[Kamikaze 738]

I notice the same, sometimes its to my advantage too. When enemy reinforcement comes to a siege battle I would be totally creamed but instead only the attacking force assaulted while their reinforcement just stood back and watched... so I just let the time run out

[Samir]

autoresolve

especially sieges where you defend with 1 peasant unit.