I am investigating the measureable effects of various EDU variables in the battle mechanics and hope to publish the results thereof. However, I am running into a problem in that various units do not directly attack the front of a formation (usually phalanx but sometimes hoplites as well).

Since I am measuring Kills/minute with varying EDU variables I need all the custom battle attacks to occur at the same time and to do so directly without any flanking attempts.

When I am testing the attacking unit's kills/min on the defending unit, I can easily overcome this by bumping up the "power" of the attacking unit (the relative bar displayed on the screen) by adding Armor, Shield, Hit Points etc.

But when I am testing the defending units kills/min onto the attacking unit, I can't do it that way (since it obviously affects the kills/min I am trying to test).

I have tried some basic changes to descr_formation_ai.txt but with no success.

Does anyone know of how to force AI to attack (any) unit from the front and NOT try to flank it.

Kind Regards for any help.

Phalanx_man.