movement speed in battles

[jaszcz]

Does anyone know how to make light infantry move faster than heavy infantry in battles? Or how to make the poor pikemen faster? They always lag behind, even when they aren't forming a phalanx, so that it's too easy to shoot them down.

[Taiji]

In kingdoms you can use move_speed_mod like so:

type				Voulgier
dictionary			Voulgier      ; Voulgier
category			infantry
class				spearmen
voice_type			Heavy
banner faction		main_infantry
banner holy			crusade
soldier				Voulgier, 60, 0, 1.4, 0.37
officer				Dismounted_Feudal_Knights
officer				northern_captain_early_flag
officer				northern_captain_early_flag
mount_effect		horse +1, camel +1, elephant +1
attributes			sea_faring, hide_forest, can_withdraw, free_upkeep_unit, start_not_phalanxing, very_hardy
move_speed_mod		0.93
formation			0.0, 0.0, 2.4, 2.4, 4, square, phalanx
stat_health			1, 5
stat_pri			13, 5, no, 0, 0, melee, missile_gunpowder, slashing, axe, 20, 1 ;level 6
stat_pri_attr		ap, short_pike, light_spear, spear_bonus_6
stat_sec			0, 0, no, 0, 0, no, melee_simple, blunt, none, 10, 1
stat_sec_attr		no
stat_pri_armour		6, 20, 0, metal
stat_sec_armour		0, 0, flesh
stat_heat			6
stat_ground			1, -3, 5, 3
stat_mental			13, normal, trained
stat_charge_dist	7
stat_fire_delay		0
stat_food			60, 300
stat_cost			1, 2500, 250, 250, 250, 420, 4, 120
armour_ug_levels	2, 3, 4, 4
armour_ug_models	Voulgier, Voulgier_ug1, Voulgier_ug2, Voulgier_ug2
ownership			france
era 2				france
recruit_priority_offset    45

The 0.93 in that instance is telling a heavier unit to slow down a little; it will move at 93% of it's usual speed.

You'll probably find that it's a good idea to slow some units as well as speeding up others. Or else the animations may start looking silly. 1.2 or 120% speed is about where soldiers start looking ... like on they're on steroids. Test for the really stupid looking behaviour by making them charge at someone and checking to see if they seem inhumanly fast.

[VINC.XXIII]

I would conserve the phalanx, but just to see the formation inactive for the human as for the AI at the start of the battle.

as example( for the skirmishers)
"start_not_skirmishing"

Maybe its existing some formule such as "start_no_phalanging"....?
I think not, it would be so easy...


Thanks in advance

PS: BTW, I tested too the solution given by Taiji