Cavalry isn't very responsive I find.

**cupoftea** · March 30, 2012, 10:52 AM

Maybe it's just me, but for example, sometimes (not all the time) when my cavalry is chasing off some routers, and I command them to charge into the back of the enemy, they're all like, nope, not going to happen, and just continue chasing routers. Or when I make them attack a target, they choose to attack a wholey different target. This has happened a pfew times that I got no control over my cavalry for half a minute, enough to lose a flank.

Does this only happen to me?

**LoGaL** · March 30, 2012, 11:27 AM

it happens to me too but i think this doesn't depend on the mod but rather on the buggy rtw ai

**DeWitt8** · March 30, 2012, 11:31 AM

Turn on guard mode, this helps sometimes!

**Telemachos** · March 30, 2012, 12:35 PM

it happens mostly when you put them in groups
when I'm going to run around with my cav i turn group mode of for them

**Julio-Claudian** · March 30, 2012, 11:30 AM

Yeah when you select more than one unit and tell them to charge they'll mostly charge some random enemy unit. You should command them one at a time.

**menawati** · March 30, 2012, 01:10 PM

Yes it happens to me sometimes.
Rather worse though is when a whole bunch of cavalry get stuck in 'celebrating' mode after finishing off an enemy (usually if they killed siege engines it triggers it).
They won't respond to any commands all battle and are even still 'celebrating' when some enemy spearmen come over and cut them to pieces

**Soada** · March 30, 2012, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by menawati

Yes it happens to me sometimes.
Rather worse though is when a whole bunch of cavalry get stuck in 'celebrating' mode after finishing off an enemy (usually if they killed siege engines it triggers it).
They won't respond to any commands all battle and are even still 'celebrating' when some enemy spearmen come over and cut them to pieces

LOL!

**NightHawkJaeger** · March 30, 2012, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by menawati

Yes it happens to me sometimes.
Rather worse though is when a whole bunch of cavalry get stuck in 'celebrating' mode after finishing off an enemy (usually if they killed siege engines it triggers it).
They won't respond to any commands all battle and are even still 'celebrating' when some enemy spearmen come over and cut them to pieces

Maybe they are pre-celebrating their journey to the afterlife.

**dvk901** · March 30, 2012, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by cupoftea

Maybe it's just me, but for example, sometimes (not all the time) when my cavalry is chasing off some routers, and I command them to charge into the back of the enemy, they're all like, nope, not going to happen, and just continue chasing routers. Or when I make them attack a target, they choose to attack a wholey different target. This has happened a pfew times that I got no control over my cavalry for half a minute, enough to lose a flank.

Does this only happen to me?

Hold down the 'ALT' key when you 'demand' that a unit charge or attack something. This forces the issue every time.

This issue, and the celebrating one, are bugs in RTW that nothing ever seems to fix. (Even holding down the ALT key won't stop that celebrating bug.

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**DeWitt8** · March 30, 2012, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by dvk901

Hold down the 'ALT' key when you 'demand' that a unit charge or attack something. This forces the issue every time.

This issue, and the celebrating one, are bugs in RTW that nothing ever seems to fix. (Even holding down the ALT key won't stop that celebrating bug.

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Problem here is, that this draws the secondary weapon of the cav unit, which isn't always a good idea...

**CTD_or_Bust** · March 30, 2012, 04:19 PM

Better to have a sword in hand than a pike in your chest.

As said already, ordering each cav unit individually is the best way to go.

**Ferdiad** · March 30, 2012, 04:37 PM

I find before doing a order or something its better to cancel the previous with the backspace key.

**CTD_or_Bust** · March 30, 2012, 06:31 PM

That does help quite a bit. After thinking about cav celebrating as they die I can't help but think of Billy Madison

**century x** · March 31, 2012, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by cupoftea

Maybe it's just me, but for example, sometimes (not all the time) when my cavalry is chasing off some routers, and I command them to charge into the back of the enemy, they're all like, nope, not going to happen, and just continue chasing routers. Or when I make them attack a target, they choose to attack a wholey different target. This has happened a pfew times that I got no control over my cavalry for half a minute, enough to lose a flank.

Does this only happen to me?

Its a RTW bug. What I do is let them to go ahead of the routing units ranks and when they are in the middle I tell them to attack and they get destroyed.

**cupoftea** · March 31, 2012, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by century x

Its a RTW bug. What I do is let them to go ahead of the routing units ranks and when they are in the middle I tell them to attack and they get destroyed.

Ye I know about that one, but I wasn't talking about killing of stragglers though.

**Thracian Princess** · April 01, 2012, 06:23 AM

I find that this only happens to me when I have my cavalry in a group. If they're not in a group the problem seems to go away.

**ExtremeBG** · April 01, 2012, 06:45 AM

It happens to me only if i put the units in groups,that's why i don't do it, except for phalanx units and such

**Scipio praeditus** · April 01, 2012, 02:05 PM

I quickly got used to preventing my grouped cavalry from running every which way by individually ordering them to gather somewhat away from the enemy after every charge, waiting untill thay have all come to a full stop, selecting them all by dragging a box around them and then charging again.

**Jasper9080** · April 02, 2012, 04:45 AM

Ive had that problem as well with any kind of foot soldiers. I have 4 units in a group, tell them to attack a specific unit and when I check back theyre all over the map chasing or attacking units I did NOT tell them to attack