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Boodoosh	Minor issue - Battle result details are wrong		Lead	[-]
Posts: 76 06/03/09 03:16:03	Tags : battle, result I searched on both this forum and the support forum to see if this was reported - but did not find it Also I dont have the rights to post a new topic on the support forum :( So here it is: having won a battle by making the enemy rout through cannon fire only - not a single musket fired the battle report detailed results showed that my line infantry killed most of the enemy with only a few by my artillery. The veterancy chevrons seem to be calculated correctly IE they ignore the battle report.
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Dagdriver		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 98 07/22/09 13:24:53	I just noticed that too. In all my battles the general are noted for a few kills although he has not seen action at all. Same with other units. Actually the numbers in the report more resemples the outcome of autocalculated battles, ie. kills/losses are distriputed evenly amongst units
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Gustav		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 975 07/22/09 13:27:19	I've made a few post on this as well but most people don't seem to care as the losses are correct.
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Gamewiz		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 301 07/22/09 13:40:21	I've actually had it where my losses where reported incorrect. It's only noticeable (as I have no idea if it does this on large maps) on small skirmishes. But on some battles where I have killed the enemy using only cannon fire, and never even engaged with my infantry or my cavalry. So at the end of the battle I had incurred no losses to my forces, but then when I click ok after the victory screen, it reports my forces taking like 4 or 5 losses... then when I go to my campaign map I'm missing those 4 or 5 random people from different regiments... And this has happened about 3 or 4 times now and I know for a fact that all my forces were complete and full regiments, and afterwards they weren't... Not a big deal as it's only 4 or 5 people, but it made me do a double take when it happened.
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WolframGrail		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 364 07/22/09 13:45:34	1) Did you choose continue or did you stop right after the fighting? 2) If you chose continue, did you wait til every enemy was destroyed and it forced to end, or did you choose the "quit" option to speed up the process. If you choose "quit" under the second possibility, it auto-calcs the remaining numbers which can lend some of the discrepancy. I'm not sure about the no-musket kill, but eh. Speculation's the best I've got and I'm too lazy to do that right now.
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Gustav		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 975 07/22/09 13:51:08	I just found this out the other day but trees will stop your explosive shells and they will explode in the tree. I set my howitzers just out of the trees with my infantry in the trees i was watching the lone enemy line unit get pummelled when i noticed that i was taking losses i thought this was strange as i only had howitzers with this army, so i watched them fire and one of the shells "hit" a tree and stayed there until it went off and killed a few of my men.
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Carrion		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 148 07/22/09 14:18:35	battlefield defences are cannon proof as well. such as stakes and anti cav hedges. bit of a bummer when i had arty set up behind some to find all the round shots were hitting the hedges bit of a PITA tbhj
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Gamewiz		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 301 07/22/09 14:49:37	WolframGrail wrote: 1) Did you choose continue or did you stop right after the fighting? 2) If you chose continue, did you wait til every enemy was destroyed and it forced to end, or did you choose the "quit" option to speed up the process. If you choose "quit" under the second possibility, it auto-calcs the remaining numbers which can lend some of the discrepancy. I'm not sure about the no-musket kill, but eh. Speculation's the best I've got and I'm too lazy to do that right now. Well for one example, it was my entire army marching through this land and I decided to not autoresolve a battle against one militia group. So I pummeled the group with about two volleys from my 20 howitzers before they were shattered and I had won. I never end battle though because many times then the group still exists and I don't want to have to chase them down again, so I hit continue and limbered up my artillery so they wouldn't fire anymore, and ran over the remaining 30 or 40 men of the militia with two regiments of lancer cavalry. Again, though, no casualties once the battle was ended. Apparantly a couple of my lancers got scratched or something when charging and got Gangrene and died after the battle... lol
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WolframGrail		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 364 07/22/09 14:52:52	That's your problem, two units of lancers. They probably hit each other. Cavalry in a charge colliding can cause friendly fire, oddly enough. It probably happened right as the battle forced an end.
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Gamewiz		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 301 07/22/09 14:54:36	Except that when the battle ended, I could see my unit cards and they are reported full... 60 lancers per regiment. If that's the case then I need to take my lancers back to some basic training... Rule #1: Don't spear a fellow lancer.
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WolframGrail		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 364 07/22/09 14:58:08	Hmm..well, I dunno if that's the case. I have had last minute casualties, but I wasn't paying that much attention to the unit card. I just knew I shouldn't have lost men. But yeah, cavalry's impact does have a collateral effect sometimes.
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KCs Quest for WD		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 512 07/23/09 00:31:07	Yeah... I learnt early not to charge a friendly and an enemy unit in a melee if possible... U spear a few friendlies in the process... "Opps, terribly sorry ol chap!!" I realized that when i zoomed in (I like watching the bodies get launched a got 10m) and saw a mix of mine and theirs go flying!! And they stayed down.... Which took the shine of the charge!! Hehe... Makes sense... It was a pretty stoopid thing to do but learnt my lesson... Yeah the numbers don't seem to add up but so long as it's only a number and IS NOT reflected on the unit card after then i can live with it... THE ONLY CONCERN IS: Does this effect the distribution of XP to the units in question? Then it is a problem...
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mildlyconfused		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 109 07/23/09 07:08:42	Anytime I've used the continue button it's resulted in a "average" victory, even if I know it should have been heroic, the enemy survives with far too many troops, the auto-calc is obviously broken and possibly random.
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