Unit Deployment in the Editor

[Ted]

I'm trying to put together a scenario.

At the start of the game I would like to a have a squad deployed in to three teams.

I go in to "Deploy(Allied)" split the squad and place the teams at different places on the map but when I go back to the editor and then go back to "Deploy", or just go straight to loading the battle, the teams have re-combined and is a whole squad again.

I'm thinking that you cannot start a scenario with a split squad or am I missing something in the editor?

[Pete Wenman]

Ted hi

I've just tested this, and it worked for me. I tested a squad both inside and out of a set up zone, and it worked for both when I started the battle. The separate teams do need to be at least one AS apart from the next to stop them recombining.

HTH

P

[Ted]

It looks like I may have had them to close to each other.

Thanks for the help.

Edit:

OK, I have a 9 man armored rifle squad. In the editor deployment screen, I split off a two man AT Team led by a private and put it on the left side of the map, I then split the remaining 7 men in to a 4 man team led by a TSgt leaving it in the center of the map and place the last 3 man team, led by a private, on the right side of the map.

So that's:

Left side - 2 man bazooka - led by a private

Center - 4 man - led by a Tech Sgt (5 stripes)

Ride Side - 3 man - led by a private

I then escape from the 3D editor, save the file, go back in to Deployment and now there's:

Left side - 3 man bazooka - led by a private

Center - 3 man - led by a Tech Sgt (5 stripes)

Ride Side - 3 man - led by a Staff Sgt (4 stripes)

Can you try this test out?

[akd]

note that AI plan orders may also lead to them recombining, even during AI setup phase.