Order your troops to follow you and they will maintain their relative position to you. This works just like the save formation feature (F7 iirc) from Viking Conquest. Use it to maneuver your entire army in an orderly fashion across the battle terrain. Great for moving around the enemy and not having to micromanage every formation.
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Changelogs
Version 1.8.0
Mod uses ButterLib instead of BannerLib now.
Version 1.7.2
Fixed some code.
Removed direct references to responsive soldiers and patching only if RS is loaded. Harmony now required since the mod will have to decide to patch or not. (You already have it installed anyway.)
Version 1.7.1
Fixed crash with an index being out of range.
Prevented toggle working in the arena.
Version 1.6.0
MCM removed.
Version 1.4.1
Fixed a bug when ordering some formations to move to a position while other formations were ordered to follow or move somewhere else.
Version 1.3.0
Compiled for 1.6.2
Version 1.2.0
Compiled for 1.6.1
Version 1.1.0
1.5.9 stable + mcm 4.2.0+
Version 1.0.14
Fixed bug that kept having them move to the positions for vanilla behavior and then moving to the correct position.
Version 1.0.13
When ordering your formations to a position the position they need to go to will calculate right away now so they start going where they need to go. Before they would go to the default position usually first and then get into the proper formation.
Now following in formation won't disable if you order them to follow you after having moved them somewhere in formation. Now everything works more seamless. Less thinking about managing formations and more fighting! ;)
Version 1.0.12
Now you can order formations to move to a position in formation. Now this mod works just like it did in Viking Conquest.
Version 1.0.11
Following in formation will now disable if the order menu is open and you left mouse click to move a formation to position.
Updated xml with required dependencies.
Version 1.0.10
Mod still wasn't being reset properly when battle ended. Had to use a different method.
Updated toggle message to not be a paragraph.
Version 1.0.9
Fixed bug that didn't disable follow mode after battle ended. Follow mode will be disabled when starting battles now.
Version 1.0.8
Improved the following so they don't lag so much and it works a little smoother now. Make sure to set MCM to default settings! Test those then you can adjust from there.
Added MCM setting to help control how often the formations get updated. Eventually when I find the optimal settings I will just remove the MCM stuff. Make sure to use default settings first and if you need to adjust things then go ahead.
Version 1.0.7
Fixed bug that caused formations to bug if you tried to approach the enemy from an angle to the left of the initial angle. Ok NOW you can have armies follow and lead them anywhere on the map and direction to enemy. ;)
Version 1.0.6
Formations following while mod is toggled on will rotate properly based on the direction they are facing. You can approach enemy from any angle now and formations will stay correctly spaced relative to each other. Now you wont need to save your formation every battle. It will sync on your save game too. So every battle you can just toggle the follow mode on and they will always use that saved formation. It will work whatever direction they are facing. Tested it moving my army behind an enemy and attacking them and it kept everything pretty orderly. The mod is actually practical to use now.
Version 1.0.5
Had to fix a bug when changing tick setting that caused mod to stop functioning. Oops.
Version 1.0.4
You can now tweak how often followers' "go to" positions are updated if you want them to follow quicker. See MCM menu.
Version 1.0.3
Made mod much easier to use. You no longer have to worry about disabling "Follow in Formation" mode if you need to give move orders to any or all formations that are following in formation. More intuitive, less confusion. Each formation is handled individually so do whatever you need to. The mod won't block anything anymore while formations are following in formation.
Version 1.0.2
Fixed crashing with custom battle.
Version 1.0.1
Press Shift+K to save the relative position for selected formations. It will also save if you tell them to follow you while follow in formation mode is toggled on if you did not save prior. This data will persist every battle and this data syncs to your save game and will persist on load. Use 1.0.0 if you don't want data to persist.
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Instructions:
Organize all your troops how you want them to form up relative to each other. Like your shield wall units up front, your skirmishers behind them, cavalry on wings, etc.
When they are all setup, go stand where you want to lead your army from relative to your army's position.
Toggle follow in formation on by pressing K (default). If you never saved a formation then it will save the current formation positions for use in the battle and also for future use. This data syncs onto your save file. You can always save new formation positions by selecting the formation(s) you want to save positions for first then pressing Shift+K (default). This will overwrite any previous saved position{s) for the selected formation(s).
Now you can order any formation or all formations to follow and they will stay in position relative to you based on the positions relative to yours when you saved the data.
To make a long story short... setup all your troops how you want, stand where you want to be relative to them, press 0 to select all units first, then press shift+k. Now that formation is saved. Now you can tell them to follow you normally (toggle off with K key) or follow in that saved formation (toggle on with K key).
Keys: K = Toggle Follow In Formation All normal orders will work while follow in formation mode is enabled. Any order given to formations following relative to you will change their behavior back to vanilla.
Shift+K = Save the current relative positions for the selected formation(s).
Tips: -I recommend using a mod like Army Formations Made Easy... and having your troops form up using his mod... then use my mod to save their positions relative to you... then toggle my mod on and tell them to follow you. ;) -Also make sure to tell your formations to face enemy while they are following relative to you with the mod enabled. -Use RTS Camera to move your entire army in formation. First save all your formations and then enable the mod. Then you can move around your entire army and they will use the positions you saved relative to the player.
Demo w/ RTS Camera:
v1.0.14 Demo:
Responsive Soldiers users should use the compatible version that patches this mod to not yell while my mod is enabled. It is in the optional files. Only install one version of Save Battle Formation!