Users’ Forum • Macromanagement possibilities

Dear fellow Wesnothians,

Thank you for all the effort put into developing and maintaining this game, for free. It is truly wonderful and one of the best games I've played.

I wish to ask about one aspect of the game, because over time, it really puts me off it. It's micromanagement, or in other words, the dozens of clicks necessary to start and progress through a scenario. I really wish there was an option to automate the deployment and movement of my army when I want it. Of course, there absolutely are moments when I need the fine control to execute a tactic. I imagine an expert player who knows how the AI works will want to micromanage most or all movements. For an average player like me though, I wish I could focus more on the strategy with some macro gameplay, saving some real life time. Especially when there are several turns before I get in contact with the enemy.

I searched the forums and add-ons, but haven't found anything relevant. So my question is, do you know of anything like I'm describing?


EDIT: I realized I haven't mentioned an important caveat. I do know there is an auto-move feature in Battle for Wesnoth. However, this feature can easily break down when it is used with more than 1 unit. Two scenarios I remember:

1. Your units have different movement calculations. All it takes is for one unit to have the "quick" trait.
2. The units do not account for blocking each other. Especially frustrating in narrow pathways or caves.

The situation gets even more tricky when facing ambushes or scripted events. Since the units move one after another, and not in formation, they can get totally cut-off.

So essentially, BfW has auto-move for individual units. My request is auto-move for groups of units. I see two possibilities how this could work:

1. Literally "group" units, like you can do in RTS games with control groups. Then they would move in the same formation they were originally grouped in.
2. Paint a formation on the map, optionally select which unit should take which place in it. In an ideal world, you could select whether they should enter this formation immediately or focus on getting there faster.

Units in those formations would move one tile at a time, so as to minimize the damage caused by enemy ambushes.

Best regards,
Christopher

Statistics: Posted by Krzysztof-H — Today, 3:05 pm

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