[1.09q] Unable to train groups of custom troops

Sounds like maybe you cant afford the other groups?


Hi Derek,

You had me thinking I was a dumbass, but I went back and checked, and no, that's not the issue, I even sat and saved up extra resources to make sure

I tried to insert the screenshot, but I can't remember how to

Hosted images:

http://www.glowfoto.com/static_image/09-174800L/8926/jpg/12/2010/img4/glowfoto

http://www.glowfoto.com/static_image/09-174836L/1944/jpg/12/2010/img4/glowfoto

I've zoomed in so you can clearly see the command post - the amount of resources available is shown

note that 'militia' have lower resource requirement, yet I can build groups of scouts, but not groups of militias...

(As an aside; please give us the option to specify the plural of a troop name)

based on the description of your Militia guy that I can see in the 2nd screenshot, you seem to have based him off of the regular pioneer.  If that is the case, the reason you cannot group militia guys is because they are pioneers, and pioneers cannot be grouped.  Pioneers are consumed when they are used to build a city.  Groups are non-separable, and if you had a group of 4 (or any other size) pioneers, they'd all be consumed when you build your city.

That was it!

I'd upgraded Pioneer to a 'Prospector' with additional armour and a weapon.

I then removed the Pioneer gear from Prospector and called it a 'Militia'

The pioneer 'flag' must remain set even after removal of the equipment.

All good now. Needless to say, I went on to ruthlessly crush the enemy with my groups of Knights.

Thanks guys. I'm blown away by the progress to 1.1 - what a game this is going to be