Reporting bug in Field of Glory II

[Pierre Olivier Bruno]

Please find hereafter a bug reporting in Field of Glory II in the scenario Cannea.
I have played the Roman side. Only ennemy light infantry and cavalry move. As I finaly defeat them I reorganize my army and, at the 51 turn, I engage my velites against the line of Gaulish infantry. None of Hanibal infantry react, counterattack or move. I think that they is a bug in the IA command and control of this battle.
For your perfect information I also play the battle of Zama (also the Roman Side) with no problem and the IA crush my army easely with grace.
I also play many auto-generated battle with no problem at all.

[rbodleyscott]

Thanks.

The Carthaginian line stays put because that was the Carthaginian plan historically. Unfortunately is isn't possible to make the battle historical and also be able to deal with the player doing things that the historical Roman army did not do. Even if the AI was allowed to use its own initiative to advance its infantry, it is so outnumbered that it would be overwhelmed.

The primary version of this scenario is the Carthaginian version. The Roman version is there for the sake of completeness, but only really works as a scenario if the Roman player more or less follows the historical script.

This is because the Romans really had a huge advantage at that battle if the Consul in command had not been too stupid to use it properly.