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Unbreakable formations mod ( Shield wall, Spear wall, Testudo, etc. )
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Unbreakable formations mod ( Shield wall, Spear wall, Testudo, etc. )

Description
What it does
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In vanilla ATW, most units break their formation (like shield wall, spear wall, testudo) almost instantly even against infantries.

This mod ensures units stay in formation when engaging infantries. (Cavalries can still break their formation)

How it works
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In ATW units with missile weapon and ammos, and thus possessing fire-at-will command never break their formations.
This is unlike most of any other infantries that can assume formations but do not possess missile weapons.

Goal of this mod is to make this happen to every infantry with formations ability and now those infantries are equipped with "dummy" missile weapons and ammos.

Dummy ammunition is not spendable and its purpose is to stay in units inventory and make sure fire-at-will command is always enabled (thus keeping units in formation).

Versions
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Considering there are many infantries that already have their own missile weapons, the mod comes in two versions.

This version replaces original missile weapons with dummies to ensure mod serves its purpose in every situation with every infantry.
Costs of units whose missile weapon is removed are adjusted accordingly.

The other version allows units that already had missile weapons to retain them.
Once these units use up all their ammunition, fire-at-will command will automatically disappear and they won't be able to stay in formation like other units with dummy weapons do.
This can be prevented by toggling off fire-at-will command when they really don't need to fire projectiles.
Units will stay in formation as long as they possess fire-at-will command and whether it's toggled on or off does not matter.
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Also supports Thrones of Britannia
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BRING BACK JUMPTHROW BINDS 1 Aug, 2023 @ 6:06am 
Tested this mod with Nordic Masters in a 1v1 10x, no abilities used and I let the AI charge me while my Unit was in a Shieldwall, the results were very similar: 91-77 worst case remaining men for me and 69-43 worst case remaining for the shattered routing enemy Unit. Same test with vanilla setting decided it already for me 146/51 remining Units in my favor, so sadly the Mod changes the behavior of individual units while in Shieldwall formation and it might be unintentional but is a crucial weakpoint. At least the Unit in shieldwall stays on fresh stamina at the fight but at the cost of stopping power. First line remains completely static for the length of the fight, if not engaged by an enemy Soldier, which means that some men of the first line are fighting while the unengaged stay behind, because they are not really fighting back but rather stay back in formation which is obviously the goal of this mod but not with Rome2's combat system.