I love watching a knight/comapion try to get back on the horse.

[woofty]

They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  They run up to it, stand by the stirrup, then run back.  Etc.  What a hoot.  Especially when you are being attacked.

 

[Anthropoid]

Sometimes they succeed and get on it though. Not sure why they sometimes fail to remount.

 

[PanzerKrigs]

But why the hell do they even dismount? Sometimes they jump of the horses in extremely inappropriate situations and ruin my plans!

 

[DrowningFish]

Yeah I don't understand what causes them to randomly dismount sometimes. Right at the beginning of the battle I'll sometimes see 2 or 3 random horses with no one on them.

 

[Velax]

I started one battle stuck on the edge of a cliff. Literally stuck, as my horse wouldn't move at all. I had to dismount to move and when I told my troops to charge, the mounted ones stuck on the cliff beside me also dismounted.

So maybe mounted troops dismount on their own if the horse gets stuck for some reason. *shrugs*

 

[Wayac]

But why the hell do they even dismount? Sometimes they jump of the horses in extremely inappropriate situations and ruin my plans!

My going theory is that they're too close together (when holding position).  At the beginning of a battle where I tell my cav to hold, I immediately tell them to spread out and that helps (sometimes).

 

[tyrannicide]

As far as I'm aware and as a general rule, mounted troops will dismount if they cannot move their steed for a certain amount of time. For instance when large amounts of cavalry are all huddled together.

It may happen at battle start if you're not quick enough (holding F1 to send groups off is priceless here), or if you're unlucky. This is one of the reasons I don't like large cavalry armies: they are rather tedious to command.

If I open the command interface, select mounted troops and click the "mount" button, I'll see such dismounted troops travel back to their horses. I'm not entirely sure if they finally manage to mount it, since every time I noticed it, I've had other things to worry about (the opposition).

 

[woofty]

As far as I'm aware and as a general rule, mounted troops will dismount if they cannot move their steed for a certain amount of time. For instance when large amounts of cavalry are all huddled together.

It may happen at battle start if you're not quick enough (holding F1 to send groups off is priceless here), or if you're unlucky. This is one of the reasons I don't like large cavalry armies: they are rather tedious to command.

If I open the command interface, select mounted troops and click the "mount" button, I'll see such dismounted troops travel back to their horses. I'm not entirely sure if they finally manage to mount it, since every time I noticed it, I've had other things to worry about (the opposition).

It happens at the start of the battle.
It happens when you tell troops to hold position because they can't figure out that a Charlie Foxtrot is not a proper battle line.
It happens when one troop gets hung up on a rock and they all pile up behind him.
It happens when one troop gets hung up on a tree and they all pile up behind him.
It happens when you attack Steppe Bandits/Desert Bandits/or any mounted troop and they kill the front group but don't have brains enough to kill the horses in front of them to move or get at troops.
It happens when a Khergit dies and his horse stands there while troops start piling up into it.
It happens one troop gets stuck on a single are of a bank and all pile up behind him because the AI can't figure out that turing and going around an obstruction is intelligent.
It happens because you start out in the middle of a cliff and have to turn around, ride down, then go around, finding a bank to ride up, but it's too slow for some and they dismount.  I'm sure Sun Tzu wrote that you should always advance your line onto steep cliffs and ravines because it helps with mobility.
It also happens when they can't push through your infantry line or their own line when trying to form your battle/charge line.

 

[Kellick]

As far as I'm aware and as a general rule, mounted troops will dismount if they cannot move their steed for a certain amount of time. For instance when large amounts of cavalry are all huddled together.

It may happen at battle start if you're not quick enough (holding F1 to send groups off is priceless here), or if you're unlucky. This is one of the reasons I don't like large cavalry armies: they are rather tedious to command.

If I open the command interface, select mounted troops and click the "mount" button, I'll see such dismounted troops travel back to their horses. I'm not entirely sure if they finally manage to mount it, since every time I noticed it, I've had other things to worry about (the opposition).

It happens at the start of the battle.
It happens when you tell troops to hold position because they can't figure out that a Charlie Foxtrot is not a proper battle line.
It happens when one troop gets hung up on a rock and they all pile up behind him.
It happens when one troop gets hung up on a tree and they all pile up behind him.
It happens when you attack Steppe Bandits/Desert Bandits/or any mounted troop and they kill the front group but don't have brains enough to kill the horses in front of them to move or get at troops.
It happens when a Khergit dies and his horse stands there while troops start piling up into it.
It happens one troop gets stuck on a single are of a bank and all pile up behind him because the AI can't figure out that turing and going around an obstruction is intelligent.
It happens because you start out in the middle of a cliff and have to turn around, ride down, then go around, finding a bank to ride up, but it's too slow for some and they dismount.  I'm sure Sun Tzu wrote that you should always advance your line onto steep cliffs and ravines because it helps with mobility.
It also happens when they can't push through your infantry line or their own line when trying to form your battle/charge line.

LOL, yeah that pretty much sums it up. The cavalry AI is stupid.We just learned how to walk and try to stay in proper weapon range and not facehug so maybe there is hope that someday we will learn how to ride.

 

[HitMoose]

I always thought i was funny..... "wtf, why is there a horse standing there? I haven't engaged yet!"