sorting troops in a player party and garrisons

[sunsstorm]

[ADDED]      Option to sort troops in parties automatically
[ADDED]      Option to sort all troops in player party automatically
[ADDED]      Option to sort all troops in player garrisons automatically

How this feature works? I put check marks in a menu and it seems nothing happened


I have one more idea how to improve sorting troops in player's party and garrisons. Do not know if its possible

In a garrison or party list it would be cool and useful especially for companions..
when you press CTRL + move up/down the selected unit should be moved to the top or to the bottom of the list.

an additional button give all troops to garrison from party. And another button to take all troops from garrison to party.

Possibility to move up/down units located in the garrison

 

[Don Leo]

I'm playing with it on and it seems to sort everyone by level. So highest level troops go up top and then all the way down. It's a very useful quality of life feature. It makes troop management so much easier.

This also means that your companions will be all over until you get to the point where they're all in their 20s or so, where they will sit somewhere below most cavalry troops.

You'll have your strongest dudes come out first in a battle, like the AI has. First they send out all their cav and high level and at the end of a fight you get all the recruits and level 1 stuff.

I'm worried that over time, my surgeon companions will be at such a high level that they'll be sorted up top and I'll have to turn off the auto sort. I wish companions could be made exempt so I can have my fighters join the battle with me and my surgeons hang out on the bottom of the list.

About it not doing anything. I think it doesn't sort right away, but before a battle maybe? I just forget its on and it does its thing.

 

[sunsstorm]

Thank you for explanation how it works!
It seems Alindel is not bad in surviving because of his bow. He keeps distance and not so often loses consciousness. Maybe just not  level up  a medic very high so he will be somewhere in the middle of a party?

 

[Pitch Black]

Thank you for explanation how it works!
It seems Alindel is not bad in surviving because of his bow. He keeps distance and not so often loses consciousness. Maybe just not  level up  a medic very high so he will be somewhere in the middle of a party?

You cant rly choose to not level up someone. If they are in ur party, they will level up.

 

[sunsstorm]

Oh! this is true.. he lvl up himself 

 

[Elf]

I wish an option to place lower lvl troops on top because that's how I usually play.  Some high lvl units are too valuable to lose in the first wave when there are so many arrows.

 

[Zephilinox]

if you need to fine-tune your party with auto-sort on then turn it off after a while so that it only sorts your party when you want it to. It's not ideal, but adding more complicated stuff to this would require a lot more work in terms of displaying presentations and trying to let everyone sort troops the way they prefer, which can vary a lot.

I set my medic/whatever to a "Civilians" group and just order that group to stand ground at the spawn point.

 

[sunsstorm]

I usually have two medics.
Zaira has 6 riding skill from the beginning. If she is medic or engineer - path finder...It is possible to buy her war elephant and give a bow. It will be extremely hard to knock her uncounciuos

 

[Don Leo]

if you need to fine-tune your party with auto-sort on then turn it off after a while so that it only sorts your party when you want it to. It's not ideal, but adding more complicated stuff to this would require a lot more work in terms of displaying presentations and trying to let everyone sort troops the way they prefer, which can vary a lot.

I set my medic/whatever to a "Civilians" group and just order that group to stand ground at the spawn point.

Yeah I been trying to do that and using the "retreat" command but I don't think they actually retreat. I've only tried it once in a siege but now my medics are both starting to show up in some prolonged battles so I can try it more. I'll report back.

 

[Kimboz]

I wish an option to place lower lvl troops on top because that's how I usually play.  Some high lvl units are too valuable to lose in the first wave when there are so many arrows.

I would love that too, and ideally i would also like to be able to order them according to the group they belong to (Archers, infantry, cavalry....). This would help a lot not wasting one's index finger clicking through the scores to bring the infantry or archers ahead during sieges and cavalry during field battles... ... ... please???

K

Edit: I understand having this feature may be problematic on the coding side, but it would be one of those game-changing feats, unline most things you see in mods, which are just cosmetic.