In Progress Troops change their formation

[Csatádi]

Summary:
Troops (typically my archers) shift their lines from 3 to 5-6 men deep, and it's almost impossible to set it back to 3 lines on the battlefield in a whole army on a rough surface. They should remember their formation and reform when the terrain makes it possible again. It's hard to tell if it always the terrain the reason of their formation change. I see this even when there aren't obstacles, or I don't consider certain objects as obstales.
This appears mostly when my army is big and there are many soldiers, but I play with 400 men limit, so it's not extreme.

How to Reproduce: play large battles with 50% or more archers, set them in a long line
Have you used cheats and if so which: no
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[CallmeWayne]

Don't they change rows when they get reinforcement. At least that's when I noticed change in number of rows in my game

 

[CptMuppet]

Don't they change rows when they get reinforcement. At least that's when I noticed change in number of rows in my game

Other things also can change number of lines in a formation, there are bug reports about it:
Changing formation type (loose/line/shield wall)
Troops dying in loose formation

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Forwarded to the QA team for further investigation. We will reach out again if we need more information. Thanks for reporting and sorry for any inconvenience!

 

[Csatádi]

Maybe they change when getting reinfocements, I don't know. But I certainly happens when their target area is a narrow passage.

 

[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Could you capture a video of this issue happening so that we can reproduce the issue?

 

[Csatádi]

I don't have a recording software. Maybe somebody can do it.
The issue is so frequent, it doesn't require very specific circumstances. Don't try it against 3 looters, but against an army.

 

[vanolder]

Here the archers are in a 3 line depth loose formation. It turns into a 5-6 line depth formation when reinforcements arrive.
When I turn it to a "line" the weird depth remain. It is fixed for a small period of time when going loose-line-loose before going strange again.

 

[Csatádi]

I have a save file when at the very start of the battle the archers change their formation.
I order them into loose formation at the setup, move away the other units, press start and they reorder immediately.

 

[Csatádi]

I uploaded the save file, vanolder uploaded a video, what info do you need?

 

[archaicwarrior]

YES !! Very annoying !! archers double ranks (half Files) without orders..

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[MArdA TaleWorlds]

Thanks forwarded to QA for further investigation.