Hard Code Reinforcements?

[06 Maestro]

I'm playing the full campaign as the CP (for my AAR). The June turn has just begun. An attack on Verdun was planned for this turn-but not anymore. Verdun had been completely surrounded for since March/April. Now, it looks like there are 1/2 million men in it.

It looks like reinforcements are hard coded for that location-either by time, or threat. The AI should not have been able to move into there without a battle occuring. Although there is now a vacant province, it is still marked as under German control. That province was ocupied until the May movement.

I am wondering; is this WAD?

If it is, then I need some info before I can proceed.
1. Will those surrounded French units be supplied? The fortress is still intac.
2. If they are considered supplied, then will/can Verdun become a supply base as those surrounded units begin a conquest of Germany?

The attached file shows the whole Western Front in the political mode. Verdun is right in the middle of it with a stack of corps reaching for the moon .
I'm using the 105 beta patch.

[calvinus]

As I wrote in other threads, what you see is probably a huge set of decoys. I'm struggling to find some time to work on this stuff, in order to make the usage of decoys by AI more reasonable and less "stupid"...

But, as you know, I'm alone (the *1* resource), and the time is short!

[06 Maestro]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I caught something about the decoy's but I have been busy playing this thing recently (and still leaning it). Got an AAR going at
http://www.ageod-forum.com/showthread.php?t=12167
At any rate, I am very relieved to hear that those are decoy's. It appeared that I had been shafted royal there for a while.

Now, on to Paris.

BTW, don't forget your breakfast.

Edit: Fixed link

[WhoCares]

Not sure whether these are decoys, maybe the AI decided to put most/all its HQs there. Sometimes the AI seems to have such a tendency in the Redeployment phase (which would fit with June).
You can click on the region and check at the bottom left screen how many/which HQs are placed there.

[calvinus]

Not sure whether these are decoys, maybe the AI decided to put most/all its HQs there. Sometimes the AI seems to have such a tendency in the Redeployment pase (which would fit with June).
You can click on the region and check at the bottom left screen how many/which HQs are placed there.

This is a great suggestion!
Maybe you helped me in finding the stuff to be checked..... massed redeployments!

[calvinus]

Well, I'm going to add a AI improvement whose purpose is to avoid massed redeployments of multi-armies inside the same area!

You will find it with the official 1.05C on friday!

[calvinus]

Herewith the incoming improvements for AI (1.05C):

- Military AI has been improved in order to avoid massive redeployment of multi-army forces inside the same area
- Military AI has been improved in order to ignore any redeployment possibilities that would make the Front ungarrisoned