Any reliable way to measure movement distances?

[Aenarion]

For instance if I want to attack a settlement in two turns, is there a way of measuring whether I can reach it with one march and one attack move?

[The Mighty Mulletman]

Hold right click beyond your current range and you'll see it shows the distance in different colours.

[Aenarion]

Originally posted by The Mighty Knightly MulletMan:

Hold right click beyond your current range and you'll see it shows the distance in different colours.

Only for the same movement type, e.g. march. You can't use this to measure march then attack, for example.

[Drakenson]

You can't initiate attack in marching stance. All the stance does is make your army reach a further distance at the cost of being unable to initiate any other stance or action on the map.

Originally posted by rymeintrinseca:

Only for the same movement type, e.g. march. You can't use this to measure march then attack, for example.

Otherwise, as Mulletman said.

[Aenarion]

Where did I say you can attack in march? As I said, I want to know if there is a way to measure how far you can go with:

Turn 1 march
Turn 2 no stance (attack)

[Drakenson]

I'm assuming that you're saying Turn 1: March and Turn 2: Default stance + attack. Can't give a clear answer for that, especially if your army is outside the minimum range to engage.

Sometimes your army may seem a tiny bit too far from the intended target to attack but it is still able to initate an attack. (Wish I had a picture on hand).

Best solution would be to save before switching into the March stance, and seeing how the next turn ends up. If the turn afterward does not end up how you wanted, just reload and try something else.

:/

[Sir Garnet]

So it sounds like there is nothing but eyeballing it to know where you must stop to encamp, for esample. it to know how far you can move before encamping, especially if the normal yellow movement area is irregular rather than a flat open plain allowing a move straight as an arrow.

Is that right? Any suggestions for how to estimate when it is time to stop and change stance? Would be appreciated.

[GeNKi]

No, there is not. Unfortunately. The UI for that would be bit complicated, I guess

[Aenarion]

Actually they added that functionality in WH2. Next to the movement bar on the left there is a little percentage. 50%+ and you're okay to encamp.

I've started to use that as a guide for whether I can attack this turn. 1%+ I can. Particularly useful when you can't tell if there's a little red arrow at the end of the yellow arrow.

[Sir Garnet]

THank you for responding. I was afraid of that.

I thought there must be something since this is a well-rated ful-price + game and CA is an established bran d.

Having mousing over the stance selection show the limits of movement would be what I would expect as the move range coloring is already part of the game. Or having the stance icons appear alongside the movement bar as it is dragged around to check routes.

Or having the spacebar bring up crossbars with 25, 50 and 75% markings on the line of mlovement would be more rudimentary but effective.

Having to guess or measure to estimate on screen is so 20th century retro and not in a good way.

Having an UNDO for the last part of a move would also help, rather than save and reload repeatedly.

[Sir Garnet]

Thanks - by moving the movement path around and back and forth while examining the UI carefully I found the bar and readout you mean on the circular display in the lower left. Should do the job.

[Aenarion]

Happy to help. More people need to know about the movement percentage they added as it's really useful, but as you say hidden away.

[-Singularity-]

Use the hold + right click trick in regular stance and see where the color that touches your target ends when following the line to your army. Take note of the spot then do the hold right click in march and figure out where it reachs the noted point. They really should expand on this system.