Generals spawning in strange places

[jackfox]

In the April 1861 campaign scenario, I landed a small corps near Mobile. This was in early 1862 when generals like Sherman are making their first appearances in the game. A frustrating thing happened, though. Sherman, Rosecrans, and Pope all appeared in my city near Mobile with my small corps. Seems like it would have made more sense for them to appear somewhere further to the north, as I had to transport them by sea to the the east coast then by rail to the west which took a really long time. Is this a bug or an intentional feature?

[rickd79]

Smells like a bug.....Who was commanding the Corps you landed in Mobile? Maybe Sherman, Rosecrans, and Pope are tied to that general somehow....
At any rate, it sounds like something Pocus should take a look at.

[jackfox]

Yeah, I had thought that could be a possibility, rickd, but it was McDowell that commanded the corps.

[PhilThib]

This is strange.. Pope and Rosecrans follow the same appearance rule: an Union controlled city in Mississippi, or by default Cairo, IL... And Sherman must show up with Grant... in all cases, the rules are not applied correctly it seems. Could you let me know which city your corps took near Mobile (region name please, or screenshot)?

[jackfox]

PhilThib, I'm afraid I'm at a different computer right now, so I can not supply a screenshot until later, but I can confirm that the city in question was in Mississippi, just a little ways west of Mobile.

[PhilThib]

In such a case, no bug...the script planned for those leaders to show up in largest Union army in Mississippi...this was intended for the 'historical' show (i.e. Grant's Army of the Tennessee), and typically this is a case we cannot prevent... so it's WAD...

[jackfox]

I understand PhilThib. It's a feature I can certainly live with. As it turned out, the landing was a disaster and had to be abandoned anyway, so I doubt I'll be trying that one again. Perhaps I'll try for New Orleans next time.

[PhilThib]

Much better, and send the Beast there, you'll be surprise to see how much it helps the Union