Redeployment Does Not Seem To Be Working?

[The Red Baron]

It's early in APR '61 GC and I'm trying to redeploy 2 generals from D.C. to Morgantown, WV, but I can't do it. Rail cap is not an issue since I trying to move generals only, not troops. There are no destroyed rail lines anywhere on the map, and I have enough MC to push supplies throughout any of the regions which might be used for the redeploy. Last turn I redeployed several generals without any issues, including 1 to STL and another to a region west of STL. I can't even redeploy a general from D.C. to Anne Arundel, MD (Annapolis); however, I can redeploy any of my '61 generals from D.C. to Alexandria, VA. What gives?

This is the 3rd time I've suffered from this problem (last two times I was playing the West scenario). Redeployment seems to work as designed the very first time you redeploy any general anywhere; however, on subsequent turns the function seems damn near locked-up.

[Ol' Choctaw]

Is the rail repaired at Baltimore yet?

[The Red Baron]

Yes, rail is repaired.

[The Red Baron]

Enabling the special order "Move by Rail" then dragging and dropping my chosen general to the target region works; however, if I try to use the redeploy special order it does not work.

[Keeler]

Edit- Nevermind.

[Ol' Choctaw]

Check to see if there is a blizzard in some region on their path.

Each time I have had difficulties I have also found some obstruction that prevented it.

[Captain_Orso]

Firstly, you do not drag-n-drop them to use redeployment.

• Put the leaders into 1 stack that you want to strategically redeploy to Morgantown.
• Click on the stack.
• Click on the Strategic Redeployment Special Orders button.
• Navigate the map to Morgantown without clicking anything.
• Click on the region with Morgantown.

A message appears near the top of the map for a moment saying that your stack is plotted to strategically move to Morgantown.
If you select that stack of leaders, the Strategic Redeployment button will have a tooltip saying that they are redeploying to Morgantown.

If you want to know if the move is even legal, before plotting the strategic redeployment, select at least one of the leaders --the whole stack will work just as well--, give it/them the use rail movement SO, and then drag them to the target region.

If the plotted move per rail is legal, you will see that their plot is for one day per region with rail links through which they travel.
If any rail regions do not show only 1 day to traverse, then check those regions for such a reason, such as not have at least 25% friendly MC, or damaged rail lines.

BTW you can move a stack of leaders from Washington to Morgantown by rail normally in 11 days, which makes using strategic redeployment unnecessary.

[The Red Baron]

Sorry...been away from the forum for a few days.

It's not a matter of ignorance or technique. I successfully used both the Strategic Redeployment SO and the Rail Movement SO last turn. I have enough MC, rail cap, there are no broken rail lines anywhere on the map, and I am not trying to redeploy combat units, only lone generals. I have tested the "legality" of the strategic redeployment using the Rail Movement SO to the target regions first; it's legal. I keep returning to the following points:

1. Based on the "Move by Rail" SO, rail movement btwn my chosen regions is legal for the selected stack. This being the case, why can't I use the Redeployment SO for the same stack (in this case a lone general)?
2. Last turn (the first turn on which I used the Redeploy SO), I had no issues. Now, nearly every region on which I click returns the message, "Illegal Region Chosen".
3. I can't even use the Redeploy SO for a rail move to an adjacent region; e.g. Prince George, MD to Anne Arundel, MD. This seems absurd.
4. This is the third time I've suffered from this problem, always on the turn following the first turn on which I used Redeployment for the first time.

Considering the above, I am inclined to think this is a bug.

[Ace]

Since I never experienced the same, could you please post zipped hst file in which you cannot redeploy. We can try to reproduce the bug.

[The Red Baron]

Ace,

See attached. Hope this helps; very interested to know if you have same problem also.

[Ace]

Ace,

See attached. Hope this helps; very interested to know if you have same problem also.

No problem for me. I redeployed Hamilton stack couple of regions north. The next turn, I can freely redeploy them again to Washington. Maybe, your installation got corrupted somehow.

[Captain_Orso]

Or is it perhaps a saved scenario which was started on a different patch level?

[Pocus]

More probably, 'corrupted installation' is rarer.