Maximum number of armies limit

[frunobulax]

Is there a maximum number of armies you can have ?

I have 12 in my current game (playing as the Americans) and now Buffalo, where my Military Academy is, won't allow me to build any more

Is this a Mac thing, is it related to population size, is it just hard-coded, or is it, by sheer coincidence, the fact that I have a total of 666 units at the moment?

If I disband one of my 12 armies I assume I can then build a new army unit...?

 

[AlanH]

It's related to the number of cities you have. Something like one army for every five cities. But I have been known to be wrong.

 

[frunobulax]

Originally posted by AlanH
It's related to the number of cities you have. Something like one army for every five cities. But I have been known to be wrong.

Ahah, that would make sense - I have just over 60 cities, or thereabouts.

 

[Trixter]

A look into the default rules using the editor tells us the following:

So if you're not playing a mod or something, you should be able to build an army for every four cities you have.

BTW, does anybody know if that unloading armies exploit/bug works in the Mac-version of the game?

 

[frunobulax]

Originally posted by Trixter
BTW, does anybody know if that unloading armies exploit/bug works in the Mac-version of the game?

Thanks for the info. What's this bug ?

 

[AlanH]

I think it was killed a while back. It went something like this .... You put your army in the same place as a naval transport - and then select an army unit and tell it to board the transport, then cancel. The unit is then unloaded from its original army. I doubt if it's still an option in 1.29 of the Mac code, but I haven't tried.