Control the Battle
A mod that expands battles in Victoria 3 to allow you to influence the outcome of wars.
If you do not want to interact with the system, then the AI will play out the battle for you and the result will mirror vanilla. The AI is semi-competent against players and will try and counter you as well.
Issue live tactical orders to your generals from inside the standard battle panel. Press on, dig in, lay siege, spring an ambush. Unlike vanilla battle conditions that crawl on a slow timer and leave no space for player agency, this mod’s "maneuvers" apply instantly, breathing new life into the combat system.
Maneuvers hold for 10 days with a 7-day cooldown. Cancel anytime, or pull your whole force out with the one-click retreat.
- Aggressive Maneuver -all-out push; heavy morale damage, higher own casualties.
- Rapid Advance – seize more ground at battle’s end
- Flanking – Powerful offensive maneuver, with a bonus against Dig In.
- Siege – bonus against Fortify. Requires 20% artillery/tanks.
- Charge – bonus against Force Dispersal. Requires 20% cavalry/light tanks.
- Dig In – Powerful defensive maneuver. Bonus against Rapid Advance & Aggressive Maneuvers.
- Force Dispersal – bonus against Flanking.
- Fortify – bonus against Rapid Advance & Flanking. Requires Fortifications.
- Barrage – bonus against Charge. Requires 20% artillery/tanks.
- Form Ambush – 50% chance to prepare a devastating ambush. On failure, your general blunders.
- Careful Maneuver – 75% chance to cut casualties & morale loss. On failure, your general blunders.
- Secure Logistics – 70% chance to sustain morale & recovery. On failure, your general blunders.
- Chart Terrain – 70% chance for a higher kill rate. Requires 20% cavalry/light tanks. On failure, your general blunders.
Retreats allow you to forfeit a battle and save manpower that otherwise would’ve been lost at the expense of losing the battle. If you are short on soldier pops, this may prove useful.
The new fortifications building functions like the land counterpart to the 1.13 naval fortifications building.
This way, no single maneuver dominates.
Please understand that, just because you may have been tactically superior, it does not guarantee that you’ll come out on top, especially if against a far stronger force with better technology, training, & manpower.
Supported Languages
– English
– Portugese / Português
– French / Français
– German / Deutsch
– Japanese / 日本語
– Polish / Polski
– Russian / Русский
– Chinese / 中国人
– Spanish / Español
– Turkish / Türkçe
– Korean / 한국인
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> Can be installed mid-game
> Current compatible version: 1.13.*
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