Shitty brigade commanders?

So I downloaded the Kriegspiel mod wanting to change things up a bit. However, for some reason on at least the divisional level, whoever I play as the brigade commanders seem to do the stupidest things. I'll order them to attack, and they'll order their regs to turn the opposite direction in a jumble or to defend a position and they'll constantly order a retreat without letting their men get a shot in. How do I fix this?

Welcome to the forum.

The sort of things you describe are usually the result of trying to move the brigade through an area congested with other troops. A brigade needs a lot of space. If it can't find the space the btns. will spend quite a bit of time trying to map their way through the obstructing units. The KS mod is very different in this regard from the stock game. There is a manual with a lot of good information about the mod in the Manuals folder of the KS Napoleon mod.