[0.86] [UI suggestion] Control of multiple Army stacks on the strategic map. Currently too chaotic.

from Elemental Forums

 

When there are multiple army stacks on the strategic map with moves left, the control is chaotic when:

                Two armies combine.

                One of your armies attack an enemy.

 

After the said action, the UI can take control of an army not involved with the action.  This forces me to zoom and reselect the previous army.  It would be nice if the last army to have an acted would stay selected when it can still act.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Deselecting the "Auto Select Next Unit" in the game options might help avoid that.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

but i never got is it intended for multi armies to stack on the same tile or a bug?

 

i really dont like it

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Publius, reply 1
Deselecting the "Auto Select Next Unit" in the game options might help avoid that.
End of Publius's quote

We need a button on the UI to get to the next unit that has moves.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting ddd888, reply 2
i really dont like it
End of ddd888's quote

Agree, at the least we need to know easily how many armies are stacked. The AI stacks like 3-6 mostly identical armies.

Quoting vieuxchat, reply 3
We need a button on the UI to get to the next unit that has moves.
End of vieuxchat's quote

Agree

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting vieuxchat, reply 3
We need a button on the UI to get to the next unit that has moves.
End of vieuxchat's quote

While a button would be nice I think pressing spacebar does this.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Spacebar skips the turn of the currently selected unit, iirc

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

And I don't like shortcuts (unless for Enter = end of turn), I prefer something that can be played only with mouse (so I can drink a beer while playing :-P).

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

I think certain games did it well where you click on the tile and it tells you the armies that are on the tile.

First you click on the tile, and move soldiers from one army to another, then you select an army and go! :)

 

also maybe something simple like the comma or period button on a keyboard could move to next unit with moves left.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top
Pressing tab selects the next unit with moves left.
Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

I play with auto select next unit and auto turn both off (mostly to avoid hangs on XP) and tabbing does select the next unit with moves, while space skips the unit's turn and enter ends the turn.  It would be nice to have a method of combining two armies on the same space.  Right now you have to move one army to another square, then move the other into it to combine.  Didn't WoM have this option?

Reply #11 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't know how anyone could play with auto-select next unit on.  It's infuriating.  

Tab does the trick, though there should likely be a UI button as well for those that don't know the hot keys. 

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

Didn't know I could turn auto-select next unit off.

I move a pioneer to the tile I want. Sudden pop. I'm now looking at another of my units on another part of the map. Argh!!