Creating Groups in tactical combat

[Growltigga]

Cheers for that Dogscoff, I think this is something that MM should pick up. It does not make sense for each of your transports to drop separately, also a good rationale for building the biggest damn troopship you can - good point on the first wave, will try that and see where I get to

Anyone else able to help on how to set up Groups in the tactical combat section?

[capnq]

I'm not 100% certain of this, but what I think you want to do is:

1) Click on the ship that you want to lead the group.

2) Orders/Set Group Leader. It will prompt for a group number.

3) Click on each ship you want to follow that leader, Orders/Set Group Member, give it the same group number.

4) Repeat for each group.

I'm not sure about formations; I suspect that each group will use the same formation that the fleet used.

[Krakenup]

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Originally posted by capnq:
I'm not sure about formations; I suspect that each group will use the same formation that the fleet used.

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When you assign the new leader, you are given a formation choice. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work well. The new formation (always wall for me) is usually so spread out that it appears that the group members are trying to escape from the leader.

[PsychoTechFreak]

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Originally posted by capnq:
I'm not sure about formations; I suspect that each group will use the same formation that the fleet used.

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Yes, the formation is set to the fleet formation before the combat starts, it cannot be changed in combat screen. [I seem to be wrong with it, but I cannot remember the possibility to choose another formation if I set a new Leader]

Isn't it a bit disturbing how much mouseclicks you need to change the Groups ? This could be solved much more convenient with drag and drop functions, by sliding a box over a group of ships.

[ 20 December 2001: Message edited by: PsychoTechFreak ]