Problems grouping units

[fatehasfans]

Hi, I'm getting to grips with the game and enjoying it. Problem is I'm really struggling to group and un-group units on the battlefield. For example, say I have an army of hero, melee, ranged, artillery. I want to group my Lord+Hero as key 1 (so Ctrl + 1) then I highlight (using Ctrl) my melee and press Ctrl+2 .. so far so good, and range Ctrl+3 and artillery Ctrl+4.

But say I make a mistake and accidentally include a ranged unit into my melee squad and want to un-group hotkey 3 (or group 3) ...I can't, I can't seem to un-group a group or re-select a group.

So if I want to un-group a group how do I?

It should really be just as simple as highlighting the units I want and making a new group i.e. just doing Ctrl+3 again but that doesn't happen, it gets all weird and starts moving things around. For the life of me I don't understand it.

So if I want to group Lord as key 1 I press Ctrl + 1 ..done

If I want to make a melee squad as hotkey 2, I highlight said units and press Ctrl + 2 ...all ok

..but then suddenly if I need to include a hero into group 1 I'm screwed. For if I just highlight Lord and Hero and press CTRL+1 weird ♥♥♥♥ happens. Or nothing happens.

I really don't understand why this is so complicated when it shouldn't be. I mean Dawn of War is nearly 20 years old and it gets this right. It's not and shouldn't be hard, why is it?

Any help would be fantastic!

Thanks.

[RecalledDread]

You could also select the unit you want to move, and add them to another group with the Ctrl + X number. No need to un-group anything.

So that Ranged unit you have in Group 2? Select the unit, and press Ctrl + 3 and it should be moved to group 3.

[fatehasfans]

Originally posted by RecalledDread:

You could also select the unit you want to move, and add them to another group with the Ctrl + X number. No need to un-group anything.

So that Ranged unit you have in Group 2? Select the unit, and press Ctrl + 3 and it should be moved to group 3.

That doesn't really solve my problem though. Say I wanted to just make Group 2 something else or even ungroup them when I also have a group 1 and group 3 it doesnt happen :'(

[RecalledDread]

There is a flag icon at the bottom, underneath the units. If you have a group selected and click this, it will disband the group.

It might work on individual units, and remove them from the group. But I haven't tried that.

[Mountain King]

G groups/ungroups units. I usually only use the Ctrl + # bindings once I have already formed groups using G or Ctrl + G to group the units and lock their formation.

[Elitewrecker PT]

^^ Yep, use G if you make a mistake with the groupings.