match unit speeds?

[00yiggdrasill00]

i know this sounds basic but is there a way to have units match speeds? i want my mobile shields and other stuff to stick together when i order an attack

[Seven7]

use support unit link for units - i.e. war bots attack, shield bots follow warbots

[ZaidusRecon]

It can be tedious to select each Mobile Shield Generator and order them to Assist each offensive unit one by one.

What would be convenient here is a command similar to 'Split Attack' by pressing Shift+G (utilised to minimise overkill; see http://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3834). That is to say, I do not think there is a similar command for Assist, but for all we know Shift+G might work for Assist as well.

An alternative, however, is to use Formation Move. If a Move order is given by right-clicking, then instead hold right-click to order the selected units to move in a formation to the destination. The Unit Micro page on the FAForever Wiki says, "In this mode units will stay in formation all the way up to their destination and will move with the speed of the slowest unit within the group." The reduction in speed -sometimes feeling like more of a reduction than just matching the slowest unit- can be damaging in a game due to the lost time, and therefore a standard Move order may be preferred when the units cover safe ground, with a Formation Move order being given when the danger zone is entered.

Formation Move also provides the advantage of automatic (without micro management) distribution of units, spacing Mobile Shield Generators uniformly throughout the formation to maximise shield cover, and placing tankier units at the front of the formation to receive and dispense firepower. Fair credit to the original developers hallelujah for this one.

[00yiggdrasill00]

hey thats awesome. i remember using something like that ages ago but i havent played in over a year so im really rusty. that split fire thing looks useful and is new to me thanks again

[PhilipJFry]

Originally posted by ZaidusRecon:

It can be tedious to select each Mobile Shield Generator and order them to Assist each offensive unit one by one.

What would be convenient here is a command similar to 'Split Attack' by pressing Shift+G (utilised to minimise overkill; see http://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3834). That is to say, I do not think there is a similar command for Assist, but for all we know Shift+G might work for Assist as well.

such a mod does exist[forums.faforever.com]

will also be added to FAF next patch[github.com]

[ZaidusRecon]

That is very interesting stuff. We will have to see if the version implemented in the patch satisfies the same level of intuitivity of the currently existing mod, namely the drag selection control option. Furthermore, I share the concern some have shown regarding use of such a tool becoming a necessity rather than merely a convenience. Then again, surely anything which reduces micro management bolsters (development and implementation of) strategy, which is good.

PhilipJFry, I must ask how you manage to stay so well informed.

[PhilipJFry]

i'm on slack where the FAF devs/contributors communicate

also what will get added next patch is not the area command mod but "merely" an improved split command

[Utsuho Reiuji]

Just hold right mouse button and let them walk in formation.

P.S: I recomment playing the campaign with total mayhem Mod and extendet unit cap.. its double fun

[ZaidusRecon]

Originally posted by Alibisx3:

extendet unit cap.. its double fun

Just to quote myself a little: The Unit Cap x4 Mod, found in the FAForever Mod Vault.
You can even modify one file ''UnitCap x4/hook/lua/system/Blueprints.lua'' Open it using notepad. Find this line ''local CCdef = 0.25'' and change it from 0.01 to 1, as you want, for example 0.05. Modifying this line will enable you to have the limit as low or as high as you like, allowing potentially infinite units.

[trapani2]

Originally posted by ZaidusRecon:

It can be tedious to select each Mobile Shield Generator and order them to Assist each offensive unit one by one.

What would be convenient here is a command similar to 'Split Attack' by pressing Shift+G (utilised to minimise overkill; see http://forums.faforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3834). That is to say, I do not think there is a similar command for Assist, but for all we know Shift+G might work for Assist as well.

An alternative, however, is to use Formation Move. If a Move order is given by right-clicking, then instead hold right-click to order the selected units to move in a formation to the destination. The Unit Micro page on the FAForever Wiki says, "In this mode units will stay in formation all the way up to their destination and will move with the speed of the slowest unit within the group." The reduction in speed -sometimes feeling like more of a reduction than just matching the slowest unit- can be damaging in a game due to the lost time, and therefore a standard Move order may be preferred when the units cover safe ground, with a Formation Move order being given when the danger zone is entered.

Formation Move also provides the advantage of automatic (without micro management) distribution of units, spacing Mobile Shield Generators uniformly throughout the formation to maximise shield cover, and placing tankier units at the front of the formation to receive and dispense firepower. Fair credit to the original developers hallelujah for this one.

This is the reply of a college graduate.

Originally posted by Alibisx3:

Just hold right mouse button and let them walk in formation.

P.S: I recomment playing the campaign with total mayhem Mod and extendet unit cap.. its double fun

This is the reply of a non college graduate.


Even though they pretty much give the same solution... You can see the difference.

Stay in school America.

[ZaidusRecon]

Well, looks like I totally killed this discussion with my previous post, so I have deleted it.

But, yeah, I'm no college graduate.

And the TL:DR is 'hold right-click to use formation', as Alibisx3 aptly put it.