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where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki?

Postby SeraphimLeftNut » 29 Oct 2015, 20:22

another stealthy feature is the control over formations using left and right clicks.

The simplest way to see it is to give a move order with a right click, not let go of the click and either press right click to cycle through formations or WAIT with the left click pressed. Alternatively you could left click, hold down the click and drag.

The amount of time you have to WAIT above, depends on lag. The amount of time you have to drag the move order also depends on lag.

The result is either a formation move or a standard move order, which will have a drastic effect on how your units approach the waypoint.
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby speed2 » 29 Oct 2015, 20:58

This feature waits for you to add it
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby KD7BCH » 31 Oct 2015, 05:37

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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby Ceneraii » 31 Oct 2015, 09:16

Wasnt this in the tutorial or some shit? o.0 Also, next you gonna tell me you never heard of coordinated attack either ;D
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby Mr-Smith » 31 Oct 2015, 10:52

Did Coordinated atack got fixed anyway? so far as i know it fucks up unit movement hard, and does not work very well anyway, Only time i sometimes use it when spamming tons of artys
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby Lionhardt » 31 Oct 2015, 11:34

Nobody should use that feature, because its is broken like hell, as it results in the worst pathfinding imaginable. Also, the default formation is the ls the staggered line. I can't think of one situation where you would want the column formation in FA... In reality column formation are about a small footprint an fast move speed. In supcom that dpoes not apply and you always want a large front to deal the most damage per time.


Talking about formations though. AT some point in time it would be great if somebody could mod a custom formations tool, like ZeroK has, where you can draw a curved line. Then again... FA pathfinding...
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby TheKoopa » 31 Oct 2015, 15:58

This has literally been in the game since the vanilla supcom
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby SeraphimLeftNut » 03 Nov 2015, 23:13

I see I was completely misunderstood by people.

Where is the the wiki? (NOT FAF wiki, but FA wiki) FAF wiki is easy to find through FAF.

The feature described here may not be voluntarily used by some people.
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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby Morax » 03 Nov 2015, 23:54

Been using it since 2007 so I don't even think of it as unknown. I, too, thought it was in the game tutorial and several "how-to" YouTube vids by community members.

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Re: where is this feature in the wiki? And where is the wiki

Postby Cynic » 06 Nov 2015, 19:14

Because reading hurts my brain, it would be great if someone made a tutorial video demonstrating all the hidden features. I nominate TA4life :)
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