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Offline Sims

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Select soldier on higher level
« on: January 29, 2013, 04:36:24 pm »
Hi,

i play 2.5-dev.

when a soldier detect an alien that stands, let's say on level 3. I click on the "detect" button on the number. The map goes to level 3. Then when i want to select another soldier the square is light blue. I can't select the soldier. When i go to lever on that this soldier stands i can select him. Is that normal? It is a bit annoying to go to lower level to select a soldier( alien disappears he stands on a hill or roof)  and i must go again to level 3 to aim at the alien.

EDIT:

This happens above level 3. on 1,2 it works. I think the height difference becomes too big to attach the soldier ...

« Last Edit: January 29, 2013, 04:45:53 pm by Sims »

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Re: Select soldier on higher level
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2013, 05:20:21 pm »
It's not ideal, but it's expected. The game can't always tell exactly which tile you are trying to select. It could be improved, but not sure how easy such a thing would be.

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Re: Select soldier on higher level
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2013, 10:28:24 am »
To solve this (I've also encountered the case) I suggest eventually an easy thing such as assigning the space-bar (for instance) to cycle over the stages -->
  • Hit space bar
  • If no soldier selected, reselect the last one
  • If one soldier selected, cycle over the level : level + 1 until levelmax reached, then level = levelmin
Ok, that would be a sort of fix, and even a playable tool.

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Re: Select soldier on higher level
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2013, 08:06:08 pm »
I cannot remember having this problem back in 2.4. Even the early stages of 2.5-dev did not show this behaviour iirc.

I am with Sims here, this is annoying. I will test it and if this was not the case in 2.4, it should not be the case in 2.5 either.

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Re: Select soldier on higher level
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2013, 08:37:49 pm »
I have noticed that the selection depends on the angle of the view ...

Offline Triaxx2

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Re: Select soldier on higher level
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2013, 02:28:34 am »
Try also using the change level buttons to drop to the same level as the soldier.

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Re: Select soldier on higher level
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2013, 05:53:32 pm »
The game can't always tell exactly which tile you are trying to select.
That's especially noticeable on Convoy Ambush map. With all those hills, cliffs and rope bridge I had hard time pointing box cursor at particular tile.