Group Select and Face (bug?)

[Brent Pollock]

From what I have been able to see, group select and Face do not work the same way they used to in CMX1. In CMX1, the entire group would face parallel to the unit I used to give the direction (so, they all ended up facing the same compass direction). Now, it seems that they all end up facing towards the point on the map that I clicked; they all focus on a single point rather than taking a parallel sighting. This tends to be annoying when you are trying to align them all to face the enemy line at the start of the game or in the editor.

I tried holding down the Shift, Ctrl or Shift+Ctrl while clicking the point for the Face command, but it made no difference.

Also, the Face pointer cannot be used off map, so you can't have them all "focus" on the horizon.

I don't know if this is a feature or a bug? It is useful if you want them all to focus on a point.

[Pandur]

thats no bug, best is you klick on a spot far, far away, than you get them nearly parallel(with points wich are away 1km+ ).

i also find that not optimal, but is verry verry minor issue for me...

[jomni]

That's just the way the algorithm is designed. In movement, when you do multiple select, all their waypoints will fall on the same spot. In CMx1 they will be relative. Same goes for facing. That's why the work around is to select a point that is very far to lessen the convergence effect.

[birdstrike]

IIRC, units in CMX1did turn towards a selected point on the map aswell - I might be wrong, though.

But I too miss the possibility to click outside the map area (also for coverarcs).