Moving Stacks?

shantke · 10-14-2017, 12:23 PM

I see that there is a way to combine fire from multiple units. Is there a way to combine a stack to move them all together as one instead of having to move all the stacked units individually? Especially if all the units in the stack are the same, it would be easier to move them all at once.

Steve Jackson · 10-14-2017, 01:07 PM

This is on the wish list, for sure. Will work best for stacks of like units, of course.

GranitePenguin · 10-14-2017, 01:40 PM

Yes, it’s definitely needed, but not trivial to code. Different units through terrain with different rules will get interesting. However, the majority of the time in practice would be moving stacks of the same units around.

Tim Kauffman · 10-14-2017, 04:54 PM

The ability to only move similar unit types in a stack even if it also contains other unit types and you would then have to go back to pick up and move those individually would be such a big improvement in the game play experience. After that update is implemented, then finish it with a final update by being able to move entire mixed stacks.

Maybe you could have this as a two option feature.
1)Move all similar units as one stack.
2)Move the entire stack of remaining mixed units.

This may prove to be a nice option by having two choices that would allow more intuitive gameplay.

offsides · 10-14-2017, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tim Kauffman

The ability to only move similar unit types in a stack even if it also contains other unit types and you would then have to go back to pick up and move those individually would be such a big improvement in the game play experience.

This. Even if you could only move stacks of identical units with identical movement remaining, (i.e., they all started in the same hex, or otherwise were stacked with the same move remaining) it would make things much easier to move groups of units at the start of a game. Moving stacks of like units with different move remaining, or even different units, while certainly nice isn't a showstopper for me.

Mack_JB · 10-14-2017, 05:56 PM

Kids nowadays! Why, in my day, we had to carefully sort through stacks of small chits on a flimsy paper map ... God help you if you sneezed ...

Overall, I am enjoying the heck out of this game. I've being doing a lot of the Skirmish games just to play and have fun, while getting fully used to the software interface. Is it just me, or did the AI get a bit smarter recently?

10-14-2017, 12:23 PM	#1
shantke Join Date: May 2008	Moving Stacks? I see that there is a way to combine fire from multiple units. Is there a way to combine a stack to move them all together as one instead of having to move all the stacked units individually? Especially if all the units in the stack are the same, it would be easier to move them all at once.

10-14-2017, 01:07 PM	#2
Steve Jackson President and EIC Join Date: Jul 2004	Re: Moving Stacks? This is on the wish list, for sure. Will work best for stacks of like units, of course.

10-14-2017, 01:40 PM	#3
GranitePenguin *Ogre* Line Editor Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Plainfield, IL	Re: Moving Stacks? Yes, it’s definitely needed, but not trivial to code. Different units through terrain with different rules will get interesting. However, the majority of the time in practice would be moving stacks of the same units around. __________________ GranitePenguin *Ogre* Line Editor

10-14-2017, 04:54 PM	#4
Tim Kauffman Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Pennsylvania	Re: Moving Stacks? The ability to only move similar unit types in a stack even if it also contains other unit types and you would then have to go back to pick up and move those individually would be such a big improvement in the game play experience. After that update is implemented, then finish it with a final update by being able to move entire mixed stacks. Maybe you could have this as a two option feature. 1)Move all similar units as one stack. 2)Move the entire stack of remaining mixed units. This may prove to be a nice option by having two choices that would allow more intuitive gameplay. __________________ "So I stood my ground...my only hope to die as I had always lived-fighting" John Carter of Mars

10-14-2017, 05:56 PM	#6
Mack_JB Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: St. Louis, Missouri	Re: Moving Stacks? Kids nowadays! Why, in my day, we had to carefully sort through stacks of small chits on a flimsy paper map ... God help you if you sneezed ... Overall, I am enjoying the heck out of this game. I've being doing a lot of the Skirmish games just to play and have fun, while getting fully used to the software interface. Is it just me, or did the AI get a bit smarter recently?