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HOw do you move units in a formation

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BTW:DOes this mean that I have to make the terrain where they are moving at straight?
, no. I don't know if this works, but you might try it;

1. Change (trigger->action->player->~change owner) the owner of the unit group (the group you want to move) to you.
2. Force select (/ select order) (trigger->action->selection) to let you select the whole group.
3. Issue order target a region (trigger->action->unit/unit group) (maybe an other trigger, a trigger that does the same effect as right clicking with the mouse ingame so the game automatically creates a formation).
4. Change (trigger->action->player->~change owner) the owner of the unit group (the group you want to move) to the former owner.
 
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If I'm not mistaken, if you order them to move as a group and not order each one seperately - the formation will form automatically. I don't think the entire proccess Spectre is needed, but who knows for sure...
 
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There is a squad system that may help. I believe the regions idea would be an absolute last resort, as it would be time-consuming and utterly pointless if you could do what you want via another method (I think any method would be more efficient than regions in this case :p).

What formation do you want, anyway? Wolfman raised that question earlier, and it is, afterall, important to know. BTW, you can change the formation positioning of units through the object editor.

As you are speaking of formations, I do not believe a squad system would actually be of any use, to be honest. In any case, I think you may need to make yourself a little bit clearer about what you want, plz.
 
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What formation do you want, anyway? Wolfman raised that question earlier, and it is, afterall, important to know. BTW, you can change the formation positioning of units through the object editor.

That probably isn't what he wants. The formation position only defines whether a unit will be at the first, 2nd or third row of the default square formation...
 
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