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Well, this is a weird one...
I've been fixing some long-standing bugs in my campaign, and came across some very odd behavior.
Player 1 is controlled by the player. Unit1 is an 'Ancient' type building, owned by an AI-controlled ally of Player 1.
If I use the following trigger:
Unit - Order Unit1 to Night Elf Ancients - Uproot
Then, for some reason, it resets the subgroup selection for Player 1 - that is, regardless of which units you had as the 'active' selection in the command card, it'll reset to the first unit in the group.
The same happens if I issue a Night Elf Ancients - Root command.
I've not seen this happen with any other orders. What the heck is going on? Is there any way around this?
EDIT:
I should also add that this only happens when the order targets a unit that actually CAN uproot/root. If the order targets another unit the current subgroup selection for player 1 doesn't change.
EDIT 2:
Wow, I've tested this in a regular game - it happens even if you order your OWN ancients to root/unroot. Try it for yourself: order an ancient to unroot, then tell it to go root somewhere else. As it's moving to its location, select a mixed group, and press tab a couple of times to select a different subgroup. When the Ancient Roots itself, your subgroup selection gets cancelled.
That's... really messed up. I wonder if this means that rooting/unrooting an Ancient clears the subgroup selection of all players in a multiplayer game? That would be really irritating for everyone involved...
I've been fixing some long-standing bugs in my campaign, and came across some very odd behavior.
Player 1 is controlled by the player. Unit1 is an 'Ancient' type building, owned by an AI-controlled ally of Player 1.
If I use the following trigger:
Unit - Order Unit1 to Night Elf Ancients - Uproot
Then, for some reason, it resets the subgroup selection for Player 1 - that is, regardless of which units you had as the 'active' selection in the command card, it'll reset to the first unit in the group.
The same happens if I issue a Night Elf Ancients - Root command.
I've not seen this happen with any other orders. What the heck is going on? Is there any way around this?
EDIT:
I should also add that this only happens when the order targets a unit that actually CAN uproot/root. If the order targets another unit the current subgroup selection for player 1 doesn't change.
EDIT 2:
Wow, I've tested this in a regular game - it happens even if you order your OWN ancients to root/unroot. Try it for yourself: order an ancient to unroot, then tell it to go root somewhere else. As it's moving to its location, select a mixed group, and press tab a couple of times to select a different subgroup. When the Ancient Roots itself, your subgroup selection gets cancelled.
That's... really messed up. I wonder if this means that rooting/unrooting an Ancient clears the subgroup selection of all players in a multiplayer game? That would be really irritating for everyone involved...
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