Trouble moving tanks after assigning them to a sensor tower

[andy5995]

I'm a new player. After assigning tanks to a sensor, I had trouble moving them. When I clicked on one that was assigned, it didn't get selected. But if I used ctrl-a to select all units, I could move them. When I clicked on the tower, all the assigned tanks seemed to be selected (with selection boxes around each), but I still couldn't move them when I left-clicked in another location.

I haven't found anything in the docs about this yet. Did I miss something?

[RoadDogsAndTruckerHats]

Interesting. I didn't know you can assign tanks to sensors as well. I'm new too.

I found this same problem, and just assumed it was bad game mechanics. My artillery units would stop in bad locations blocking paths. Or, staying put in a retreat, and get lit up. The only work around that I've found is to decouple each unit individually, move them, and then re-couple. It's a pain, and I've stopped coupling artillery units with sensor units/towers all together. Opting instead to group and move them independently.

Coupling units, should work better than that, but given the open source nature of this game, I feel like this is something that can be fixed ;^).

[andy5995]

Interesting. I didn't know you can assign tanks to sensors as well. I'm new too.

I found this same problem, and just assumed it was bad game mechanics. My artillery units would stop in bad locations blocking paths. Or, staying put in a retreat, and get lit up. The only work around that I've found is to decouple each unit individually, move them, and then re-couple. It's a pain, and I've stopped coupling artillery units with sensor units/towers all together. Opting instead to group and move them independently.

Coupling units, should work better than that, but given the open source nature of this game, I feel like this is something that can be fixed ;^).

@RoadDogsAndTruckerHats I saw a little more info on the sensor guide page.

To unassign a unit from a sensor, the easiest way is to right-click it, then tell it to move somewhere. Multiple units can be selected with ctrl+click, and moving them all.

So I guess this is all expected behavior...

The only work around that I've found is to decouple each unit individually, move them, and then re-couple. It's a pain,

I'm able to select multiple units that are assigned to sensor towers if I ctrl+left-click + drag over a group of units. Doing that, you can see multiple units selected and then move them. After they've been moved, they're automatically unassigned.

My artillery units would stop in bad locations blocking paths

I sometimes move them near a sensor tower, but queue an order with Ctrl to assign them to the tower when they arrive at the location ordered them to.

[johan-boule]

You're a new player who's been playing for two years already?

[andy5995]

I first played two or three years ago, but I haven't played very frequently yet.