Any of you dummies NOT using the number pad to move units in MP games

Alexander's Horse · April 26, 2002, 01:55

I nearly fell off my chair when I saw someone suggest using the number pad to move units as something they had "just discovered".

It does save so much time - please, please tell me noone is still using the mouse for movement in MP games!

finbar · April 26, 2002, 02:12

Deity uses his cat. A very old, slow, arthritic cat.

Alexander's Horse · April 26, 2002, 03:06

deity · April 26, 2002, 03:47

I used to use the number pad but I use the Mouse GoTo now... Just press the spot where you want the active unit to go and keep your finger on the left mouse button and it goes to that spot.

You can do multiple Gotos this way but not so effectrive on my connection.

Alexander's Horse · April 26, 2002, 03:56

Nothing is very effective on your connection

(sorry, couldn't resist)

You showing tonight?

Hydey · April 26, 2002, 04:43

Not using the number pad must be a foreign thing, I can't believe any aussie would do that.

Alexander's Horse · April 26, 2002, 05:48

Are you showing up tonight Hydey?

DrFell · April 26, 2002, 10:29

I use up/down left/right keys and pgup/pgdn home/end to move units.

drake · April 26, 2002, 12:29

Pointing units with a mouse is the only way to do things for long, RR travels cross country. Only a dummy would hit the number pad 30 times to get a unit to move. But for normal movement, sure.

ColdWizard · April 26, 2002, 12:52

i also use up/down/left/right with the pgup/pgdn/home/end keys, since my laptop has no seperate keypad

markusf · April 26, 2002, 13:01

Quote:

Originally posted by deity
I used to use the number pad but I use the Mouse GoTo now... Just press the spot where you want the active unit to go and keep your finger on the left mouse button and it goes to that spot.

You can do multiple Gotos this way but not so effectrive on my connection.

I showed him that...

This is extremely i mean EXTREMELY useful when your the host. If fast slide pace is turned on your units just teleport to their destination.

vlad · April 27, 2002, 04:28

I never use the key pad to move, always the mouse and have never had any problems with slow turns. I normally play simul games and really haven't seen any need to speed up my moving units, but for you horsey I will give it a try my next game

oedo · April 27, 2002, 09:12

ever noticed that using a mouse when attacking is diffenerent from using the keypad?
when you attack by using the keypad, the unit remains on the square it attacked from after winning the battle.
when using the mouse the unit will move to the square it attacked after winning.

Ming · April 27, 2002, 14:34

That's why most of us use the key pad vs. the mouse. Anybody still using the mouse is a moron..

DrFell · April 27, 2002, 16:16

I don't know how anyone can use the mouse.

deity · April 27, 2002, 18:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Ming
That's why most of us use the key pad vs. the mouse. Anybody still using the mouse is a moron..

You need to mix and match depending on the situation.

I always use the number pad for attacking and I always use the Mouse GoTo for moving units around.

I never use the Mouse arrows though.

People might be confused about the diffrence here. The Mouse GoTo is brilliant. All morons should try it out

deity · April 27, 2002, 18:55

Another thing I've noticed about the Mouse GoTo is that there seems to be a higher percentage chance of moving that extra square after 2/3rds movements is used up. But I'm not sure if I'm just imagining things....

winzity · April 27, 2002, 22:12

So the mouse allows blitz attacks there you can win a battle and move forward to the square there the enemy unit was. This speeds up the attack and is good in storm attacks

rah · April 29, 2002, 11:48

Quote:

Originally posted by winzity
So the mouse allows blitz attacks there you can win a battle and move forward to the square there the enemy unit was. This speeds up the attack and is good in storm attacks

If when you get a good attack and you have movement left, you can still advance if you want, so there's really not any difference.

Awhile back, I tested to see if the likelyhood of advance on less than one movement point was better. I never proved it either way. But that was a few versions ago.

Back when I first started playing SP and never knew to use the keys, I'd build roads around my cities so I could expend movement before attacking out of the city so the unit wouldn't advance when it won. TALK ABOUT SILLY.

RAH