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Hotkey 'A' not working? - 2/26/2011 7:02:55 AM

qqqqqq666

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Hi again!

After not playing for some time i am giving a shot with the ROTS ver 1.501. In the vanilla game i thing that using Ctrl or Shift and clicking i could select some ships from the Ships and bases screen (filtered to the military ships). After that pressing 'A' i could activate their automation. Is this not true anymore? It is pretty tiresome to disband a manual fleet (for any reason :P ) and having to click on every former fleet ship to make them automatic.

Maybe (i hope) i am missing something.

Thanks

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RE: Hotkey 'A' not working? - 2/26/2011 8:49:53 AM

Data

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I always do this from the main view. Try like this: select all the ships you want from the ships and bases screen, exit it and hit A.
If it worked in the vanilla it should work here as well.

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RE: Hotkey 'A' not working? - 2/26/2011 8:59:42 AM

Data

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jumped quicly in a game, indeed the A is not working...neither is my workaround
it's an interesting one, if we don't find a way around it we should report it so that it is fixed once more. Good find, qqqqqq666

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RE: Hotkey 'A' not working? - 2/26/2011 9:03:28 AM

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i think i found someting. If you select all the military ships you want automated and make a fleet from them then you can automate the entire fleet (hit A while the entire fleet is selected in the main view). After this, even disbanding the fleet leaves them on auto.
Btw, I'm on the latest beta patch also; maybe it's important to note this.

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RE: Hotkey 'A' not working? - 2/26/2011 9:34:28 AM

qqqqqq666

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Thanks for the response Data. I am not using any beta patch though.

I will try the workaround later when i get back, but i am sure that this should be fixed once more.

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