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Re: New way of moving units in Warcraft

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From: das... DA Svendsen
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 00:00
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Kevin (k...@digital.net) wrote:
: DA Svendsen (das...@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: :I've never done this myself, but I _think_ that you can also tell one of your
: :troops to attack an _area_.  He will move toward the area, attacking anything
: :that threatens him along the way (contrast with the simple move command;
: :your troops move, totally ignoring enemy troops)

:   An area? How do you go about making this happen? I know that every once 
: in awhile some of my knights wake up to discover their friend 3 blocks 
: away is being attacked, but not always.

:   I either use the grouping command, or move one guy and make others 
: follow the leader. (A habbit from Dune 2)

You define an area by the usual method; holding down the CTRL key and click-
dragging with the mouse.  Whether it actually _works_ is another thing entirely,
though.

Dean Svendsen :-das...@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au

"Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time."
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From: das...@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (DA Svendsen)
Subject: Re: New way of moving units in Warcraft
Date: 1995/07/26
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