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Re: Age of Empires Online?

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From: Walter Dazinger
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:14
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In article <4e8eff5e$0$20317$c3e8da3$a8a65a91@news.astraweb.com>, 
John Doe <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote:

>> Not sure if it is broken or by design, 
>How can a check box that does nothing be by design? 

find Hotkeys snap to unit is an option not only for workers (via v and ctrl 
v?) but for other hotkeyed groups as well. Maybe behaviour for workers is 
intended, thats why I said it *could* be by design. 

>Many players including myself usually want to use the idle worker
>for something that is in view. I don't see a control that returns
>the view to the prior location, either. 

This option was asked for for a long time, along with a possibility to get 
back to 'normal' view if you have camera rotation enabled...

>I really need that function. Either to avoid changing the view 
>when selecting an idle worker, or at least a key to return the 
>view to the prior view after selecting an idle worker. But I get 
>no reply at all on their forum. Would be useful to know when that 
>bug is going to be fixed. Apparently Age of Empires Online people
>just don't want to talk about it. 

Asking in game if one of the mods is around is probably a better option, Ryz0n 
for example is quite helpful and should at least know if its a bug or not.

WD
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From: devnull@otech7.tuwien.ac.at (Walter Dazinger)
Subject: Re: Age of Empires Online?
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