Alt+right click commands

[Martyn van Buren]

I only just discovered the extra move commands you can get from alt + right click, and I'm not too sure what the point of them is, except auto-gather knowledge and auto-scout.  Does anyone use them much?  Which ones are useful, and what for?

[x4000]

They're definitely all used, yeah. Which ones specifically do you mean? You're not referring to attack move and frd move and group move are you? Those two are absolutely essential. The rest are mostly just conveniences (IMO).

[Commiesalami]

I believe thats how you get to the donating resources option (Assuming nothing is selected), which is quite useful when playing with others.

[Martyn van Buren]

Sorry, I wasn't very clear there.  I'm wondering mostly about "Execute" and "Catch right click"; I have no idea what they do.  But there are also some ships like research stations and scouts that have special move commands of their own, and I'm wondering if there are any other useful ones I've missed?

[x4000]

I'm wondering mostly about "Execute" and "Catch right click"; I have no idea what they do.

Ohhh, okay.  Those are actually for issuing a compound command.  I'm not sure about catch right click, honestly -- that was Keith.  But you can click multiple items, and then click execute, to have it do them all.  I'll ask Keith to swing by and clarify, I'm doing a horrible job of it.

[keith.lamothe]

This one's come up before, and I'll certainly admit that "Catch Right Clicks" isn't the most intuitive of things, but it was something I really needed when using that menu the way I liked and it was the best way of expressing it I could come up with

Anyway, I dug up my previous explanation and tossed it on the wiki, let me know if you have further questions:

http://arcengames.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=AI_War:Special_Move_Context_Menu

[Martyn van Buren]

Okay, I understand now.  Thanks!  I guess I need to keep looking for the one that will make my raid starships do flips.