move with precision

[dayglow 2]

I want to order my men to move, but when the large cursor has some object near it, it will order my men to move to that object which is frustrating. IE I want them to move 25m forward, but an object such as a fuel truck or an enemy soldier is near the large circle cursor, so when I click to have them move they instead move that other object which is 100's of meters away.

Is there any way to have a more precise move order?

[fraghetti 10]

yes i noticed this too. also when you are next to an object it often gets mistakenly selected, instead of the object you are pointing at with the cursor.

[meade95 0]

+1 - And why is it 90% of the time "move 50 meters" when it is no where near that distance -

[kylania 568]

Just tell them to Advance and don't go where they died. :)

[lapa 1]

Using the map is one way, but this almost requires that your difficulty settings shows friendlies on the map, unless you're hardcore :D.

[JojoTheSlayer 35]

Tell them to move in the general direction and then use the stop command. Or you could try the advance and stop command, but that will only work if hes in formation. With advance you wont have to click anywhere.

Personally, I would probably force the soldier down to prone position, give him a a move to position and then tell him to stop when I thought he was close enough if I only wanted him to travel a really short distance.

I dont know what you are situation you are talking about ,but I also use stop if I am putting people in a ambush position. I move to the general area, squad on disengage, hold fire and line formation, tell em to get down. Move into position and then tell them to stop so they wont change position just because I moved my body to look to the left or similar.

Edited August 13, 2010 by JojoTheSlayer

[Kristian 47]

3 letters: M A P.

IRL, I think you'd rather choose some landmark to move your men into, instead of open ground. If you want precision, use map

[dayglow 2]

It's a pita to open the map constantly. I often have my men grouped into 2-3 teams and leap-frog them and flank. It is much easier to do so from the 1st person.

But there is nothing more annoying than to point to the corner of a house 20m way and have the move order come across as 'move to that machinegunner 200m'