How can I make a soldier appear as the third icon?

[Joe98 92]

If I were to place a group of say 7 soldiers on the map, when I begin the scenario, 7 icons will appear across the bottom of the screen.

The group leader always appears as icon 1.

How can I arrange it so a specific soldier appears as icon 2?

How can I arrange it so a specific soldier appears as icon 3?

How can I etc etc..........

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[james mckenzie-smith 1]

To get the icons in a particular order, the easiest way is just to assign them each a different rank. They will appear from the highest rank, to the lowest. If more than one unit shares a rank, the most recently placed will tend to be more to the right, while the ones placed first will tend to be more to the left. This should work if you choose to have the soldiers all the same rank.

Arrange the soldiers accordingly, and then, to have the player be a group leader at position three:

1. select 'control -> Player' on the third unit's Edit Unit menu.

2. Create a trigger, x20000 y20000, Blufor repeatedly present, on Act. should read "group player selectLeader player", not including the quotation marks.

That's it!

As an option, you can put the trigger down with this in the on Act.:

group player selectLeader player; onTeamSwitch {group player selectLeader player}

That way, if you team switch, you will remain group leader! Note that, if you start the scenario in the normal group leader position with the option to teamswitch, you only need a trigger with this...

onTeamSwitch {group player selectLeader player}

...in the on Act.

Edited January 23, 2012 by James McKenzie-Smith