Shortcut for fleet orders confirmed in the next patch

Dear all, Just a brief preview on the next patch, we've implemented attached shortcuts for fleet orders ie, assign ship to fleet and detach from fleet. The mechanism is similar to traditional ship grouping with a few exceptions.

How to do it?

1. Create a fleet first (duhz)

2. Select ships that you want to assign to fleet. Note that only ships without a fleet will be affected. Reassignment needs 2 steps so that you won't end up reassigning ships accidentally.

3. Press Ctrl+(select fleet 1/2/3/4/5 key) - by default it's Ctrl+(F1/F2/F3/F4/F5) - and viola! Your ships will be assigned to Fleet 1/2/3/4/5 respectively. Naturally, the ships will be added sequentially and those who can't make it due to the fleet's command limitation will be rejected with a message.

4. Press Ctrl+Shift+(select fleet 1/2/3/4/5 key) - by default it'll be Ctrl+Shift+(F1/F2/F3/F4/F5) to detach ship(s) from fleet. Because you're pressing the whole set of keys, it'll be very specific to the fleet. Ie, if you press Ctrl+Shift+F1 while selecting ships that belong to fleet 1,2 and 5... only ships in fleet 1 will be detached.

5. Once these ships are detached, you can reassign them without changing your ship selection, to another fleet directly. * Note: Flagships will not be affected.

Differences from the Fleet Order buttons

Fleet order buttons such as Assign Ship to Fleet and Detach Ship from Fleet are mass-level controls. Ie, reassignment is done in Assign Ship to Fleet including the fleet advisor ship. Similarly, the button to detach ships work across multiple fleets.

Conclusion

That's about it. We'll provide more updates to V1.08b as soon as we can. We're currently preparing for another event and will be a little swarmed till Xmas. Regards, Jeremy