Tactical teleport

[Agatae Tsag]

Mercs can move to some positions in 0 seconds. Steps: 1. Go to strategic 2. Order the merc to move to another sector 3. Cancel the travel 4. Go back to tactical. The merc has moved to the edge of the map.

[JAsmine-ja2 NA]

Hm. This behavior can be found in all versions of JA2 including v1.13 and other mods. I wouldn't consider it as a bug but call it an "engine issue" or simply a "feature" ;) In some way, it makes sense, that this "issue" is present.

Imagine the following situation: You have squad 1 and squad 2 in the same sector. You are in strategic view and order squad 1 to move to the next sector. You enter tactical and want to do something with suqad 2. Now you can also watch in REALTIME how each member of squad 1 leaves his position and walks towards the edge of the screen.

This could lead to several problems: - merc A of squad 1 arrives at the edge of the screen after 5 seconds, merc B of squad 1 after 30 seconds. A would have to wait at the edge because if he left too early, the squad would split up. How should this work? - while Merc B walks towards the edge, you (player) could select him and give him new orders. What happens now? - possibly more problems.

So, my advice is to leave things as they are right now.

[Agatae Tsag]

I think they should form a group at the edge of the screen and leave together. What if the player selects a merc and changes orders? I think mercs in travel should be yellow and don't accept orders. If user changes assignment then fine, the merc leaves the squad and doesn't travel.

Though it's certainly a big change. Doing it this way would be a feature. Still, I consider the current behaviour to be a bug.

A fix like remembering merc positions just to be able to restore them in the reported case would be good enough IMO.