Feature request: multi-unit building

[Zoythrus]

ok, we need the ability to create multiple units with one click. eg. you click on the swordsman, and when it's done 5 come out, not just one. this is not a squad, just a way to create multiple units at once.

can this be done?

you could just add <amount="3"/> to the produce command of the production building/summoner.

[Omega]

I don't really think it's needed though... I can't think of any use for this at all, in fact. If you wanted more units faster, you could just make the time value lower.

[John.d.h]

I don't think having a special button for recruiting more units would be called for, but something like shift-LMB to recruit five, ctrl-LMB to recruit ten, and shift-RMB and ctrl-RMB to remove five and ten at a time might be useful for reducing the number of clicks (hurray for ergonomics!).

[Zoythrus]

no, i mean that you get 4 units (or so) at once. think of the Zerglings from Starcraft. when you built them, you got two at once. that is the point here. it's impossible to build 1 unit, you can only build them in groups (not squads, groups)

[Psychedelic_hands]

Yeah, but I'd like a unit that can only be built in groups of fives. How difficult would it be to implement that?

[Zoythrus]

Yeah, but I'd like a unit that can only be built in groups of fives. How difficult would it be to implement that?

the numbers that i used were purely arbitrary...i know that you want groups of five.

[silnarm]

Ticket 219, will be available in 0.4