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Status command menu (5) cannot be used without first selecting subordinate units
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Description

OBS:
The Status command menu (menu 5) cannot be used unless the player selects subordinate units (or presses the ` (tilde?) key to select all units). This includes when the player is not group leader. I cannot see any other action/command that is bound to the 5 key, that justifies this.

This in confusing, as primary purpose of the status command menu is to report the player's status (rather than the status of subordinate units).
Disabling command menus 1,2,3,4 without selecting a unit first can be justified, as these menus can only be used to give orders to a subordinate.

EXP:
The Status command menu should always open when the player presses the 5 key (as occurs with the Reply menu, when the player presses the 0 key).
No key bindings should not work without a conflicting binding or a very good reason.

Details

Severity
Tweak
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
Controls
Steps To Reproduce

As group leader:

  1. Start any mission where player is group leader.
  2. Press 5 key. Note nothing happens.
  3. Press ` key to select all subordinates. Now press 5 key. Note Status menu opens.

As subordinate:

  1. Start any mission where player is a subordinate to a group leader.
  2. Press 5 key. Note nothing happens.
  3. Press ` key to select all subordinates (not that you have any). Now press 5 key. Note Status menu opens.

Key Bindings:

  1. Pause game by pressing ESC key. Open the options menu.
  2. Select Controls.
  3. In the Show drop down menu, select "Command".
  4. Scroll down key bindings list. Note "Select Menu 5" is bound to the 5 key.
  5. In the Show drop down menu, select "Weapons".
  6. Scroll down key bindings list. Note that no weapon command is bound to the 5 key (which is the reason command menus 1,2,3,4 are not available without first selecting subordinate units).
Additional Information

This change was introduced relatively recently, when the number keys were bound to selecting weapons.

Event Timeline

ceeeb created this task.Jun 24 2017, 3:26 AM