Pausing Production

[Acanthis]

Yesterday I observed a player pause a batch of slingers in order to research a phase upgrade. The slingers had a forward facing hand indicating they were paused halfway through. I haven't seen this before, how is it done? I'm not sure when it would be useful but perhaps it could be.

Also, if you pause a batch of units, does the population "return" that they were using or is it also held (as it should be...)?

[seeh]

maybe he used the mod ProGui / ResetQueue and to restart ProGui.

[seeh]

@Player of 0AD whats suggestions do you have?

[Acanthis]

Ah, ok, must be a mod. Thanks @seeh

[seeh]

1 minute ago, Acanthis said:

Ah, ok, must be a mod. Thanks @seeh

idk. but maybe has something to do with proGUI. but just idea. not thought much about it . and not sure if i have understood your topic

 

[Mentula]

Is this what you mean @Acanthis?

It's the hotkey.session.pushorderfront hotkey, introduced in Alpha26. No additional mods needed for it.

The hotkey is not assigned by default to any key combination, so it's available for rebinding.

See here and here for development reference.

Edited May 22, 2023 by Mentula

[Acanthis]

@Mentula ah ok! Thanks for the clarification. I'll add it to a hotkey and try it out sometime, though I'm still not entirely sure when I'd use it

[seeh]

14 hours ago, Acanthis said:

@Mentula ah ok! Thanks for the clarification. I'll add it to a hotkey and try it out sometime, though I'm still not entirely sure when I'd use it

maybe i will try right arrow for hotkey.session.pushorderfront

typical example that happens sometimes to me. Phase update not happens, because, batch is blocked. 
but i used the ResetQueue mod then . i set it to the hotkey Super+R

Edited May 24, 2023 by seeh

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

The hotkey doesn't seem to work for me or I don't understand how to use it. Yes, I set a hotkey for hotkey.session.pushorderfront  but using it only seems to remove the item from the queue.

Edited May 23, 2023 by wowgetoffyourcellphone

[Freagarach]

With that hotkey, you can push any new order to the front of the queue. E.g. clicking the phasing button will make it the first. (It can also be used for orders issued to units.)

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

17 hours ago, Freagarach said:

With that hotkey, you can push any new order to the front of the queue. E.g. clicking the phasing button will make it the first. (It can also be used for orders issued to units.)

Thank you. I can see now that it only works on new queue items, not on items already in the queue.

[Acanthis]

On 24/05/2023 at 9:18 AM, Freagarach said:

With that hotkey, you can push any new order to the front of the queue. E.g. clicking the phasing button will make it the first. (It can also be used for orders issued to units.)

Oh, that changes things. Could be nice to have for units more than building production.