Easy military drag select isn't a thing anymore?

aeo3 too…
have a lot of ■■■■■ things missing in this game!

It is December 5, 2021. and I noticed this is still an issue. Is this in the patch cycle yet?

If I enable the option to select only militar units, the problem I found is how to select only villagers? in aoe 2 this is posible with alt key, but here alt is used to move the camera, does anyone know how to select only villagers in a mixed group of units?

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hmm, I just found it was mentioned also in this thread Enable only villagers/militia selection box
However any additioinal feedback is welcome

looking for the same answer, also how to move all military units at same time like in AoE3. Sometimes i “lose” some units on the map

There is a shortcut to select all military units in the map, you can use it to select and move all military units

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I don’t think the ‘smart’ selection works correctly, it’s supposed to exclude villagers if you have military in the selection box, but currently, it selects everything

But even if the smart selection doesn’t work properly, how do you select only villagers in that mode? I remember I was testing that setting and it only selected military units, not sure what option it was, probably something called only military or similar, and that was ok but when I tried to select a villager, I couldn’t

hm I think the easiest way is to have it on ‘Select everything’ and if you’ve selected any military in addition to villagers, just Ctl + Left Click on the Villager unit card. That will select only that unit group and de-select everything else.

Commenting to up-vote this issue. We want this fixed ASAP!! This is SUPER helpful. This is A MUST HAVE. Please!! Fix!!

We are aware and working on it; hopefully a fix coming soon.

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