# Stationary and inactive units don't show as idle ingame

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**Category:** II - Report a Bug\
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/stationary-and-inactive-units-dont-show-as-idle-ingame/289310 "2026-09-06T20:23:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![SlenderBadger98](https://forums.ageofempires.com/user_avatar/forums.ageofempires.com/slenderbadger98/32/136923_2.png) [@SlenderBadger98](https://forums.ageofempires.com/u/SlenderBadger98)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.ageofempires.com/t/stationary-and-inactive-units-dont-show-as-idle-ingame/289310/1 "2026-09-06T20:23:52Z")

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### ▶ GAME INFORMATION

- **GAME BUILD** #: 177723
- **GAME PLATFORM:** Steam
- **OPERATING SYSTEM:** Windows 11

### ▶ ISSUE EXPERIENCED

While apparently **not** doing anything, villagers and military units may stay in their place without triggering the ‘idle’ state, thus making it impossible for the user to properly select them via hotkeys.

### ▶ EXPECTED RESULT

Units not doing anything should appear as ‘idle’ ingame.

### ▶ IMAGE

 ![image](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/f/7f5e84921f6f671d690261e7a11d3609a56a4c53.jpeg)

### ▶ GAME FILES (SAVE / RECORDING)

[NONIDLEUNITS.aoe2rorspgame](https://forums.ageofempires.com/uploads/short-url/ms4VfCja0XU86VkygUI33hTmMqQ.aoe2rorspg) (867,4 KB)