problem with flags in monster tags

[carlinho]

I have a missile/melee unit.
I want it in its missile attack to target groups, instead of all units attacking only 1 unit from a large group.

I hit in the monster flags the target group flag, all goes ok, then I hit ok in the flags window, open it again and the check up cross is gone.
I select it again, close it, open it and it's gone again.

It happens with some flags not with others....

I tried deselecting all other flags to have that one, still nothing.

are they substractive? I mean if you have something ON somewhere else, you cannot use that flag until you uncheck the other settings?

any help appreciated as it looks silly 30 javeliners throwing javelins at 1 hoplite while the other hoplites are left unharmed....hehehe

thanks!

[Myrd]

It's a bug. Are you using the Mac or Windows version of Fear?

[carlinho]

windows
I always use windows to edit in fear as somehow I think it has more features, like in artifact tags and monster tags



that means I can't use that feature?
somehow I thought I used it before in other myth versions before this latest one...

[Zeph]

doesnt this have something to do with checking is skittish? which was pre-1.5

[carlinho]

uuuh...dunno....
I'll test it ....
but I guess in windows with 1.6 build 290 you have to mark the flag: extended
and then the flags you want....
squitish was for 1.4 to use terrain to make monsters use new stuff like run, etc

[carlinho]

couldn't find the squitish flag on
it's the extended the one on to use those features in fear for windows

any ideas how to solve that bug?

[TarousZars]

My understanding is the "Is Skittish" and "Use Extended" are the same flag. They are just named differently in the GUI's.

[carlinho]

sigh....so I'm back at the start then...


anybody knows how to work around that bug?

I have javeliners that gang all on the same unit, 2 javelins are enough to kill a unit= then if you have 10 javeliners (peltasts) they attack a full line of hoplites and kill only 1 with 10 javelins....= a stupid unit

to be able to attack the group instead of a single unit would be grrrreaaat...

any help appreciated!!!

[A-Red]

The solution may be to have someone on a mac take the tag, check the necessary flags, and send it back to you. Gray and I used to do that sometimes when Mac Fear was behind on features.

[carlinho]

that's cool, I've got a mac, I thought macs where behind on monster flags
but definitely will give it a try, thanks dude