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How to group and ungroup units

By Sashik

You might been browsing the internet by searching how to ungroup your units. Or you just started playing and you're new to the game. Here some tips that might help:

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Category: Gameplay Basics

Languages: English

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7 Nov, 2021 @ 4:30am

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Guide Index

Overview

How to group units

How to ungroup units

How to add units to the existing group

How to merge groups

Comments

How to group units

Select required units (you can also mix types) and press Ctrl+1 (or any other number that goes on your keyboard, even on numpad). Now you created a quick access group for selected units.

To access your group now just press "1" (or the number you set by yourself). Double press "1" will not only select, but also focus on your group.

How to ungroup units

You just need to press ctrl+"group number" while no unit is selected.

example: ctrl+1 while nothing selected. That will delete the group.

How to add units to the existing group

Select required units and press Shift + "group number" to add them to the existing group

How to merge groups

If you have more than two previously created groups 1 and 2, you can merge them by pressing shift+2 or create a separate merged group by pressing shift+3 (any unused number) while desiring group/units are selected.

13 Comments

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Swagger 21 Oct @ 7:07am

Great!!! I was wondering how to do this kind of shortcut. Thank you

VNIndex-Uptrend 20 Oct @ 6:12pm

thanks

apacheplays07 28 Dec, 2024 @ 9:48am

how to get back to the view of the selected group?

Wesley 28 Mar, 2024 @ 2:28am

It's helpful.

derek 4 Jan, 2024 @ 12:10pm

There is also an option within settings for groupings to be exclusive, so adding something to any group would remove it from existing groups. That combined with the "select all, select all by type" and it's a bit easier to get control groups for flank armies.

RøммeŁ | Jefazo 27 Oct, 2023 @ 2:24pm

Thank you!

Onecubed 20 Aug, 2022 @ 7:18pm

The add units function simply doesn't work for me. I came back to the game after many months off and found that shift + "control group" will only add the control group if no other units are tied to that control group. Otherwise, it does absolutely nothing.

I'm using the default bindings. When I try to rebind shift + "some key", shift isn't even recognized. Oddly, I can still shift click to queuing actions to units.

Sashik [author] 7 Nov, 2021 @ 4:33am

good point.

Done

Crytek 7 Nov, 2021 @ 4:20am

@Sashik add that in ur guide and not somewhere in the comments then.

Snuggy Serian 2 Nov, 2021 @ 8:25pm

About merging, is there any way to deactivate that?
It shouldn't merge on that button combination!
That button combination is intuitive used to select multiple saved groups. Not to MERGE and OVERWRITE existing groups.
If i would wanna do that, i use ctrl for it. <.<

If anyone knows how to deactive "merge groups", pls tell me.

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