Can you see the icon in there?|||No, the icon isn't there. That's a great list and looks very complete. Thanks. Now I'm wondering what I saw. So here are more details about that game:
-I was playing against the Seraphim.
-Skirmish. Easy AI.
-My ACU refused to fire on the Seraphim double arrowed thingy which looked like it was flying(?) around it. It definitely was attacking my ACU until it got destroyed. I think there were two of them.
-I read somewhere that maybe that symbol (icon?) had something to do about being captured? Does that make sense?|||I did some more playing and stumbled on the 'icon' again. It turns out that this is the 'capture' (c) icon. How come the Seraphim units that attacked me had these icons in them? Thank you.|||We need screens shots to identify things.
Mike|||How do you get screenshots from inside FA? When I press Ctrl-F, nothing happens. How is it supposed to work?
Also, the screen capture utility I normally use apparently can't capture game screens.
By the way, the double arrow thingy shows up when you select the UEF ACU. It is in the last row of icons on the bottom right side of the screen.
Thank you.|||Press PrtScn on your keyboard (print screen).
Then open Paint and press "Ctrl+V"
Then File > Save As|||It looks like I answered my own question. Ctrl-f actually works. The problem is that there is nothing that indicates that a screen shot was successfully taken and saved to file.
Pictures taken are stored using Windows 7 in:
C:\Users\"your_name"\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\screenshots.|||I have the screenshot as a .jpg and .bmp file. I opened a picture in my picture editor, and saved it to Window's Clipboard. Now, how do I copy the clipboard contents to this forum? I tried Internet Explorer's Edit menu but the Paste selection is greyed out. Cntrl-v also does not work. Help.|||You have to put it on a Photosharing like Photobucket then link to it here.
Mike|||Here is the picture of the double arrow (circled in white) from the bottom right portion of the FA screen.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l56 ... earrow.jpg
I had an AI enemy unit labeled with this icon attacking my ACU. So why did it have this icon, why was it attacking me, and why couldn't I shoot back at it?|||Can we get a picture of the unit?
Thats just a basic Capture Icon, it doesn't tell us what the unit is.
Mike|||I would have loved to do a screenshot but that Seraphim thingy kept shooting at my ACU until it fireballed (grr!!!). Being new to the game, I didn't expect that. It almost gave me a heart attack. That was the most realistic nuclear(?) explosion I've seen in a game.
I been trying to get it to show up again, but alas no success. It might have been my T1 bombers which it captured. Can the AI capture airplanes?|||Nope. You can't capture aircraft while they're flying. If one is sitting on the ground, then you have a chance.
Since you were attacked by the Seraphim, you were probably attacked by one of these;
http://supcomdb.com/db/unit_details/2/3/xsa0104
It's a transport, and might have carrying something.
What I think you're doing is putting the mouse over the unit, and seeing the capture icon - which is what an ACU would try to do to a unit that it's weapons couldn't reach.|||@BulletMagnet
I think that's it! I was either trying to identify or target the fast moving flying object that was pestering my ACU, and may have inadvertently pressed the capture screen.
Talking about fast moving objects. I have a scout moving very fast on patrol. Because it is small and moving very fast it is very hard to select by clicking on it. Is there another way of selecting fast moving units other than by actually catching or touching it with a click?|||Two options,
- 1. Drag a box around it, which selects everything in the box.
2. Scroll out a little bit so that the scout appears to be moving slower across the screen.
Honestly between Strat Zoom and Strat Icons SupCom is ahead of the curve when it comes to commanding your units, its something to get used to, but once you do you 'll miss it in every other RTS out there.
Mike
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