Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
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Tucalipe
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Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
> I always wondered what those white bars under the health bars mean when you press and hold ctrl with selected units... 
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
> Nooo. Select one or two units. You'll see their health under the selection brackets. Now just press and hold ctrl. A white bar appears under the health bar, and it's not a reload bar (which appears ABOVE the health bar).
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
You're right, but the white bar only shows with attack units. Trucks/Repair turrets/ Engineer/Mechanics don't have this bar.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
That bar shows percentage of weapon reload.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
It's nice to see this sort of detail in the gameKukY wrote:That bar shows percentage of weapon reload.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
Erm, I thought it was how much resistance to being taken over by a NEXUS link turret it has left.KukY wrote:That bar shows percentage of weapon reload.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
The game does that?Mysteryem wrote:Erm, I thought it was how much resistance to being taken over by a NEXUS link turret it has left.KukY wrote:That bar shows percentage of weapon reload.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
It doesn't... But I just got an idea about that...BlueMaxima wrote:The game does that?
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
> It's not its reload bar. It REPLACES the white reload bar with a slightly blue filled bar.
> This is what I mean:


> And now I got a BUG! (Not the body btw...).
> The above screenshot was captured via "Prnt Scr" method. When using F10 to take a screenshot, look what I get:

> This is what I mean:


> And now I got a BUG! (Not the body btw...).
> The above screenshot was captured via "Prnt Scr" method. When using F10 to take a screenshot, look what I get:

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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
It is a reload bar. Make a tank with a plasma cannon or something. Watch it shoot, the bar refill, it shoot, the bar refill.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
And the winner is KukY!Christheturtle wrote:It is a reload bar. Make a tank with a plasma cannon or something. Watch it shoot, the bar refill, it shoot, the bar refill.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
I figured it out after about my second day playing. It did confuse me at first though, so I understand how all of you didn't know what it was for.
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
> No, it's not. For example, on the pic above, the bombard had just fired, and it was about 1/4 way reloaded only, so the white bar was at 1/4 its full length. But when I held ctrl, the reload bar was replaced by a light violet bar, which was already full and didn't change with time.
> Do I need to make a vid or something?
> EDIT: Besides, if it were a reload bar, why would a MG have it? Also, if it were a reload bar, why would it be of a different colour? At last, if it were a reload bar, why doesn't it change as the unit is reloading?
> Do I need to make a vid or something?
> EDIT: Besides, if it were a reload bar, why would a MG have it? Also, if it were a reload bar, why would it be of a different colour? At last, if it were a reload bar, why doesn't it change as the unit is reloading?
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Re: Holding Ctrl. What does it do?
A light violet bar...? Please, screenshot.
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