Really really stupid and basic game mechanics question

Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III is the next game in the award-winning Operational Art of War game series. TOAW3 is updated and enhanced version of the TOAW: Century of Warfare game series. TOAW3 is a turn based game covering operational warfare from 1850-2015. Game scale is from 2.5km to 50km and half day to full week turns. TOAW3 scenarios have been designed by over 70 designers and included over 130 scenarios. TOAW3 comes complete with a full game editor.

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Really really stupid and basic game mechanics question

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I just got TOAW III and am excited to play it -- I remember playing the first version many years ago.

But, I can't get this to work right...

I have a unit selected. I want to select a nearby unit. When I move my cursor over the nearby unit, I get the circle icon moving my selected unit. How do I de-select the first unit so that I can select a nearby unit with just a quick left-click?

Thanks!
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ORIGINAL: BROJD
I just got TOAW III and am excited to play it -- I remember playing the first version many years ago.
But, I can't get this to work right...
I have a unit selected. I want to select a nearby unit. When I move my cursor over the nearby unit, I get the circle icon moving my selected unit. How do I de-select the first unit so that I can select a nearby unit with just a quick left-click?
Thanks!

Uhhh.......there's a manual inside the Matrix folder, maybe your questions will be helped by reading this first, eh?
"I have the brain of a genius, and the heart of a little child! I keep them in a jar under my bed."

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or ... left click on the unit you want to select. Right click moves the selected unit, left click selects the unit under the cursor.
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Sp is correct, good questions
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If you're just starting, it might be a good idea to go through the Tutorial article included (written by Norm Koger himself, I think, for the original TOAW I). Go to the "Tutorials" folder, select the Tutorial scenario and hit the "documentation" button.
My TOAW web site:

Bob Cross's TOAW Site
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ORIGINAL: L`zard

ORIGINAL: BROJD
I just got TOAW III and am excited to play it -- I remember playing the first version many years ago.
But, I can't get this to work right...
I have a unit selected. I want to select a nearby unit. When I move my cursor over the nearby unit, I get the circle icon moving my selected unit. How do I de-select the first unit so that I can select a nearby unit with just a quick left-click?
Thanks!

Uhhh.......there's a manual inside the Matrix folder, maybe your questions will be helped by reading this first, eh?
instead of being a smart ass,why not just answer the posters question?
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ORIGINAL: bairdlander
instead of being a smart ass,why not just answer the posters question?

Most likely because I'm indifferent to the poster's problems, O' Forum Guru! Reading the effing manual comes with buying the game.

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ORIGINAL: L`zard

ORIGINAL: bairdlander
instead of being a smart ass,why not just answer the posters question?

Most likely because I'm indifferent to the poster's problems, O' Forum Guru! Reading the effing manual comes with buying the game.

[:-]


Manuals are for sissies. Real men blindly forge ahead regardless of the consequences. [:'(]
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ORIGINAL: Panama
Manuals are for sissies. Real men blindly forge ahead regardless of the consequences. [:'(]

MWHAHAHAHA! Excellant!

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