Why is detachment capability orange?

Battles In Normandy is the third game in the Decisive Battles game series. Battles in Normandy recreates all aspects of the Normandy campaign, from the landings on the first day to the final climax of the campaign at Falaise. Strategic Studies Group rewrote the Decisive Battles game engine for Battles in Normandy with a host of new special rules for amphibious and airborne operations, plus a huge number of other enhancements.

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Why is detachment capability orange?

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Hello,

In a game that has a brilliant interface, I came across what I thought was an inconsistency. Why is the little circle denoting detachment capability for a unit green/orange, instead of gray/green for all other attributes?

I was just wondering. TIA.

/coralsaw
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RE: Why is detachment capability orange?

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ORIGINAL: coralsaw

Hello,

In a game that has a brilliant interface, I came across what I thought was an inconsistency. Why is the little circle denoting detachment capability for a unit green/orange, instead of gray/green for all other attributes?

I was just wondering. TIA.

/coralsaw

This is definitely one of the few areas where the color coding doesn't seem intuitively obvious. Orange detachment symbol (when looking at unit capabilities in the pop up window) means it is detachment capable. Green detachment symbol means the unit cannot leave detachments...

Better would be green means unit can detach this turn (in current hex)...

Orange would mean unit can detach but current conditions prevent doing so (in the current hex)...

Grey-ed out would mean unit cannot do detachments...
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RE: Why is detachment capability orange?

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Thx, that's what I thought too.

/coralsaw
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