Conquest: Napoleonic Wars Guide: Selecting your units

Everything starts with picking which soldiers you want to control. You can grab a single unit, a group, or every soldier on the field depending on what the situation calls for.

1. Drag to select click and drag across the battlefield to pull every unit inside the box into your selection.
2. Add more hold Shift and drag again to add soldiers to whatever you already have selected.
3. Select all press Q to instantly select every unit you have on the field.
4. Select by type hold Shift and click any unit to grab all soldiers of that same type at once.
5. Select by type with a number key hold Shift and press a number key to select all units sharing that type.
6. Deselect all press E to clear your current selection and start fresh.

Once you have units selected, a single click sets their destination.

1. Formation spread hold Shift and click to send each selected unit to its own position instead of stacking them all on one point.
2. Line formation press T, then click a destination to automatically arrange your units into a line as they move.
3. Match march speed press H to toggle all selected units moving at the same pace so nobody outpaces the group.
4. Halt press C to stop your selected units where they stand.
5. Rotate press R to turn selected units and face them in a new direction.
6. See all destinations hold Left Control to view every unit's current goal on the map without changing your selection.
7. Add a unit without losing selection hold Left Control and click a unit to add it while keeping everything already selected.