HoI 4 - Shortcuts not working when selecting divsions from multiple armies

[xMer]

Description of issue
Shortcuts not working when selecting divsions from multiple armies

Game Version
[1.5.1][4636]

Enabled DLC
All of the above

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Description
when operating on group of divisions that belong to different armies shortcut commands does not work or work partially. This is most likely issue with handling shortcut orders and passing them to divisions in armies(conclusion from tests)

edit: It is possible to command divisions from same army group by selecting marshall then clicking "Switch between viewing the armies or divisions in this army group". As long as marshal is selected then it is possible to select divisions within army group and give them orders like strategic redeployment/hold etc. both buttons and shortcuts work.
However if you deselect marshall(for example by clearing selection) if you select divisions within that marshal then by default you get view of 2 armies which doesn't allow to issue orders.

desirable effect:
shortcuts allow to issue orders for divisions no matter to what army/army group divisions belong. player should be able to select any group of divisions and press H to hold them or strategic redeploy them to save them from encirclement.

Steps to Reproduce
Test A.
1. select divisions that belong to 2 armies and 10 unassigned division (press "1" in prepared save)
2. use shortcut B(Strategic redeployment)
3. divisions belonging to all armies strategic redeploy(hurra!)
4. use shortcut H (Hold)
5. only division unassigned to any army hold, other continue previous order
6. use shortcut S (select half divisions)
7. only division unassigned to any army get cut in half in selection

Test B.
1. select divisions that belong to 2 armies (press "2" in prepared save)
2. test any shortcut it is not working

Test C.
1. select divisions that belong to 1 army and 10 unassigned division (press "3" in prepared save)
2. Shortcut H work on unassigned
3. Shortcut B work on all
4. Shortcut S work first on unassigned and then when there is 1 unassigned division it work on army.

edit:
marshal test:
1. Select whole army group by clicking marshal portrait
2. click-drag to select subgroup of divisions belonging to that marshal
3. all shortcuts and commands work properly
4. clear selection by pressing "Esc"
5. click-drag to select same subgroup of division
6. divisions get selected as 2 armies and doesn't allow to use shortcuts/commands.


Upload Attachment

 

[Guntrigger]

Reproduced these issues on our current build and logging the issue internally now. Thanks for the comprehensive steps!

 

[Ozurson]

The shortcuts, especially S, B and H, not working when having units from different marshals selected is a real pain for those of us that play multiplayer, where giving quick and effective orders to your units is vital. You can't pause and you dont have time to give individual orders to each unit. At the moment multiplayer is a pain because of this. You are basically forced to mod the game so you can have all units under one field marshal.

But even that doesnt work very well, because then any units you unassign gets automatically moved to the Field Marshals battle front, like you typically want more control of your tanks, but since you have to keep them under the same FM if you want hotkeys to work, then you cannot make fronts for your tanks to get planning, without your tanks battle front pushing away the infantry front on that part of your FMs battle front. You also cannot unassign your tanks, because then they get strat deployed anywhere along the FMs battlefront. Please fix this asap, so multiplayer is playable without heavy modding to the OOB.