Auto switching of soldiers when action points hit zero

[Ragnarok700]

@Thelo

I strongly disagree with the original suggestion to not auto-switch ever. I don’t think the OP has really thought this through.

I literally just played a mission where nearly every unit in my squad kept auto switching and annoying the hell out of me. If you look at the feature request here you’ll see others have brought up even more points (other than what I’ve mentioned) that annoy them, too.

@Thelo

You can click on the out-of-AP soldier to use your ability just fine. And there are much, much more times where a soldier is out of AP and the auto-switch saves a click, than times where a soldier is out of AP and the auto-switch costs a click (to reselect it).

You can press TAB to move on to the next soldier. But there is not key to press to go back to the previous soldier quickly, unfortunately. Personally, I use WASD heavily when playing so TAB is always in reach of a finger that is otherwise doing nothing. No clicks there.

@Thelo

So disabling the auto-switch entirely would lead to way more necessary clicks, all the time.

All we want is an option in the settings (probably under gameplay?) to turn it off for those of us who find it annoying.

@Thelo

That said, yeah it is a meaningful annoyance to need to remember to re-select your Quick Aim-using 0 AP soldiers every time, or your 0 AP pistol overwatch soldiers.

It is not just for Quick Aim, though. Inventory access at the end of a move, switching weapons after an attack for return fire optimization, reloading, evac, etc.

@Thelo

I don’t have any great suggestions about it, as long as 0 AP actions remain possible.

I do! Lets just have a setting so those of us who are annoyed by it can turn it off!
That is pretty straightforward, does not affect gameplay or the experience for anyone else!