I recently became very active again in aoe2:DE, and I have noticed an issue that has been plaguing my gameplay! Basically, if I click-drag to select multiple units within a selection rectangle and hit a hotkey such as patrol very quickly following that, it causes the selection rectangle to become stuck. In other words, the rectangle will be fixed and floating there free of where I am moving my mouse until I click another unit/object. However, when I click that other unit/object, it selects any units that are in between the selection rectangle and the object I am clicking. I have added here two screen shots which unfortunately do not include my mouse cursor - it seems I would need to download a better screen-capturing application in order for it to capture my cursor.
In the first picture, you can see the selection rectangle over the hussar while my mouse is hovering over the villager on the left - you can tell because the health bar is appearing over the villager. The second picture is the result of me clicking said villager - it ends up selecting the hussar and both the villager I was intending to click and the villager in between. In the time since I have noticed this issue, I have found one other player to have it as well, while most of the others I have discussed it with do not seem to have the issue. I have tried using three different mice, as well as uninstalling-installing the game, changing all my mouse settings in several different ways, and changing the in-game settings. Nothing seems to help the issue so far. Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
In the first picture, you can see the selection rectangle over the hussar while my mouse is hovering over the villager on the left - you can tell because the health bar is appearing over the villager. The second picture is the result of me clicking said villager - it ends up selecting the hussar and both the villager I was intending to click and the villager in between. In the time since I have noticed this issue, I have found one other player to have it as well, while most of the others I have discussed it with do not seem to have the issue. I have tried using three different mice, as well as uninstalling-installing the game, changing all my mouse settings in several different ways, and changing the in-game settings. Nothing seems to help the issue so far. Any feedback/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!