beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason

Adding a unit that's currently being built to a control group (Autogroup immediate mode: ON) makes its control group number display disappear when it leaves the factory

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#3,448 opened on Jul 22, 2024

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Description

Description

If you bind a unit to a group while it's being built, on leaving the factory, the visual display will make it look like it's not in any group.

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It gets fixed when you add another unit to the group.

Expected Behaviour

Visual group number indicator stays.

Actual Behaviour

Visual group number indicator disappears upon leaving the factory.

Reproduction steps

Start making a unit (that you assigned to an autogroup at some previous point), add it to another control group. See result after it leaves the factory.

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Tech stack
None
Domain
frontend
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Familiarity with game UI code
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70
Research direction
Investigate the UI rendering code for control group numbers, likely in Lua files related to in game HUD. Look for where the visual indicator is updated when a unit leaves the factory. The bug suggests a race condition or missing update when a unit is added to a group while being built. Check for any conditional logic that skips the display update during the build animation.