Re: [Wesnoth-dev] Ordering of attacks

[David White]

Susanna Björverud wrote:

> Hej allesammans,
>
> While going through unit files looking for missing sounds, I found 
> that some units, like the Giant Mudcrawler, have their ranged attack 
> listed before their melee attack in the unit file, and consequently in 
> the attack choice dialog.
>
> It is my intuition that most units list their melee attacks first, and 
> their ranged attacks last. This might be wrong, I have done no survey 
> of it.

This used to be much more common, largely because the AI once, long ago, 
always attacked with the first weapon on the list. Thus, units generally 
had their 'primary' attack first. However, some time ago we decided to 
standardize upon all melee attacks being listed first. Any units which 
have ranged weapons listed before melee weapons should be changed.

David