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Description:: Order the given unit(s) to follow another from his own group as his formation leader (without radio messages). It is also used to order the unit to return to formation after e.g doStop even if it is the leader himself that should return to formation (see Example 2).
Groups:: Unit Control

Example 1:: _soldier1 doFollow _soldier2;
Example 2:: units _group doFollow leader _group; // returns all the units to formation

See also:: doStop doMove commandFollow formationLeader formLeader isFormationLeader leader selectLeader setLeader

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: Posted on October 11, 2010‎ - 19:00 (UTC)
Mojito69: These commands (doFollow or commandFollow) work only if the two units are in the same group.
: Posted on August 29, 2016 - 22:48 (UTC)
BaerMitUmlaut: The name of this command is a bit misleading, it is used to make a unit return to the formation of its group or subformation.

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 |gr1= Unit Control
-|descr= Order the given unit(s) to follow another from his own group (without radio messages).
+|descr= Order the given unit(s) to follow another from his own group as his [[formLeader|formation leader]] (without radio messages).
-It is also used to resume unit formation after e.g [[doStop]] even if it is the leader himself that is to be resumed (see [[#Example 2|Example 2]]).
+It is also used to order the unit to return to formation after e.g [[doStop]] even if it is the leader himself that should return to formation (see [[#Example 2|Example 2]]).
 |s1= unit [[doFollow]] unitLead
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 |x2= <code>[[units]] _group [[doFollow]] [[leader]] _group; {{cc|returns all the units to formation}}</code>
-|seealso= [[commandFollow]] [[formationLeader]] [[formLeader]] [[isFormationLeader]] [[leader]] [[selectLeader]] [[setLeader]]
+|seealso= [[doStop]] [[doMove]] [[commandFollow]] [[formationLeader]] [[formLeader]] [[isFormationLeader]] [[leader]] [[selectLeader]] [[setLeader]]
 }}