- Switching to idle mode doesn't work when they're busy moving/attacking/defending/...
If you put a moving fleet in formation_sentry mode, they'll go in that mode and sit still.A move order is still persistent.
If you issue a "move"/"attack"/"defend" order to a certain sector, Switching to Idle **does do something** but instead of sitting still in idle,and interrupt that with any other order like "formation sentry". they'll go back to follow their move order.
So switching to idle just makes them continue their last move/attack/defend order if that was interrupted.
- Switching move orders to a new move/attack/defend order only applies after they've been unloadedIt will still remember that move order.
After you set it back to "idle", otherwise they'll follow their oldit will set itself to that old "move" order.
There might be more stuff but that's what I've noticed so far.
again. If it was an old "attack"/"defend" order it changes to a "move" order too