the first trick you need to learn is the placement trick.
first place two battleships:
then prepare two carriers to place (don't place them just prepare them), and then put your mouse in the middle of the battleships. make sure you're zoomed in. notice that the carriers are grey because you can't place them:
slowly move your mouse down until the carriers light up, meaning you can place them. you can place them here if you want, or you can move your mouse left or right to angle your fleet. i choose to angle my fleet slightly in the coming screenshots:
keep repeating and alternating battleships and carriers, and you'll end up with a very pretty fleet formation like this:
that's how you place the ships perfectly like mogwai. now, to move your ships in perfect harmony you need to use the order target circle as a reference for every click you do:
Keep your orders tab on. first you move your top battleships, then you select the carriers under it and use the order target of the battleship as your reference. I like to use the triangle point of the order target, which is here:
so for ever order you do, use the previous order circle target as your reference. make the spot you choose consistent with each order. in the below pictures, i don't click directly on the triangle point of the previous order target. i click slightly to the right of it, because my fleet is angled that way as you can see in the picture earlier. but if your fleet is moving in a straight vertical line left or right, then you should use the point of the triangle circle. this is what i do for my angled fleet:
keep repeating it until you finish all the ships. do it at 1x speed so your ships move together and the line doesn't break. and there you have it, perfect orders
notice the movement trail behind the ships. they are moving perfectly parallel to each other:
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