# Help w/Unit Formations?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-w-unit-formations/164094>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 28, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-w-unit-formations/164094 "2005-09-28T14:59:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Supra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@Supra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Supra)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-w-unit-formations/164094/1 "2005-09-28T14:59:58Z")

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Does anyone know a basic example for how to handle unit formations?  
For example:

- I’d like to draw 5 circles
- then be able to move those 5 circles around the stage individually using a mouse click. Click on one circle, move it to a position. Click on another circle, move it to a different position, etc…
- then select some circles out of the five. For example, I have 5 circles and only want to put 3 or 4 of them into a formation but leave the other remaining circles where they were moved last
- then click a preferred button (buttons 1,2,3,4, or 5)
- click on the stage and only those 4 circles arrange themselves in a formation such as a box, line, ‘I’ formation, etc.

Think of how some RTS games utilize formations if that helps understanding…

Thanks in advance!