How to Make Your Units Attack Everything on an Attack Move Command in Tempest Rising

I love to play “lazy” and amass many units to send them all out in one attack command in RTS games, and Tempest Rising is no different. The thing is, your units won’t attack buildings by default, for some reason. They just stand there.

Luckily, there’s a setting to adjust and fix this problem. Here’s how to command your units to attack buildings, too, using an attack-move command in Tempest Rising.

How to Command Your Units to Attack Buildings Automatically in Tempest Rising

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To make your units attack everything, including buildings, during an attack-move command, open the settings either from the main menu or the in-game menu. Go to the “Game” tab and scroll down until you see the ” Default Units Attack Behavior” setting.

There are two settings available: Attack Threats and Attack All.

Attack Threats include all enemy combatant units, garrisoned enemy buildings, turrets, and upgraded buildings that shoot back (upgraded Barracks or Machine Shops, for example).

Attack All should encompass everything, such as static buildings like Power Plants and even enemy walls. Set this to “Attack All” so your army automatically attacks anything on an attack-move command.

There are a few cons, such as some of your army shooting at irrelevant walls while there is literally an ongoing battle. The AI could use some work and could probably be fixed up in a future patch. But in the end, we can still just focus on the economy and then build a giant army to steamroll the map with one command.

How to Move Units in Synchronized Movement in Tempest Rising

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Above the Default Units Attack Behavior setting, there’s a Default Units Move Behavior setting. There are two options: Default movement or synchronized movement.

The “Default Movement” lets every unit move at its own pace, meaning light vehicles will almost always move way ahead of your tanks, and infantry will be left behind.

If you set it to synchronized movement, your army will stick together. Synchronized movement works best for efficiency, as your army will always fight together.

In some situations, you want the default movement to be active, like when your base is getting attacked and you want your units there as fast as possible so they don’t destroy any buildings. At any rate, these are useful settings and great to know.