Pathing

I have played a couple of games and pathing feels so annoying, units go around hills even when I tell them to go to the top of it.
I understand that they are supossed to take the optimal path, but it differs so much from the order i gave them that they get close to the enemy and get killed. Just too unpredictable.
Did pathing get changed in recent versions or am I so rusty that I forgot how annoying the control feels?
How do I force an unit to take just the straight path without placing over 9000 orders?

"Did pathing get changed in recent versions "

yes

Illustrated just for you.


Anyone want to guess what #2 is referencing to? :P

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quote: 1st one is correct though

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Pathfinder works in different resolution depending on distance.
At furthest distance it only calculates less excact path, small obstacles or so 'are not seen' at this first rough estimation.
When unit gets nearer to goal the resolution increases and a more excact path is calculated.
In extreme cases the "rough path" and "excact path" do not fit with each other, causing the unit to endlessly walk back & forth or suddendly finding itself close to goal but on the wrong side of a cliff.
/e lamer's mantis link explains it better

First picture is SO accurate

Fear not, enemy units will suffer the same penalty.
Also try !setoptions pathfinder=QTPFS