Assigning Guns and/or Horses to Garrison Colonists

[hansbobo24]

Does anyone know of an easy way to assign guns and/or horses to colonists that are in the garrison section of a colony? I got a couple colonies that are producing guns and horses (or importing them), but assigning them to colonists when the time comes seems more difficult that it has to be.

Right now I first move the colonist from the garrison section into the colony proper (either the 8 square radius or a building) and then back to the garrison section. After moving the colonist back, a pop-up window will appear allowing me to assign the colonist to a soldier, dragoon, etc.

I was hopeful that double-clicking on the garrison colonist would allow me to make the assignment, or moving guns/horses to the colonist would do it, but it doesn't seem to work.

Any thoughts would be most appreciated...even if it's RTFM. Thanks.

 

[historix69]

Easiest way is to leave the City-View and enter the map. Select the unit in the city you want to equip. Select the "Change Profession" (?) - Button or Alt-P (or CTRL-P???) to assign the new job inside or outside the city. There is also a hint to this topic in the huge list of Game-Tipps which can be found on Load-Screen and in Civilopedia.

 

[glee]

I was asking the same question.

Although historix69's solution works, both procedures still involve several clicks.
Mildly irritating.

 

[Merkill]

yes an aded feature of beeing able to double click and assign them in city screen would be welcome and save a few clicks.