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Unit selection priority

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#323 opened on Jun 4, 2021

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Description

Hey, I play FAForever and thought I'd try this out. Good, but the number one feature I miss is...

Selection prioritisation

In SupCom, mouse drag-selection ignores engineers (construction units) and the commander if combat units are present, or ignores buildings if engineers are present. I believe there's also a mod that gives aircraft priority over other units.

I didn't see any settings related to this. It should probably be standard anyway.

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Research direction
Examine the existing unit selection code in Lua and implement a priority based selection system similar to Supreme Commander, where combat units are prioritized over engineers and commander, and buildings are ignored when engineers are selected. Also consider adding aircraft priority.
Tech stack
lua
Domain
game dev
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Feature
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4
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3-5 days
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Active
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Clear
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LuaGit
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50