Unit selection priority

[dhardy]

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.

[sprunk]

If this is desired here's the ZK implementation https://github.com/ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K/blob/master/LuaUI/Widgets/gui_selection_hierarchy.lua

[skynet-gh]

This already exists in some form, in Settings > Game > Include structures in area-selection, and under that option, include builders.

Commander is considered a builder by this (but you can always select com with ctrl + c). You can also hold shift to override and select all units in an area.

[WatchTheFort]

I'm with dhardy on this, I think we should implement selection as it is in FAF, we don't need the proliferation of options.

Doing a box select will only select the highest priority group: Combat (including intel) -> Builders (including Commander) -> Buildings. Note that doing a shift + box select selects everything. Units that weren't intended to be selected can be removed by using the selection pane.

[KyleAnthonyShepherd]

Discord has had requests for Unit selection priority to also have options for aircraft, and mobile anti-nukes, and a few other toggles. Could be a good first issue for a UI contributor.