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Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2015-04-05T17:44:31+02:00

Moved to mods.

Statistics: Posted by Legion Darrath — 05 Apr 2015, 17:44

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2015-04-04T17:23:42+02:00

I made a tweaked version of this mod.

You select some units. Then you hit the Split key (B) and it divides the selection into up to 100 groups of one unit and selects the first group. If you hit B again it will select the next group, then the next, etc. Another key Split backwards (V) selects the previous group.

So for example if you want to reclaim everywhere ... (ARC stands for alt right click - attack move)
you select 10 engies then B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC B ARC

the old way you had to
select 10 engies. ShiftAlt0, ALT1 ARC ALT2 ARC ALT3 ARC ALT4 ARC ... etc

So my tweak does exactly the same thing with just much less keys. When it splits the group on the initial B/V keystroke it does it in groups of 1. However if you wanted bigger groups you can still use the ShiftAlt1234567890 keys to create groups as you please then use B/V to swap through them.

The way I use this mod is all of the groups are throw-away. I don't keep the split groups for longer than 10 seconds.

This version disables the UI which is only really useful for groups that you keep. It also removes all split groups whenever you make any split-group.

I'm willing to share my variant of the mod to anyone interested. I recommend it since in some cases it really, really makes a huge difference.

Domino how would I do that ... should I make a new mod called Group Split PT or something? (pt = partytime)

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 04 Apr 2015, 17:23

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2014-02-17T08:41:00+02:00

thanks heaps for this domino, i use this pretty much every game. it works perfectly

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 17 Feb 2014, 08:41

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-12-02T14:39:10+02:00

Hey,

At a later date for v3, (version 2 is on the vault and its ui only, the version in this thread is not ui_only)
ill add a simple dialogue so that you can choose your own categories to split, driven by hotkeys.

so for instance, alt+shift+s could split your group into shields, directfire, defense, t1, t2, t2 ect.. what ever you wanted really.

like i say though, ill do this at a later date.

cheers.

Domino.

Statistics: Posted by Domino — 02 Dec 2013, 14:39

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-12-02T07:21:57+02:00

This is all quite interesting. But I was wondering. Is it possible to divide a group on a functional basis as well as a squad basis?

What I mean by this is as follows:
I have an army assigned to Ctrl + 1. It consists of 20 Tanks, 12 Artillery, 8 AA and 4 Mobile Shields. It is further subdivided into 4 tactical squads. With F1 to F4 being the Squads and F6 to F8 being the functional divisions.

F1 = 1st Squad. 5 Tanks, 3 Artillery, 2 AA and 1 Mobile Shield.
F2 = 2nd Squad. 5 Tanks, 3 Artillery, 2 AA and 1 Mobile Shield.
F3 = 3rd Squad. 5 Tanks, 3 Artillery, 2 AA and 1 Mobile Shield.
F4 = 4th Squad. 5 Tanks, 3 Artillery, 2 AA and 1 Mobile Shield.

F5 = Direct Fire Division. 20 Tanks.
F6 = Indirect Fire Division. 12 Artillery.
F7 = AA Division. 8 AA.
F8 = Support/Engineering Division. 4 Mobile Shields.

Pressing an F-key activates the sub-grouping. Pressing the same F-key again would revert to the overall selection.

Statistics: Posted by Hawkei — 02 Dec 2013, 07:21

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-12-01T22:56:44+02:00

Thanks, it was really nothing

Statistics: Posted by Domino — 01 Dec 2013, 22:56

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-12-01T22:48:55+02:00

Damn domino! That was fast!

/me is impressed

Statistics: Posted by Nombringer — 01 Dec 2013, 22:48

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-12-01T19:22:21+02:00

hey,

ok the mod is finished i think, from my testing it all seems to work fine, give it a try, report any errors found.

so,

alt + shift + 0 - 9 will split the group into that number.
alt + 0 - 9 will select that group (if it exists)

if you select unit(s) not in a group, you can hold alt and left click a group icon to add those units to that group.
if you have a group unit selected you can press alt + s to select the whole group (squad) you can also click the group icon.

alt + c will remove the selected group units from there group, but you can also right click on the groups icon to remove them.
you can select a group unit and alt + left click one of the other groups icon and that unit will switch groups.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/vp2da4lv4w31kx2/group_split.rar

thats about it.

Statistics: Posted by Domino — 01 Dec 2013, 19:22

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-12-01T09:32:22+02:00

CTRL G causes my game to freeze most of the time ...

Statistics: Posted by -_V_- — 01 Dec 2013, 09:32

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-11-30T23:50:04+02:00

Hi,

Didnt get much time this afternoon to complete the mod, spent an hour tonight on it though,
ive added the group icons to the left of screen, and split the selection by

command + subcommander
experimental
tech1
tech2
tech3
factory

and so, this is a general split, obvioulsy if all units are the same unit, it will split them into x amount of groups.
command and subcommand ALWAYS go into group 1, there are hot keys, if shift + ctrl are held if will filter factories and what not.

so far its all good.
ill complete it tomorrow and put it on the vault.

Statistics: Posted by Domino — 30 Nov 2013, 23:50

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-11-30T17:02:09+02:00

No. You attack then CTRL-G divides the attack. There is no way to give non attack moves or multiple moves. My vision is the divide selection would work with ctrl-g. So you could split off half of your bombers to attack these three (ctrl-g) targets whilst the other half go after the acu. The other advantage is each of my divided groups can have multiple moves for example first bomber can have several waypoints then attack.... not just an attack like ctrl-g

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 30 Nov 2013, 17:02

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-11-30T16:19:01+02:00

Quick question: Does the current ctrl + g command also work for non-attack orders?

Statistics: Posted by Wakke — 30 Nov 2013, 16:19

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-11-30T15:36:46+02:00

I have to say I'm pretty impressed that you actually built this already. How about next previous buttons to jump between groups? You dont need a ui for selection that way...

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 30 Nov 2013, 15:36

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-11-30T15:27:57+02:00

hehe,

Thanks Zock,

Thats a cool mod built for vanilla i think, however mine is a little but more advanced code wise, it will have the split groups icons on the LEFT side of the screen, like the control groups on the right side. i am however going to add the squad selection thing though (from a hot key),
that is a cool idea, where you can select one unit from a group and all units in that group are selected, mine also has the group number on the unit.

Statistics: Posted by Domino — 30 Nov 2013, 15:27

Re: Mod Idea - Divide Selection

2013-11-30T15:04:17+02:00

here

this is my edited version of the mod though. I changed the hotkeys, and the mod has some sort of UI for the squads, i moved that off the screen so it doesn't bother me

Statistics: Posted by Zock — 30 Nov 2013, 15:04