Mod created to select category units

[Okpuck]

Hello,

I created a specific MOD to select specific units (see the MOD in attachment). You can select:
the LAND direct fire excep scout
the LAND indirect fire
the LAND anti air
the air Fighters
the Bombers
and so on.....
I put also in attchment my game.prefs for keypad affectation.
This works correctly with the AEON, CYBRAN and FTU race but failed for SERAPHIM race

Indeed, when I try to select LAND direct fire for instance or select whatever the specific units by my MOD, it selects everything instead of only land direct fire units. You can make a trial in the following replay 5727490 from 1min40 game play. It would seem that teh function "UISelectionByCategory" fails for SERAPHIM race.

Thanks in advance for your support.
If we succeed to fix this issue, I can share my MOD with FAF players

[Okpuck]

I made a game completely weird with sera: (5731207)
I had the issue until 10min as soon as ACU built the PD tech2, the issue disappear!
Unbelievable!!!

I ask to all MOD pro guys to explain me why the MOD that I've created , doesn't work. PLS!

[Okpuck]

Nobody can't help me

[jackherer]

I can, dont play sera xD

[speed2]

Well it's highly inefficient put put it directly unit BPs instead of categories.

There is already a option to select all air fighters, so maybe have a look at that how that's done and it might give you some clues.
https://github.com/FAForever/fa/blob/develop/lua/keymap/keyactions.lua#L336

[Okpuck]

Thanks speed2 for this link but I would like to select specific units and not category units.
I created a new version of this mod but it failed as soon as I'm seraphim race.
What is the approppriate function to select specific units?
Or How can I choose category units without specific units like (for example):
- select only ASF/interceptors
- select land fire except scout/engineers/mobileshield

Thanks in advance for your support.
Because of this issue, I can't be in random faction.

[nine2]

I made select fighters.


['select_anti_air_fighters'] = {action = 'UI_Lua import("/lua/keymap/smartSelection.lua").smartSelect("AIR HIGHALTAIR ANTIAIR -BOMBER")', category = 'selection', order = 42,},


Using smart select you can select some categories and EXCLUDE others with minus symbol, which means you can make category shortcuts but exclude a few things by category/id

[nine2]

The way the mod works is weird

function OnScreenDirect()
UISelectionByCategory("ALLUNITS", false,false,false,false) SelectUnits(GetUnitsByType({'ual0303','uel0303','xel0305','url0303','xrl0305','xsl0303','ual0201','ual0202','xal0203','del0204','uel0201','uel0202','uel0203','drl0204','url0202','url0203','xsl0201','xsl0202','xsl0203','ual0106','uel0106','url0106','url0107'}, GetSelectedUnits()))
end

you should be able to just do this:

UISelectionByCategory("ual0303, uel0303, etc", false,false,false,false)

haven't actually check that it works though. my keybinding thread is here:

viewtopic.php?f=40&t=8230&hilit=+keybinding#p77553

The problem with just trying to select fighters is it will include corsair which is technically a fighter.

Re this: - select land fire except scout/engineers/mobileshield

You could smart select something like "DIRECT MOBILE LAND -IdOfScout1 -IdOfScout2 -IdOfShield"

[nine2]

I don't know why it fails for Seraphim ... sounds very weird - perhaps you have some other mod that doesnt work on Seraphim. You should disable your other mods.

You don't need a mod at ALL to make your key bindings. You could just add new entries to your game.prefs file to make your selection keys, then bind them.

[Okpuck]

Youpi you found my solution. Thx a lot Anihilnine!
I don't understand why I didn't think before....
I used this function UISelectionByCategory("ual0303, uel0303, etc", false,false,false,false)
It works perfectly! No issue on the seraphim race so that i can use random race

I confirm that it would have been more smart to use category instead of specific units but with the categories I can't make select only interceptors and ASFs (corsairs are also included). With my way, I choose exactly the units that I want to select/control.

Many thanks again for your solution.