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0011860AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Interface Ideas - Unit Selection, Management, and OrdersNov 23, 2013 8:18 pm
ReporterRanakastrasz Assigned To 
Status newResolutionno change required 
Product Version7.000 
Summary0011860: Control Group Tweaks
DescriptionAlthough some of it may be already possible, I would like to be able to do the following things (which I can't figure out)

-Deselect a control group, while retaining the rest of my selection
>I have a full control group of all combat ships, and a few subgroups of, say, raid ships, heavy ships (for Eyes/ ion cannons) and similar. Hence, would like hotkey combo to select full group, then deselect all the heavy ships, so I can place the fleet seperately. Or any combination. However, it requires 6 control groups instead of three using my current knowlege of the implementation of control groups.

-Remove unit selection from control group
> So I don't have to, when I want to remove a unit from a control group, either kill said unit (like, say, advanced factory), or else clear the group, then find every single example of said group from the whole galaxy.... Which takes forever.

-Allow L split, and possibly other things in galaxy view. This being so that I can quickly and easily split my fleet up between planets, without toggling between the views for each click. (May be possible by changing galaxy L hotkey, unsure)

-Some kind of Control Group Manip in Galaxy view.... I might need to put this in a separate suggestion, since it is a bit more ambitious.
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alocritani

Oct 3, 2013 6:45 am

reporter   ~0034451

Last edited: Oct 4, 2013 6:30 am

[quote]Remove unit selection from control group
> So I don't have to, when I want to remove a unit from a control group, either kill said unit (like, say, advanced factory), or else clear the group, then find every single example of said group from the whole galaxy.... Which takes forever.
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IIRC CTRL+ALT+GROUP# should remove selected unit from the group (ie: CTRL+ALT+1 remove selected units from group1).

By the way, a CTRL+X+GROUP# hotkeys exists, that make selected unit to be in the selected group only (ie: unit is in group 1 and in group 2 - CTRL+X+1 -> ship is now in group 1 only - X stands for eXclusive)

for problem 1 - not sure to have understood correctly - maybe ALT+group# will do the trick, but not sure - alternatively using units in multiple groups (ie: group 1 for 'all fleet', group 2 for 'all starship', group 3 = group 1+2, etc...)?

Ranakastrasz

Nov 23, 2013 8:17 pm

reporter   ~0034688

Ok, so you can remove your selection from a group, and also make a selection be part of a single group, removing it from all other groups. That may be sufficient.

Thanks.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Jun 19, 2013 4:00 pm Ranakastrasz New Issue
Oct 3, 2013 6:45 am alocritani Note Added: 0034451
Oct 4, 2013 6:30 am alocritani Note Edited: 0034451
Nov 23, 2013 8:17 pm Ranakastrasz Note Added: 0034688
Nov 23, 2013 8:18 pm Ranakastrasz Resolution open => no change required