Postponed commands

[Gota]

was thinking wouldnt it be good to give out delayed commands.
For example you have a group of 20 kbots and you want to quickly speperate them into 2 different groupsand sendeach group to a different location to flank another group that you want to attack.
The widget woul allow you to select a few units and give them movement orders and than selelct another group of units and givethe mmovemenet orders as well than by pressing a button or releasing a button the 2 groupswill start executing the movement orders mabe even allow fod another version when the 2 groups will move in a speed so that both of the groups reach their destinations at thesame time.

[ILMTitan]

The first part of your request can be done using the (hidden) wait command. Select the units, and press shift-w. Then queue the commands you want. Finally, select all of the units again, and press w. At that point they will all begin following the orders you queued.

[MelTraX]

Afaik, the same speed can be accomplished by pressing alt or ctrl (which also holds formation).. No need for Lua magic here..

[ironized]

what i would love is a lua script to help time attacks.

for example


>>>> ------------------- (((((
>>> [tanks] --------------((((( [enemy tanks]
>>> --------------------------((((((





--------------------------------- ^^^^^^^^^^^^ [more tanks]

i would like both groups of tanks to get to the enemy at the same time.

even if i just got given a eta on arrival, id be happy, it is just very annoying trying to do precise things like flanking, when your tanks turn up 10 seconds late.

[Acidd_UK]

Afaik, the same speed can be accomplished by pressing alt or ctrl (which also holds formation)

Wow, I never knew that!

[Masure]

was thinking wouldnt it be good to give out delayed commands.
For example you have a group of 20 kbots and you want to quickly speperate them into 2 different groupsand sendeach group to a different location to flank another group that you want to attack.
The widget woul allow you to select a few units and give them movement orders and than selelct another group of units and givethe mmovemenet orders as well than by pressing a button or releasing a button the 2 groupswill start executing the movement orders mabe even allow fod another version when the 2 groups will move in a speed so that both of the groups reach their destinations at thesame time.

I recently made a short lua to split a selection in # groups. This could help you to manage your units.

[Gota]

Imo the whole grouping 12345... thing doesn work for spring tbh
at least not for me.
When you playing a high pased game you dont hae time to make comfterble and pretty groups plus units are build all the time and sometimes you need to split forces very fast and join them back together and so on.

I di not know about the shift w wtf...dant these commands should be revealed to the public.

[ILMTitan]

http://spring.clan-sy.com/wiki/Using_Or ... it_.28W.29

It is in the closest thing we have to an instruction manual, but I agree that most people don't read it, and it is otherwise rather hidden. Suggestions on how to change that are appreciated.

[imbaczek]

Tutorial lua startscript/mod/gadget. No other way will be effective.

[ironized]

have a controls page ingame....

make them part of the ui.

[Tribulexrenamed]

Imo the whole grouping 12345... thing doesn work for spring tbh
at least not for me.
When you playing a high pased game you dont hae time to make comfterble and pretty groups plus units are build all the time and sometimes you need to split forces very fast and join them back together and so on.

I di not know about the shift w wtf...dant these commands should be revealed to the public.

The way I use groups is whenever I give a group of units a command, I assign those units to a group. It is an instinctive habit that I have developed. This makes it easier to keep track of your units, and prevents you from accidentally missing a unit when you select an attack force. Leaving one unit behind is a big loss, because every unit costs metal, and every unit counts. Using the unitgroups LUA widget helps you to know what groups you already are using, and which groups are available. It also tells you which groups are getting attacked. Good cake.