RTS-like unit selection

Allow player to select units by clicking on them or dragging a selection box.

Authors and contributors to this community extension: VictrisGames, Slash.

How To Use:

The "Allow player to select units" action must run every frame to work properly
When a drag is in progress, all units inside the selection box will be "PreSelected"
When the drag is released, all "PreSelected" units will be changed to "Selected"
Hold the additive select key to add units to selection
Hold the subtractive select key to remove units from selection

Control Group controls:

Ctrl + (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,0) assigns that Control Group to Selected units
(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,0) selects all units that are assigned to that Control Group

Selection box:

When dragging, the selection area will be drawn by a Shape Painter object.
If a Shape Painter instance has not been added in the scene, it will be created automatically.
To change the appearance of the selection area, change the Shape Painter properties.
Reduce the fill opacity of the SelectionBox (shape painter object) so that units and terrain can be seen behind it.

Tips:

Use the "Preselected" and "Selected" conditions to highlight units that are being interacted with
Create an object group (i.e. "SelectableUnits") to control which types of objects can be selected
Use conditions to restrict which object instances can be selected.
Use the "SelectedUnitID" to design formations of units.
Shape painter object should be on the same layer as the units being selected
Always use ForEach() events when using the conditions in this extension because extension conditions do not currently perform object picking.

Actions

Assign unit to a control group
Assign unit to a control group.

Assign a unique ID to each "Selected" unit
Assign a unique ID to each "Selected" unit. This should be ran every time there is a change in the number of "Selected" units.

Enable control groups using default controls
Enable control groups using default controls.

Allow player to select units by clicking on them or dragging a selection box
Allow player to select units by clicking on them or dragging a selection box.

Set unit as "Preselected"
Set unit as "Preselected".

Set unit as "Selected"
Set unit as "Selected".

Conditions

Check if a unit is assigned to a control group
Check if a unit is assigned to a control group.

Is unit "Preselected"
Check if the unit is "Preselected".

Is unit "Selected"
Check if the unit is "Selected".

Expressions

Expression	Description
`RTSUnitSelection::ControlGroupID(object)`	Control group this unit is assigned to.
	👾 Object	Unit
`RTSUnitSelection::SelectedUnitID(object)`	Unit ID of a selected unit.
	👾 Object	Unit
`RTSUnitSelection::TotalSelectedUnits(object)`	Provides the total number of PARAM1 that are currently "Selected".
	👾 Object	Unit

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