Maybe because that one didn’t come from videogames. Selection sets or groups have been a thing on UI for a long time, ever since vertex editor on CAD software.
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plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I wonder what the source of the RTS conventions was. Ctrl num for making groups. Double press to centre on group. X for scattering units. A to stop them. Pretty sure these predate C&C but the only one before that I can think of is dune.
dustyData@lemmy.world 3 months ago
sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Dune was the second RTS ever though