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by mikenew 1506 days ago
This is awesome, but I do have a nitpick. Using left click to select as well as move feels really unnatural to somebody coming from other RTS games. I probably have over 5k hours in StarCraft 2 and WC3, and that's a lot of muscle memory to contend with.
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Left click to select and move is how the Westwood RTSs worked.

Eg. Red alert 2

> Using left click to select as well as move feels really unnatural to somebody coming from other RTS games.

Is there a documented standard for RTS controls, at least for baseline features?

Not that I've ever come across, but Blizzard RTSs would have to be the gold standard. Age of Empires being second. Looking at those franchises would cover the majority of player expectations, at least in terms of basic mechanics like attack-moving, move-commands, unit selection, and so on.
Agreed but maybe this is a concession for mobile users? Can't confirm without registering an account.
This. I don't have nearly that much time in SC/2, but I still want to R-click to move.
This is how things have been for almost 30 years now. Are we old or are we old. WarCraft 2 was quite something