Solar Panels Edges Snap to Each Other.
Dex_Luther
Montreal, Qc Join Date: 2016-03-26 Member: 214839Members
Montreal, Qc Join Date: 2016-03-26 Member: 214839Members
I don't know if this has already been suggested, is planned, or it's already in the game and I missed it somehow, but I was placing down solar panels and couldn't for the life of me get them to all line up straight or at least have equal space between them.
The problem is compounded by the fact that the character is constantly bobbing up and down, which makes being precise a matter of quickly spamming the mouse button as the outline is quickly flashing between red and green.
The whole time I was trying to create my solar farm I was thinking "Wouldn't it be great if the panel I'm trying to place snapped to the edge of the one next to it?"
Some sort of grid system would be helpful. When one is placed, it creates an invisible square around it's placement. Then trying to put a second one down next to it it's placement square snaps to the side of the one already placed and so on.
There might even be other items in the game that this might be useful for, and there will more than likely be items in the future that would benefit from something like this.
Again, forgive me if this has already been suggested, is already planned, or is somehow already a hidden option in the game.
The problem is compounded by the fact that the character is constantly bobbing up and down, which makes being precise a matter of quickly spamming the mouse button as the outline is quickly flashing between red and green.
The whole time I was trying to create my solar farm I was thinking "Wouldn't it be great if the panel I'm trying to place snapped to the edge of the one next to it?"
Some sort of grid system would be helpful. When one is placed, it creates an invisible square around it's placement. Then trying to put a second one down next to it it's placement square snaps to the side of the one already placed and so on.
There might even be other items in the game that this might be useful for, and there will more than likely be items in the future that would benefit from something like this.
Again, forgive me if this has already been suggested, is already planned, or is somehow already a hidden option in the game.
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WASD for movement,
space and shift for up and down,
QE for rotation and
mouse weel for step range.
I mean, the solar panels in question have been deleted because I moved my base to the Grand Reef, but for future games... there's just something pleasing to the eye about perfect ranks and files.
I'm glad people think it's a good idea.
I could flame you if that makes you feel any better o/
Having installed 3 panels in real life for a total of 450 watts of free power.
Im one serious ''everything needs to be **** perfectly aligned or gtfo'' freak, you'd be impressed by the degree of crazy demented time i waste just to place 5 solar panels next to each other so that they look perfectly aligned lol (yeah i know, its scary) So having them auto. snap into place right next to each others would be my lil piece of heaven.
Of course, id be happy if EVERYTHING you build right next to another one of the same type would magically snap onto each other as a matter of fact, but id be happy with just them solar panels
Like I said I'm sure other items could benefit from this treatment, but I'm not sure what those items are. That's why I didn't list any. If you have any that come to mind, don't be shy and list them out here.
If the devs decide to implement this (crossing my fingers!) it might be useful to them if they saw a list of other items they could apply the same code to while they are at it.
-Lockers (both ground and walls ones)
-Planter trays (both outdoors and indoors)
-Signs
-Picture frames
Thats mostly what im psycho on making them aligned perfectly along with the solar panels