We're nearing 1.0 so why can't we rotate the moonpool for placement yet?
SpacedInvader
Join Date: 2016-01-08 Member: 211083Members
Join Date: 2016-01-08 Member: 211083Members
I've been away for more than a year at this point and after all this time, I've come back to find that its still impossible to rotate the moonpool, forcing players to plan their base around the moonpool from the beginning rather than being able to place it where they want once they've researched it. While this is a minor headache for older players who know how to work with the part, it is going to be a major headache and complaint for new players once 1.0 releases and they start showing up in droves. Most people will have a base established by the time they finish researching the moonpool and will end up very frustrated when they go to place it and find they can only get it in the orientation they want by completely rebuilding their entire base from scratch with the right orientation.
What I'd like to know is, after all this time, why hasn't this been addressed? Is there some issue with the engine that precludes the ability to rotate the part because it has 6 connection points? Is it just that not enough people have complained? Or have I just missed something and the devs are planning on changing it, but just haven't gotten around to it yet?
What I'd like to know is, after all this time, why hasn't this been addressed? Is there some issue with the engine that precludes the ability to rotate the part because it has 6 connection points? Is it just that not enough people have complained? Or have I just missed something and the devs are planning on changing it, but just haven't gotten around to it yet?
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Well, first of all, what you describe doesn't seem to work for me... I've now built 10 corridors out from a T-junction that I used to replace a straight corridor and the moonpool is still in the same orientation. Unless I've misunderstood and am doing it wrong, the only way to change the orientation of the moonpool still seems to be to reorient the entire base. That said, even if I'm able to get this to work, it doesn't change the underlying problem... the part should be able to rotated just like any other part in the game instead of requiring some hi-jinks.
(I just looked this up, apparently some left handers use left hand for wasd anyway, but I do know someone left handed that binds everything on numberpad)
Is there a difference?
Maybe he should have tried...forward forward back back left right left right B A ?
I'd contra your point, but nein
I agree wholeheartedly. Couple that with non-Multipurpose Room Ladders being oriented based upon the orientation of the foundations as well and you actually create a situation where there are some base layouts that simply cannot be made sensible (such as the one I just tried to make in my current game).
I'm hoping this optimism is warranted. I haven't been following the dev trello as religiously as I used to, but I've not seen any mention that they will be doing anything about it at all, so I'm not holding my breath. This is also the reason I decided to bring it up in a thread here, hoping that they will take notice and add it to the list of things that need to be done.
Typically depends on what you learn first and how much practice you put into the other handedness. I'm left-handed and wouldn't be able to use a mouse with my left hand to save my life. Then again all of my mouse movements will always be just a fraction of a second slower than a right-handed person using one because their brain is more hardwired to their right hand.
I'm left-handed and like most left-handed people, I use a mix of left and right hand on various things. I write left-handed, use scissors right-handed, shoot right-handed but with a left master eye. I can throw a ball, brush my teeth, or use a mouse with either hand, but it's different with different hands. With a mouse, I'm most comfortable with my right hand, especially with the buttons. But I've used left hand on the mouse and right hand on the numeric keypad on some data entry systems.