Easier placement of liftable items

[theTrav]

I'd use it for getting the best use out of space indoors. Putting down things like tanning buckets and herb tables is really painful, shift click won't let you get close enough to the edge.

A custom client could probably do the ghost image pretty easily, but I'm not sure about an indicator of whether it'll successfully deploy or not... Depends on whether hitbox info is part of the Resource object

[kaka]

Here's a trick I've used quite a few times that might help you, granted that you can build whatever it is you are carrying.

While carrying something, simply choose that same thing from the build menu and it will show up at the cursor.
Right click one time to cancel the building, right click again to place the object in the exact same spot.
Just don't forget the shift key works reversed for placing carryables and construction signs.

[hfacktor]

That's actually a decent idea and is similar to what I use when moving bee hives to see their radius.

[sabinati]

ctrl + rclick maybe?

Should that not be [ctrl]+[some other key] or just [ctrl]. (+Character is lifting a object.)
rclick, or assuming RMClick, is "drop lifted object" so that would be a little late. Unless RMClick is split into a [RMClick-Down]:show placement preview, and [RMClick-Up]:Do drop lifted object. (in this last case, no additional toggle key seems to be needed. works directly for [shift]+[RMClick] to.)

err, yes, really it would just be [ctrl]. (+Character is lifting a object.) to show the preview, and right clicking, whether ctrl was pressed or not, would place the object

[Jackard]

this has already been suggested

[Granger]

Also, I don't think there is much use for a toggle like that.

Pretty much this. I know I wouldn't use it, on the other hand it doesn't hurt either if people really want this.

I think it could be useful, eg for placing objects inside houses (since some of the walls are bugged for placing eg. herbalist tables on the grid).
Also to align LCs nicely W/E direction without the gaps you get when you put them onto the grid, normal chests N/S direction, etc.

[loftar]

For now, I have added a function where you can click on another object while carrying something, in order to place the object you're carrying directly adjacent to the object you clicked.

It does not currently work when clicking on tanning tubs, kilns or other objects that act as receptacles, but it does work for all other things, including herbalist tables and containers.

[mvgulik]

Cool. Works like a charm.


--- Hopes the same trick will be possible (code wize) for edges. (fingers crossed.) ---