Easier placement of liftable items

[Orgondor]

I would love to see a toggle option for viewing the placement of a liftable item in the same way in the same way it's done when building. This would make it a lot easier to place things aligned and close together or close to walls.
To clarify I'm not asking for a way to place things grid aligned, that's obviously in the game already. I want to see how it would look when placed, in the same way you do when building.
This would obviously need some sort of toggle option, like shift r-click for grid placement, or a button for switching modes...

Did a quick search for "liftable items" and didn't find a suggestion like this, sorry if it's been posted before.

[ElGato]

I would love to see a toggle option for viewing the placement of a liftable item in the same way in the same way it's done when building. This would make it a lot easier to place things aligned and close together or close to walls.
To clarify I'm not asking for a way to place things grid aligned, that's obviously in the game already. I want to see how it would look when placed, in the same way you do when building.
This would obviously need some sort of toggle option, like shift r-click for grid placement, or a button for switching modes...

Did a quick search for "liftable items" and didn't find a suggestion like this, sorry if it's been posted before.

huh?
you know that you can already shift + r click and the item will be dropped on a grid, right?

[Gotrek64]

I would love to see a toggle option for viewing the placement of a liftable item in the same way in the same way it's done when building. This would make it a lot easier to place things aligned and close together or close to walls.
To clarify I'm not asking for a way to place things grid aligned, that's obviously in the game already. I want to see how it would look when placed, in the same way you do when building.
This would obviously need some sort of toggle option, like shift r-click for grid placement, or a button for switching modes...

Did a quick search for "liftable items" and didn't find a suggestion like this, sorry if it's been posted before.

huh?
you know that you can already shift + r click and the item will be dropped on a grid, right?

do you read? he wasn't asking for that
"To clarify I'm not asking for a way to place things grid aligned, that's obviously in the game already. I want to see how it would look when placed, in the same way you do when building."

[mvgulik]

Preferably with some additional visual feedback on whether a object can actually be placed, or not, on the targeted position. (just in case )

[hfacktor]

The way lifting is currently set up (with the place option being a secondary click) it seems like it would be difficult to have something that doesn't really interfere with everyday lifting, say carrying a boat across land. Perhaps a compromise would be to have a visual indicator similar to that of building show up when you hold down ctrl, if that's even possible.

[sabinati]

I would love to see a toggle option for viewing the placement of a liftable item in the same way in the same way it's done when building. This would make it a lot easier to place things aligned and close together or close to walls.
To clarify I'm not asking for a way to place things grid aligned, that's obviously in the game already. I want to see how it would look when placed, in the same way you do when building.
This would obviously need some sort of toggle option, like shift r-click for grid placement, or a button for switching modes...

Did a quick search for "liftable items" and didn't find a suggestion like this, sorry if it's been posted before.

huh?
you know that you can already shift + r click and the item will be dropped on a grid, right?

he's saying he wants a toggle similar to the toggle for placing it on the grid. ctrl + rclick maybe?

[ElGato]

Well, I pretty much stopped as soon as I glanced at the sentence I read
Also, I don't think there is much use for a toggle like that sab. I mean, really how hard is it to press down the shift button for less than a second?

[hfacktor]

Well, I pretty much stopped as soon as I glanced at the sentence I read
Also, I don't think there is much use for a toggle like that sab. I mean, really how hard is it to press down the shift button for less than a second?

You have poor reading comprehension. Using shift+rclick is a "toggle" for placing lifted items on a grid. The OP knows about this. This isn't what he's talking about or asking for. He wants a similar "toggle" where instead of merely placing the lifted item on the grid, it makes the cursor similar to when building objects so it's easier to visualize the placement.

[mvgulik]

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.)

[burgingham]

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.