Cannot do the advanced movement with multiselected groups.

[Lelka]

https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/46151

Seems like this is an issue already on the issue tracker. Please check it out. I contributed the issue.

So, if you go into Multi-select mode with I key, and select multiple groups with Ctrl clicking, the game prohibits me from advanced moving those groups, saying I 'Cannot duplicate more than one group at a time.' But I'm not duplicating, I'm just trying to move those two groups!

Here's the proof:

 

[Lelka]

1.8.1 and still not fixed. :/
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[XT]

Ah. I get that frequently too. Just use the regular 'move' button to move the object, but x out before actually placing it (so it snaps back to it's original location). Then when you go to advanced move the buttons should work properly. It's annoying but can be worked around.

 

[Lelka]

1.8.2, still not fixed.
Workaround works, but this is a situation of "A function that supposed to work not working." Can we get this fixed, please?

 

[CISAC]

This is still an issue in 1.12 and the workaround no longer works.
It's been 1 year.
It's baffling how many issues build mode has that just aren't fixed.

 

[Captain Callum]

This is still an issue in 1.12 and the workaround no longer works.
It's been 1 year.
It's baffling how many issues build mode has that just aren't fixed.

i like to use the individual multi select tool to highlight the group then duplicate it then advanced move as a full group works. Annoying but still works as a workaround

 

[CISAC]

i like to use the individual multi select tool to highlight the group then duplicate it then advanced move as a full group works. Annoying but still works as a workaround

It doesn't even let me duplicate because apparently it's more than one building?
The shop inside isn't even selected so how is it more than one building?

I'm just trying to make a house shell I can duplicate and add to all my shops.
Why is this so hard?
My walls are all different groups of one element and I can't split them because "cannot split groups with only one piece"

EDIT:
I managed to do it by trying multiple times and shift selecting one by one making sure that the button wouldn't become greyed out.
Buggy and not intuitive in the slightest...
And I still can't duplicate the new group so I'm going to have to do it all again. lol.

EDIT 2:
Deselecting what the game selected automatically and selecting the group again made it possible to duplicate it.
Seems like a bug regarding the checks the game makes when you select something to determine if its possible to duplicate it.