Duplicate + advanced move on multi select tool
- Thread starter Vampiro
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Yes, agree. You can do this when all scenery is connected to a building, but this isn't always the case. So, it would be very useful to be able to select multiple pieces and Ctrl+D/Ctrl+C them.
I want this so bad, i made a theme skin with some planks, having to duplicate every single plank is very tedious and time consuming. Would be so much better if i could select the 20 planks, and than duplicate them all at once.
You can save the selection as a blueprint and do it that way, otherwise you need to add a building piece to make it act as a building. I agree it would be handy though
Vampiro
Volunteer Moderator
Thats exactly why i suggested it
Now you always have to make it a blueprint or add a building piece.
Life would be much more easy if we could just advanced move an entire selection
FinalMantasyX
Banned
Not being able to duplicate multi-selected scenery items is absolutely baffling. There is no reason to do it this way.
Why dont I do you one better? They should just supply us with the option to use advanced move/rotate for all situations no matter what. Buildings, duplication of objects, scenery, etc. There are such things as checkboxes, if they are so afraid of taking away this restrictive 90 degree rotation and grid movement then give us option to change it in checkbox instead. [wacky]
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Thats exactly why i suggested it
Now you always have to make it a blueprint or add a building piece.
Life would be much more easy if we could just advanced move an entire selection
They honestly need to make that button what it should have been meant to do....Multi-Select to either "duplicate or move" the contents without having to make a Blueprint would be Fantastic.
So I TOTALLY Agree and along with the next couple of texts as well...
Love this idea!!
I'll take it one step further....
wait for it...
ok.. have the tool also be able to select paths to duplicate along with the other items you've selected!!
Be able to pick up your entire main street/entrance plaza, duplicate it, and relocate it if you want! Make it to where the path "state" (I.E: if it has a bin or bench) be saved and duplicated as well.
Too easy right?
I guess I don't see what the problem is because everything that I would WANT to duplicate, I already just add a building piece and create it as a building instead. Super easy to do, takes practically 0 extra time, and the only time it doesnt work is if for some reason you decided to place a bunch of scenery while not in building mode to begin with. Simple solution that does in fact exist.
Yes, I know what you're asking for is SLIGHTLY (and I mean ever so slightly) more convenient, but the mechanic to do such things DOES exist. Since the step to make this work is so minor, I don't see the devs wanting to change the game for this. Mostly because one thing we as gamers tend to forget is what it cost to make big changes in a game, and changing a mechanic, while seemingly simple, still can require a lot of resources to do.
Yes, I know what you're asking for is SLIGHTLY (and I mean ever so slightly) more convenient, but the mechanic to do such things DOES exist. Since the step to make this work is so minor, I don't see the devs wanting to change the game for this. Mostly because one thing we as gamers tend to forget is what it cost to make big changes in a game, and changing a mechanic, while seemingly simple, still can require a lot of resources to do.
I have soooo many useless blueprints with things that I needed just one or two time. Blueprints called "aaa", with "aaa" as description, and in the "food" blueprint category because it's the first one of the list, just to use it to duplicate things ... [sad]
These are the last major problems of the construction tool !
I asked this several times, during alpha, during beta, but I will try again since Vampiro posted it again.
This could be extremely useful to have :
3 things that could accelerate construction (at least by 50%, maybe more) with some complex buildings and also with constructions with repetitive group of pieces [yesnod]
Please Frontier !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These are the last major problems of the construction tool !
I asked this several times, during alpha, during beta, but I will try again since Vampiro posted it again.
This could be extremely useful to have :
- - A way to merge things together (the equivalent of CTRL+E - Or I do not know what the key combination is on QWERTY keyboards - to merge layers on photoshop) which would be a way of creating a sort of blueprint in live, but without going through the blueprint system, and more importantly, who stay merged when you move it (technically : several grids that are merged into one grid, which is something that already exist)
- - + The possibility to duplicate two (or more) objects after selecting it with "multiple selection tool" just like what you can do with one object (like Vampiro asked)
- - And also, if possible ... to duplicate something (including a "merged building") on the same axis when you maintain SHIFT the a scroll on one axis with the 3D Gizmo (to earn few clicks compared to the current procedure)
3 things that could accelerate construction (at least by 50%, maybe more) with some complex buildings and also with constructions with repetitive group of pieces [yesnod]
Please Frontier !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^ +1 to everything Angelis said! [haha]
I also have lots and lots of blueprints of stuff I needed to duplicate in my own parks... It would be awesome of we could have this, please!