Building Suggestion: Allow toggle for snapping + some clipping

[Momo]

It is driving me NUTS when I try to build a good perimeter wall around my base, and the MOMENT a pixel of something else is on my foundation I can't build jack on it. Also the aggressive snapping is annoying when I'm trying to build different foundations in disconnected locations.

Let people be able to toggle snapping to make building less of a headache. And allow clipping into other structures/world structures. If we want our bases to look bad, that's our decision lol

[Sobek]

Agreed, some clipping is beneficial to achieve symmetry and connectedness with the terrain.

[07Amnesia]

Agreed, building is currently the one thing that make me lose my mind in game.

[SynthFox]

Originally posted by 07Amnesia:

Agreed, building is currently the one thing that make me lose my mind in game.

Same

[Kjeldar]

Originally posted by 07Amnesia:

Agreed, building is currently the one thing that make me lose my mind in game.

Same.Clipping/Grid to turn on/off would be real nice

[Monkey Magic]

This post should be bumped daily XD

I build staircases around the foundations of my base so they clip into the ground (miking it look like steps to a raised platform, but in order to continue pathing (again, using foundations) one has to:

- Get as close as possible to the last step showing above ground without clip detection.
- Get as near perfect as possible on along the parallel
- Hope that your placing is accurate enough to not clip detect the build.

I recently expanded the courtyard on my base, and it's clip detecting the last two foundations, so I can not place them :(

A toggle for clipping would put an end to this problem, and another for disabling snap would also be a great addition. [Control] and [Shift] are currently used to toggle food stacks (take half, and take 1) so this would work.

[Magnus]

And foundations should snap to the grid of other building pieces.
Right now, foundation only snaps to other foundation. This means if you build stairs up a cliff, you can't have them attach to foundations on both the top and bottom of it.
Since you can only build within 2 tiles from foundation (horizontally), this limits how big you can make anything that isn't over completely flat land.