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[Docowskey]

First of all, this game isn't quite the cleaning game i wish it was. i would have preferred a less physics based nightmare, but i powered through it, and i've gotten used to most of the game. what i'm stuck on is the crate stacking. no matter how hard i try, i can not make things stack neatly. is there a trick to manipulating the crates? several things keep happening to me. when i try to place a crate, it keeps moving the one next to it. when i try stacking a crate on top of another, the upward angle screws everything up with my control and ability to see where i'm going and i end up bumping into stuff, thus setting back my progress. also, i keep thinking i've dropped something, and then i go to move, and i'm still holding the crate, and it bumps into everything like a wrecking ball ruining what i already did. at this point, i just want to get through the first damn level without being demoted. i've looked at a few guides just to figure out all the things i'm supposed to do. in the case of this game, G.I. Joe was wrong, knowing is NOT half the battle, because even though i know what i'm supposed to do, doing it is a massive battle. at this point, i'm not worrying about the paperwork, just completing the tasks; I can't imagine ever growing the patience to attempt the paperwork.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

[cannonf0dder]

Stacking isn't required for 100% completion, though the bonus does help to offset anything you may have missed.
So tips, don't cram them together, having a little gap leaves wiggle room for the physics to do its thing. If your view is being skewed, try changing your fov, a small change may be enough to stop you bumping around.
Also you don't need to stack the crates neatly, barrels must be upright, but crates can just be a big mess.
Last thing I would suggest is to scale your stack, start with the biggest crates on the floor and stack the smaller ones on top.
If all else fails, try changing the physics in the options menu.

[Docowskey]

thanks for the response. after posting, i ended up finishing the level with the crates stacked as good as i could get them. i would have liked to have been able to get them to stack neater, but i managed to get them to fit in the allotted space. i didn't notice the physics option in the menu, i'll have to check that out. its nice to know the boxes don't have to be perfect, i assumed they had to be perfectly flat. i was quite happy when i ended the level to see that i actually did a good job for a change. 105% i think, and employee of the month. i also found a letter in the office threatening me for doing too good a job.

[margotbean]

Actually, crates & boxes have to be upright, but the game allows them to be 60 degrees from upright (vertically) and still count.
You can manipulate the orientation of the crate while holding it by holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse around too.
I'm really glad you finished the level! For me, Unrefinery & the House of Horror DLC were the worst for stacking, I think I saved after placing every box/crate so they wouldn't topple. Unrefinery just has way too many crates!
Check out the wiki if you like: https://viscera-cleanup-detail.fandom.com/wiki/Stacking_Areas, it may have some more advice. Cheers!

[Docowskey]

I have a 3080ti. i was wondering why the drivers came on a 1.44" floppy disk. i don't currently have a working floppy drive in this computer so i will have to get a usb floppy drive and i will definately try the drivers that came with it once i get the floppy drive. i suppose i could install windows xp on an old pc which has a floppy drive and copy the contents of the driver disk to a thumb drive. I'm being sarcastic, of course. i will not be implementing any solutions that require the editing of data files, or downgrading / disabling drivers. i was just wondering if there was an intended method of doing things that would make stacking easier. all jokes aside, i do appreciate the information, its just that most of it doesn't fit my play style. i suppose the main takeaway is, part of the challenge of this game is to do things in spite of the janky physics.

hopefully this comes across as funny and not like i'm being a butt hole. i thought of the the floppy disk joke and i couldn't resist running with it.