I don't understand anything. Please help.

[Elsa]

I literally don't get anything.

Why can't I place blocks next to other blocks sometimes? Why does that matter?

the keyboard based building seems weird,

Why when I rotate a cylender I have to look at a 45 degree diagonally upward or else I won't be able to make it so I can connect it (When pressing g)

I have done some tutorials and while they're helpful to a degree, I feel like I understand about as much if not a tiny bit more, but either way I sitll don't get it.

I can't even go into creative mode and make a new vehicle without it bugging out or having the stupid camera move along with the sea. Sometimes capslock works, but I can't get a new vehicle to be made without it for some stupid reason getting stuck on my boat.

What am I doing wrong here? Do I seriuosly have to put in 500 hours of watching tutorials to understand anything? I, obviously, haven't put much time into it in game but tutorials seem to be lacking on what I actually need, like being able to place a block (Why does this happen!?!?)

I like this game, but I don't like playing it at this point. I want to play it, but to put the cherry on top I have some stupid visual big where the boat shakes and looks like some stupid visual tearing FPS bullcrap. I even put my refresh rate back at 60hz instead of 144, but that didn't really help.

Help, I need it.

[mellow]

Why can't I place blocks next to other blocks sometimes? Why does that matter?

idk this is just annoying tbh

Why when I rotate a cylender I have to look at a 45 degree diagonally upward or else I won't be able to make it so I can connect it (When pressing g)

i never even use g, to rotate i just hold tab and used wasd

I can't even go into creative mode and make a new vehicle without it bugging out or having the stupid camera move along with the sea. Sometimes capslock works, but I can't get a new vehicle to be made without it for some stupid reason getting stuck on my boat.

if you press tab it will let you move the camera around but it will still follow your character, if you press e twice it will stop following your character.
if you get your character far enough away from the vehicle to have the ammo, engine, fuel, etc all disapear then pressing b in an open space will start building a new vehicle, but if you press b when looking at another vehicle it will start building on that one.

and did you watch the youtube tutorial? i think you can find it ingame, it helps allot

[FourGreenFields]

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

Why can't I place blocks next to other blocks sometimes? Why does that matter?

I am not sure if that's a feature that will have a use later, or if it's an obsolete feature - or if it's meant to prevent people from attaching things that don't connect anyway.
If you really need to, place a metal block or something so you can place the equipment (well, typically it is equipment), and then remove the metal again - if the equipment borders another block, it will stay.
Or you can prefab the equipment you want placed.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

the keyboard based building seems weird,

Why when I rotate a cylender I have to look at a 45 degree diagonally upward or else I won't be able to make it so I can connect it (When pressing g)

I dare say it takes some getting used to, but is in no way inferior to other systems - in FtD I'd definitly recommend it, as it's easier to place blocks in enclosed spaces, or place one block every 2m that way.

Same for rotation. If I need to place several blocks in a certain orientation, I will lock the orientation, otherwise I throw the camera around.

There are options to change both settings though (mouse-based building, and orientation-locked-by-default), so you can adjust that if you want.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

I can't even go into creative mode and make a new vehicle without it bugging out or having the stupid camera move along with the sea. Sometimes capslock works, but I can't get a new vehicle to be made without it for some stupid reason getting stuck on my boat.

In the block-selection menu, there are blocks to place a new vehicle, fortress, or structure. Same tab as turrets and spinners (new constructables? Can't check the name right now, it's pretty low in the list). That's another way to build a new craft, in addition to what mellow said.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

I like this game, but I don't like playing it at this point. I want to play it, but to put the cherry on top I have some stupid visual big where the boat shakes and looks like some stupid visual tearing FPS bullcrap. I even put my refresh rate back at 60hz instead of 144, but that didn't really help.

Screenshots/vids, reproduction steps. Could be a fixable issue, could be that the devs would be happy to see a bug report. Maybe it's even fixed in the dev branch, no idea.

[TheDude1972]

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

I literally don't get anything.

Why can't I place blocks next to other blocks sometimes? Why does that matter?

Some blocks don't have placements on all sides, usually you can see this by the little green nobs that stick out from the part you want to place. (example, missile controller)

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

Why when I rotate a cylender I have to look at a 45 degree diagonally upward or else I won't be able to make it so I can connect it (When pressing g)

You're better of using the TAB key to rotate everything. G is handy for if you're already looking the way you want it to point to but holding TAB gives you better rotation control.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

I have done some tutorials and while they're helpful to a degree, I feel like I understand about as much if not a tiny bit more, but either way I sitll don't get it.

I can't even go into creative mode and make a new vehicle without it bugging out or having the stupid camera move along with the sea. Sometimes capslock works, but I can't get a new vehicle to be made without it for some stupid reason getting stuck on my boat.

The best way to start a new vehicle is to either use delete all vehicles first and simply use B to start your new vehicle. Or us (in build mode) the new vehicle option after first moving your build cursor to a free area.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

What am I doing wrong here? Do I seriuosly have to put in 500 hours of watching tutorials to understand anything? I, obviously, haven't put much time into it in game but tutorials seem to

Nope, I recently started playing (steam sale of course) and I'm already doing well in the campaign and have designed ships, subs and thruster aircraft by now. Not pretty, not perfect but they work.

I totally understand where you're coming from, personally the video's from youtuber Lathland helped me the most.

Once you get the basics and are used to the odd way of building it actually is a really great game where you can dunk in a lot of hours.

I hope this info helps a little. good luck!

[Elsa]

Originally posted by an lol mellow:

Why can't I place blocks next to other blocks sometimes? Why does that matter?

idk this is just annoying tbh

Why when I rotate a cylender I have to look at a 45 degree diagonally upward or else I won't be able to make it so I can connect it (When pressing g)

i never even use g, to rotate i just hold tab and used wasd

I can't even go into creative mode and make a new vehicle without it bugging out or having the stupid camera move along with the sea. Sometimes capslock works, but I can't get a new vehicle to be made without it for some stupid reason getting stuck on my boat.

if you press tab it will let you move the camera around but it will still follow your character, if you press e twice it will stop following your character.
if you get your character far enough away from the vehicle to have the ammo, engine, fuel, etc all disapear then pressing b in an open space will start building a new vehicle, but if you press b when looking at another vehicle it will start building on that one.

and did you watch the youtube tutorial? i think you can find it ingame, it helps allot

Hey, I added you to ask some things about FTD, if you wouldn't mind accepting.

[Elsa]

Originally posted by FourGreenFields:

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

Why can't I place blocks next to other blocks sometimes? Why does that matter?

I am not sure if that's a feature that will have a use later, or if it's an obsolete feature - or if it's meant to prevent people from attaching things that don't connect anyway.
If you really need to, place a metal block or something so you can place the equipment (well, typically it is equipment), and then remove the metal again - if the equipment borders another block, it will stay.
Or you can prefab the equipment you want placed.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

the keyboard based building seems weird,

Why when I rotate a cylender I have to look at a 45 degree diagonally upward or else I won't be able to make it so I can connect it (When pressing g)

I dare say it takes some getting used to, but is in no way inferior to other systems - in FtD I'd definitly recommend it, as it's easier to place blocks in enclosed spaces, or place one block every 2m that way.

Same for rotation. If I need to place several blocks in a certain orientation, I will lock the orientation, otherwise I throw the camera around.

There are options to change both settings though (mouse-based building, and orientation-locked-by-default), so you can adjust that if you want.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

I can't even go into creative mode and make a new vehicle without it bugging out or having the stupid camera move along with the sea. Sometimes capslock works, but I can't get a new vehicle to be made without it for some stupid reason getting stuck on my boat.

In the block-selection menu, there are blocks to place a new vehicle, fortress, or structure. Same tab as turrets and spinners (new constructables? Can't check the name right now, it's pretty low in the list). That's another way to build a new craft, in addition to what mellow said.

Originally posted by Pirpyat Neir:

I like this game, but I don't like playing it at this point. I want to play it, but to put the cherry on top I have some stupid visual big where the boat shakes and looks like some stupid visual tearing FPS bullcrap. I even put my refresh rate back at 60hz instead of 144, but that didn't really help.

Screenshots/vids, reproduction steps. Could be a fixable issue, could be that the devs would be happy to see a bug report. Maybe it's even fixed in the dev branch, no idea.

Hey, I appreciate the reply.

I was somewhat frusterated when I got done with this post because the annoyance of that visual bug + the feeling of complete cluelessness had me heated a little bit, but I'm better now and I am glad that everyone here is willing to give me some tips.

I added you so I can show you what I'm talking about with the visual bug, maybe you could help me or tell me if you also have the same issues.

[Elsa]

Originally posted by TheDude1972:

I hope this info helps a little. good luck!

Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it dude.

[p3st|cIdE]

The best way to start a new vehicle is using keyboard based building mode (press F3) which lets you place the new vehicle wherever you like, away from the boat you're on. Mouse building mode snaps the build point to wherever the mouse is aiming at, which indeed makes starting a new boat very frustrating, especially from the default raft, which has this nasty ram array in the front which tends to destroy your new boat right away. lol