Holding "E" for precising building...

[amk320]

I'm going bonkers here. I've been googling, I've watched videos. They all show you how to hold down "E" with an object selected in build mode to move it around more precisely, which is great, but no one explains how to actually PLACE it once it's in position.

There's even a thread on here with someone asking the same question, and no one answered.

How do you place an object you're moving around while holding E when E is the place key? Releasing E puts it back where it was. I've tried pressing everything. It's driving me crazy. Holding E allows me to get things into positions I want them in, but there's no way to keep them there.

[Zes]

holding E key does something else, it selects objects "as a group". objects standing close to eachother get selected as a signle object when your press and hold E key.

[amk320]

It does both. Select a single object then hold "E" and you can move it around more precisely. Just.. no idea what button places it. Hence the question.

[Catomic]

enter i think

[Zotliatlicor]

It should not revert to its old position if it is putlined in Green. You place it pressing E or your left mouse button (button 1). The holding of E for omvement of object should not interfere with its placement of E if the placement is legal.

Sometimes it may work to swiftly select another item, or exit and re-enter workshop mode.

[B-o-B]

Make sure the item is actually place-able in that certain area first.
You can trick floor pieces to go places they shouldn't by placing guard posts and wooden ladder floor platform bases first, if you can't get a floor lower or in a certain area. The floors will attach to them and then remove the ladder/guard post and vice versa.
You use mouse 1 and 2 to rotate the item/piece

[amk320]

Yeah, it's absolutely placeable to begin with. I'm watching and hearing it snap to the other piece I want it attached to. Releasing "E" puts it back where it started.

This isn't hard to duplicate. Pick up literally any piece of floor/wall/stairs, hold E, start moving it, then let go of E and watch it go right back to where it began, even if you moved it to a place it could go and was in green.

[𝓢𝓓𝓑]

Originally posted by amk320:

I'm going bonkers here. I've been googling, I've watched videos. They all show you how to hold down "E" with an object selected in build mode to move it around more precisely...

When I hold E it selects the item and releasing it doesn't do anything. It also does not change the movement to be more precise for me.

Mod or changed controls?

Maybe a sneaky rug hunkered down...

[Zekiran]

Holding E using Place Everywhere will select multiple connected pieces, I'm not 100% sure whether that is also a vanilla feature. It doesn't, however, enable any more precise placement options. If you have a place everywhere mod, read its faq.

[MUCP2]

Sorry, this is not how that works. Hold E to select an item until it starts floating. Then, stop holding E and just move the item around. Once you have it where you want it, press E again to place it.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Holding E using Place Everywhere will select multiple connected pieces, I'm not 100% sure whether that is also a vanilla feature. It doesn't, however, enable any more precise placement options. If you have a place everywhere mod, read its faq.

It is for vanilla also.

One thing that helped me a lot in settlement building was adding [Workshop] fItemRotationSpeed=0.5000 to the Fallout4 Configuration settings.

This slows down the placement rotation of placing items. It can adjusted according to how much you want to slow the rotation down.

[Empukris]

Group select is vanilla. It is the most common used glitch for item placement when you combine it with the foundation beam or other item that can go up and down. It is also used to put things near a wall by using mats.

Holding e will just group select the target. When it is highlighted in green and you release it, it does nothing your items should be floating now. Pressing e again should place the item. It should not put it back to the original location unless you cancel it by pressing tab.

There are many videos on vanilla settlement advance technique. I suggest you watch those. It explained in detail most of it.

[amk320]

I don't know if I'm just not explaining this properly?

Yes, I'm aware that for normal building, you simply press "E" to select an item you wish to place and release "E" while moving it and yourself around.

The "advanced building technique" videos, of which there are many, illustrate that if you HOLD E after selecting the item you're trying to place, you can more precisely move it up and down, and most importantly, this stops you from moving. The videos show the objects being moved around, but it never explains how to actually PLACE the object. Because you're holding E to move it precisely.

Yes, I know that holding E can be used to move an entire structure of connected objects, but it can also move single objects more precisely up/down/left/right.

[🆄🅽🅲🅻🅴 🅹🅾]

Here's what I do:

Select the item, say a concrete wall.
The item floats in front of me.
I now manoeuvre the item either by: Mouse Scrolling wheel for further or nearer, or...
Using wasd, and mouse left and right button to rotate, to move the wall until it snaps in place.
ENTER to place.
I can also hold E, then scrolling wheel to move the wall up or down until it snaps.
Release all to place.
I only ever press and hold E for up and down.

Not sure if I have the steps exactly correct, it's kind of intuitive by now, I don't think about it. Also, it's quite late and I'm a few Whiskeys deep.

[Bored Peon]

#1 Holding E says you are using the keyboard to build. I use a controller.

#2 Holding E has multiple functions.
- quick press is just the object.
- press and hold will grab everything linked to the object (this can be VERY bad if using SS2)
- After grabbing holding it down allows you to use another key/buton/dpad to move the object vertically horizontally, etc.

Originally posted by 🆄🅽🅲🅻🅴 🅹🅾:

Not sure if I have the steps exactly correct, it's kind of intuitive by now, I don't think about it. Also, it's quite late and I'm a few Whiskeys deep.

Yeah it is rough, I abandoned the keyboard like eight years ago for a controller...lol.

If you aint done it yet, as others pointed out, go install Place Everywhere, as a builder player it will improve your game SOOO much. I refuse to play without that mod.