Any tips for stacking storage crates?

[Scyris]

I can never get these things to line up and it drives me insane, any tips?

[Rheon]

Same here, wish they implement snapping option soon.

[Marmarmar34]

Practice makes perfect!

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Marmarmar34:

Practice makes perfect!

Pretty much this.

However, what could help is standing to one side and try to place them. That way you have a better angle on the front/back sides and you can just line up a side edge. You'll also have to stand pretty much right in the center of the side so you can get the angle right too.

[Yaridovich]

Just a lot of patience.

But like Rheon above, I've suggested snapping before and I hope they implement it in the future.

[Taehl]

I place them aligned to a wall, pushed up against it as far as possible. When I need to place the next crate, I align with the wall, push it as far back as possible, then eyeball the left/right offset. That lines them up well enough for me.

[uRBAN_Spaceman]

What they truly need to do is fix it so the game quits telling you "needs support" when stacking chests or building with bridges/on bridges. Its the most rage inducing thing about this game when things cant be placed for arbitrary reasons.

[Monokuma]

Originally posted by uRBAN_Spaceman:

What they truly need to do is fix it so the game quits telling you "needs support" when stacking chests or building with bridges/on bridges. Its the most rage inducing thing about this game when things cant be placed for arbitrary reasons.

I really want to believe the support requirements are a rough early access thing because you can SEE buildables being stacked higher than that in the trailers, the playtest signup one in particular

[moat]

You can stand INSIDE a blueprint while you're placing it. Actually, you can walk through ANY blueprint, whether it's been placed or not, you just can't assemble it if it's obstructed.

I also look STRAIGHT DOWN and I crouch while I place my blueprint so that I can walk more slowly and make finer adjustments, and so that I can align the blueprint model with other pieces of furniture or with things like floor tiles.

I also slightly offset my crates back a tiny bit so they create a little stair-step lip on the front so that I can climb up on them. Crates stack up to 3 high, so that makes getting on top of them a lot easier for when I inevitably place shelves and stack even more crates above.

[darkphoenixnova]

A few hints. The arrow indicates the front of the object. But more than that. it moves in and out to indicate the four cardinal points. When the arrow is closest to the object you would consider that true up down left or right. And we're talking miniscule movements to get it lined directly up with that. When the arrow's furthest out from the object you're at one of the quarter points. You specifically adjust this by turning your character slightly left or right from their perspective. Once aligned you can use the rotate button to stay perfectly centered in another direction. At this point you walk the object as indicated above in as close to the wall or another object as you want.

Now as for defying the stack of three law. Collect the tallest placeables you can find and use Bridges to go over top of your stack of three by working off existing structures. Place your object, I used water barrels in my example, directly lined up over your stack on the bridge. Now remove the bridge and your object will drop down on top of the stack. I'm currently building a set of stairs down the mountainside this way.

Experiment with your placeables as some do not have the expected result. Storage containers stack well, objects whose purpose is to interact with said containers do not always stack well. They can certainly be placed on top of each other but they may not perform their function If they aren't placed directly on a solid foundation.
Note that placing two objects on top of each other on a bridge and then removing the bridge will only drop the bottom object leaving the stacked item hanging in midair, If you remove the object on the ground then the floating object will drop.

My next experiment will be on wall placeables and their reaction to the removal of the object they are placed on. Possibly floating lights?

[Scyris]

I did happen to find this, it might help with the problem. https://www.nexusmods.com/abioticfactor/mods/29