Easiest way to deselect/drop items back to the utility bar?

[DailyFrankPeter]

I have to say in some missions I'm feeling the time pressure. I don't know if this is expected or even desired in this kind of game, but perhaps we'll get to that - it's still early access. I'd rather fight against some factory cost/efficiency target rather than against the clock (and finiteness of resources) - I think some nice feeling is lost there: by the time I lay out a factory that is beautiful like clockwork... I'll have run out of something. It's almost more efficient to just drop stuff into boxes and carry a few batches manually, because it's gonna be mined out anyway by the time you pull the infrastructure there.

In the meantime, if I'm trying to change between, say, conveyor belts - loaders - powerlines quickly, I know I can sometimes use number keys for picking up items from the quickbar, but can you not drop them back (to where the hand icon is) with Esc or some other easy key?

[phillip_lynx]

Q ist the key

[DailyFrankPeter]

Originally posted by phillip_lynx:

Q ist the key

Thanks.

[<unknown>]

For the first part if you want to take your time and don't want to see mining spot depleting before far far far far away in time . When you start a new game in "richness" column put it to "very rich" each ore will have around 3-4K.

[phillip_lynx]

Originally posted by ;412448792354942812:

... When you start a new game in "richness" column put it to "very rich" each ore will have around 3-4K.

difficult if you play a scenario :)

[DailyFrankPeter]

Originally posted by known:

For the first part if you want to take your time and don't want to see mining spot depleting before far far far far away in time . When you start a new game in "richness" column put it to "very rich" each ore will have around 3-4K.

Good tip, thanks.
I was talking about the 4th mission where it started me off with big mining complexes. Every time I replay it now (and I do love to replay this game, don't get me wrong) I start by removing generators and mines, which feels very odd...

[DailyFrankPeter]

Originally posted by phillip_lynx:

Originally posted by ;412448792354942812:

... When you start a new game in "richness" column put it to "very rich" each ore will have around 3-4K.

difficult if you play a scenario :)

There you go. Somebody agrees!