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Where are the ramp blocks and why is my builder menu looking like crap?
OK, every Youtube video i watch has a really nice builder menu. Mine looks like a 5 year old vomited on the screen.

Nice Builder: https://i.imgur.com/YQ0eFGC.png

My Builder: https://i.imgur.com/oqfFoLN.png

I also don't have ramp blocks at all.

What the eff is going on here?
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Fichom Mar 14, 2020 @ 10:24am 
Hey, the build menu has been updated, and you are probably watching outdated videos. To decluter the block selection menu, all the block of the same 'type' were put under one icon. Those blocks that are grouped now have a '+' symbol of their picture. So if you select those blocks, aditional list of other shapes will appear in the secondary listing(notice how in your picture, you selected framework, and then there is another row with a framework shape - well that is where the slopes will appear for the blocks that have them).

I'm also not 100% into the new builder look, but this particular problem you are having is something I actually really like(bunching all the same-type blocks together, to take up less space).
Last edited by Fichom; Mar 14, 2020 @ 10:25am
Originally posted by ;3096727531030353857:
Hey, the build menu has been updated, and you are probably watching outdated videos. To decluter the block selection menu, all the block of the same 'type' were put under one icon. Those blocks that are grouped now have a '+' symbol of their picture. So if you select those blocks, aditional list of other shapes will appear in the secondary listing(notice how in your picture, you selected framework, and then there is another row with a framework shape - well that is where the slopes will appear for the blocks that have them).

I'm also not 100% into the new builder look, but this particular problem you are having is something I actually really like(bunching all the same-type blocks together, to take up less space).


It's nice if you know it. UI should be clear and intuitive not obscuring.

The original build menu was clear and intuitive. This new thing is a joke and i would fire any UI designer even suggesting this change.
fluxtorrent Mar 14, 2020 @ 10:51am 
Thats probably why you don't run a successful game development studio.
Fichom Mar 14, 2020 @ 10:58am 
Originally posted by Skyrant Kangaroomouse:
Originally posted by ;3096727531030353857:
Hey, the build menu has been updated, and you are probably watching outdated videos. To decluter the block selection menu, all the block of the same 'type' were put under one icon. Those blocks that are grouped now have a '+' symbol of their picture. So if you select those blocks, aditional list of other shapes will appear in the secondary listing(notice how in your picture, you selected framework, and then there is another row with a framework shape - well that is where the slopes will appear for the blocks that have them).

I'm also not 100% into the new builder look, but this particular problem you are having is something I actually really like(bunching all the same-type blocks together, to take up less space).


It's nice if you know it. UI should be clear and intuitive not obscuring.

The original build menu was clear and intuitive. This new thing is a joke and i would fire any UI designer even suggesting this change.


Yeah, I know, I've been contemplating this for a while, and I have to agree with you. But not on the '+' blocks part. I will post a thread on this in discussion, so feel free to join in ;).
FuryoftheStars Mar 14, 2020 @ 11:08am 
Yeah, apart from the rude take on it, I do agree that I kind of liked the old setup better. Aside from the block selection menu itself. That change I liked.
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Date Posted: Mar 14, 2020 @ 10:16am
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