Half Meter gaps

[Cannon Fodder]

Has anyone been finding that they align things to the "Global Grid" and when joining two disjointed, but otherwise global-grid structures something ends up one half a meter off height wise?

[Maconijnr]

Don't use the 1m foundations for your 1st foundation piece you lay, always use the same start foundation platform in each of your different locations :)

When you snapt to the world grid it sets the foundation height at the middle of the foundation depth,
so if you use the 1m foundation it ends up only half a meter tall,above the snap point,
if you use a 2m it is set at 1m above snap level and a 4m is at 2m above :)

Starting a new location and snapping a 1m foundation will always be 1/2 a meter off when you try to connect different zones if you have started them using different foundations :)

In short 2m foundation is the best to use, if you want a 1m height to start building from when snapping to world grid :)

[Flash✪Gordon]

2 m and 4 m foundaments fully aligne with the world grid.
1 m foundations are half a meter off on z-axis.

Nudging also only works on x and y, not on z. That is actually a thing many players wish for.

[info]

Mod Infinite Nudge will move in Z and a whole lot more.

[Flash✪Gordon]

Originally posted by info:

and a whole lot more.

In which dimension do you live my friend?

[Cannon Fodder]

Originally posted by Maconijnr:

Don't use the 1m foundations for your 1st foundation piece you lay, always use the same start foundation platform in each of your different locations :)

When you snapt to the world grid it sets the foundation height at the middle of the foundation depth,
so if you use the 1m foundation it ends up only half a meter tall,above the snap point,
if you use a 2m it is set at 1m above snap level and a 4m is at 2m above :)

Starting a new location and snapping a 1m foundation will always be 1/2 a meter off when you try to connect different zones if you have started them using different foundations :)

In short 2m foundation is the best to use, if you want a 1m height to start building from when snapping to world grid :)

I've found it occuring even with 4M,
I guess the better question is, is Coffee Stain aware of the issue?

[Flash✪Gordon]

4 m foundations should align with the world grid. you might once have started with a 1 meter piece. or forgot to press CTRL.

If you are sure that you didnt then you report it to the Q&A site (and if possible add a convicing printscreen)

[Maconijnr]

No idea just always been that way, no idea if they know or if it's intentional lol :)

With it happening with the 4m, it all depends what foundation you 1st placed when you started your new game did you place a 1m or a 4m and everytime you went and built elsewhere did you always use the same foundation size for the 1st world grid placement at that location,
if you placed a 1m then using the 4m elsewhere will be off when joining them together, the problem is always remembering when in a building frenzy lol that when you snap any foundation to the world grid it has to be the same size as the very 1st foundation you placed on the save, because if at any point you forget and snap say a 2m instead of the 1m you started with you are now 1/2 a meter out,
its so annoying that i make a personal note to only use the 4m foundation, when snapping to the world grid and i have had no issues so far since i started my new save and adopted using 4m's for 1st foundation placements in different areas :)

[Cannon Fodder]

Originally posted by Gordon✪Gekko:

4 m foundations should align with the world grid. you might once have started with a 1 meter piece. or forgot to press CTRL.

If you are sure that you didnt then you report it to the Q&A site (and if possible add a convicing printscreen)

Regardless of whether i'm using 4M or not... the purpose of a world grid is to ensure alignment across unconnected, distant areas. If you start with a 1m, 2m, or 4m, then start another with 1m, 2m, or 4m and they misalign by half a meter.... it's not working as intended, full stop. The issue isn't that i'm not using the correct work around, it's why there's a workaround lmao

[Flash✪Gordon]

the solution is to just not use 1 meter foundations if aligning to world grid is very important for you. Technicall if you connect 1 meter foundations to 2 m or 4 m foundations it doesn't matter. But it might be easier to just renounce from using 1 meter foundations. Like Mr. Maconijnr wrote: If you are in a frency it might be easy to overlook it. on the quick dial I have 2 meter foundations (1 tap to E makes it a 4 m foundation, and another one to 1 meter foundations). Like this it comes naturally to use 2 m foundations more.

[Flash✪Gordon]

Originally posted by Cannon Fodder:

Regardless of whether i'm using 4M or not. If you start with a 1m, 2m, or 4m, then start another with 1m, 2m, or 4m and they misalign by half a meter

1 meter foundations do NOT align to the world grid. that is a bug since I play the game.

[Cannon Fodder]

And that's fine.
I'll do that.

But that's still not the point...

[Maconijnr]

Originally posted by Cannon Fodder:

And that's fine.
I'll do that.

But that's still not the point...

your right that there shouldn't have to be a work around :)
but it's all we have to play with lol
If you really want to use a 1m for starting with at an area, snap a 4m to the world grid, then snap your 1m to the 4m and delete the 4m and then you have your 1m foundation start that isn't half a meter off, you can snap to the bottom of the 4m or to the top or the sides, as long as you just never snap the 1m directly using CTRL key to the world grid your heights will always match up :)

[Scoob454]

The only time I have such an issue is when I use 1m foundations. Using 2m or 4m foundations makes it easier when lining up conveyor lifts or poles. I'm pretty sure the lifts and poles use 2m increment measurements.

[info]

Originally posted by Gordon✪Gekko:

Originally posted by info:

and a whole lot more.

In which dimension do you live my friend? :ccveryhappy:

The one where Pitch and Yaw exist.

Also 2 levels of 'adjustable' amount of nudge, nudge beyond 8m (hence infinite).

So yeah, a whole lot more. You can wait for v9 though if you want. It might show up, or it might not.

[XistenZ]

Originally posted by Gordon✪Gekko:

Originally posted by Cannon Fodder:

Regardless of whether i'm using 4M or not. If you start with a 1m, 2m, or 4m, then start another with 1m, 2m, or 4m and they misalign by half a meter

1 meter foundations do NOT align to the world grid. that is a bug since I play the game.

They do though. You can be ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sure that if you snap to the grid at one point of the map, at any other point where you also snap to the grid you can make a pixel perfect line between those two points. The height also snaps to the grid in increments, we just have no clue what height that is. Adding some overlay numbers with coordinates when hitting CTRL would help, but absolutely not a bug