When in Workbench, how to deselect ?

[Dr_Amnezio]

Hi guys. I'm getting mad because i don't know which key i have to press to unselect the actual object. For example, when i have places all the blocks i want, i still have a block in my hand. How to have nothing in the hand pls ?

[Dprince]

Don't think we can. Yeah drives me nuts too

[Dr_Amnezio]

It's just essential. How could they not think about it?

[RoboJon]

You can go into paint mode and you'll have nothing selected.

[Dr_Amnezio]

Ok but how to move an already installed block ? Do we really have to remove and replace this block ?

[[SOT]Plasson]

Originally posted by Dr_Amnezio:

Ok but how to move an already installed block ? Do we really have to remove and replace this block ?

yes.

[Dr_Amnezio]

I hope the "unselect" key and the possibility to have more than 1 action by key will come :)

[NerVusTwiTch]

Another control issue that bugs me, unless its there I just cant find it.

Is lets say I take the default chopper and want to make the main body of it longer/bigger. You cant just disconnect the tail section and slide the main boby forward to add more on,you have to delete and make an entire new tail section?

Or am I really missing something here?

[Dr_Amnezio]

You have to make a new tail section...
I had the same problem with the default boat

[NerVusTwiTch]

Figured, just annoying from some other games, KSP to be exact.
KSP allows what I mentioned and makes things so much easier. Plus you can prefab parts to use across many builds,I didnt see that feature here either.
Hopefully they make it in eventually.

[Dr_Amnezio]

A lot of games have :
-Unselect the object
-Copy and paste
-Merge a part to an other etc etc
But we have to remember that Stormworks only has something like one week and is in Alpha so i stay optimistic although i could say that a lot of things are missing.
I'm hoping the devs will update often the game and i'm hurry to see all the actions/keys that we mentionned :)

[SPIKE]

Hello peeps. I came upon this discussion and although it is exactly a year old know was just curious if you all came right?

Still no deselect option but the Move/Cut/Copy/Paste is available.

[Dr_Amnezio]

That's too bad, in fact the game has not really changed since the beginning...

[SPIKE]

I only started playing it three days ago but from the videos from last year iv seen there are quite a few changes many things are fix that were just not working before

[XLjedi]

These games do tend to live/die based on the designer interface. This one is still a tad clunky, but I've seen worse.

I'm "aware" of the camera on this one and that's generally not good. Doesn't seem to move smoothly (not granular enough) and can be quite frustrating when trying to navigate confined spaces.

Clicking to move a part or group of parts would be another welcomed addition. The select tool does the job, but it's a bit tedious to use.

On the positive side, the cut/paste ability to drop disconnected or sub-assembly type parts into a design was executed perfectly. Part rotation and mirroring was also handled well. I was also pleased to see the symmetry and section plane features... both implemented better than most.

In other creator-type games, I've referred to the practice of having parts stuck to your cursor as "part boogers" and I do find myself looking for ways to fling them off my cursor. I do sorta wish devs would abandon that practice in general. For now, I find myself selecting the eraser tool or paintbrush to rid myself of the booger, but it does cause me to accidentally delete/paint things from time to time. Maybe a simple hotkey to remove the ghostie would suffice?