Building items pieces not aligning

[nessling]

Suddenly on all 3 seeded worlds I have, and with any character I choose to play in it, when I try to place a build piece, it looks fine and aligned, but when I click the piece into place, it jumps slightly and end up out of alignment. I cannot build a thing now and nothing fits. Any thoughts anyone. Has anyone else has this happen?

[electricdawn]

Hm, are you using any mods? Only thing I can think of right now.

[nessling]

No no mods at all. I even uninstalled the game and reinstalled it to no avail. I'm running a radeon RX580 on this pc which is the recommended level in the system requirements. All drivers are up to date.

[electricdawn]

Pardon me, for being so stubborn on this, but this is pretty important: Have you ever used mods in the past? Just uninstalling the game through Steam will not get rid of those. You will also have to manually delete the "Valheim" game folder after uninstallation to get rid of mods.

[nessling]

I never use mods in any game. I wouldn't even know where to start in installing a mod.

[electricdawn]

Ok, this is really weird then. I think you don't actually have an issue with the game.

There is a weathering mechanic built in the game. If it rains, and the wood you are using to build is exposed to the rain, it will decay. It will change color and it will slightly move, so it may seem the pieces are unaligned.

Is that what you are experiencing?

Edit: Can you please post a screenshot? One more thing: Even perfectly "full health" wood pieces do not always align 100% and may sometimes seem crooked. This to probably make them look more natural and rugged, emulating the probably not 100% perfect wood crafting of a viking stranded alone in the wilderness of Valheim.

[nessling]

This is what I mean:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2836169790

[nessling]

From the back:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198064104063/screenshots/

[Shy]

Check your bindings, it could be you have the unsnap button set to something weird like left mouse.

This button usually is assigned to shift and lets you build an object without any snapping while it's held down.

if it's not that then perhaps you're moving your mouse as you click which puts it off the snap point?

[electricdawn]

I agree with @Shy. You might just move it a bit, so it loses its snap, or you have rebound the alternate build key (left shift) and bound it to your left mouse key. The game will let you assign one key to multiple functions.

[nessling]

Thanks, I hadn't thought of looking at key bindings. I had looked at mouse sensitivity and wondered at one point if it was a mouse issue. I had had issues with the game since I changed from gaming laptop to pc and I had fiddled about with the key bindings to make them the same as my laptop setting. I reset the key bindings and it seems to be working now. Still using the left mouse to place object but it's working now. Thanks for your input you two :) Much appreciated. It was driving batty.