Cant place thrusters on platform

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Cant place thrusters on platform

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When trying to place thrusters in the correct spot, the ghost stays red and it says "Cannot build on space platform foundation" Any idea?
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Re: Cant place thrusters on platform

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Find out what your issue was?

If not, mind sending us a picture for reference.
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Re: Cant place thrusters on platform

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Hold Shift for force-build.
I'm under impression that thrusters hitbox don't quite match with foundation required.
So it's easier to force-build while keeping few extra platforms in stockpile than to guess where these few extra pieces are needed.
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Re: Cant place thrusters on platform

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DragoonGXG wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2024 3:44 pm Find out what your issue was?

If not, mind sending us a picture for reference.
Apparently Holding shift+ctrl was the solution. For whatever reason it wouldnt accept me placing it on the foundation but when I press shift+ctrl it would in the same exact spot.
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Re: Cant place thrusters on platform

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Part of the thruster structure needs to be placed on open space, so if you try placing them on top of existing platform foundation it may require the super-force build (shift+ctrl) to automatically remove existing foundation.
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