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Hello.

Ive searched and didnt find this, when placing a ghost underground pipe i very often get it placed the wrong direction by the drones, so i have to push once more to re-direct the pipe. when pressing shift to place ghost it kinda rotates to the wrong position and then back.

sorry about shitty video quality. https://youtu.be/jKnix-y_3cE

There is no way to tell what is happening in this video. If you can produce incorrect behavior post a save and precise steps that do please, see 3638.

my underground pipe points one direction, i place a ghost and drone flies out to put it and the installs it the wrong direction.

i would also like the game to change the direction of the ghost when i have placed one pipe just as when you place them by hand.

ok how about this video https://youtu.be/wcD_Nhxr8bo

Skeez wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:27 pm

my underground pipe points one direction, i place a ghost and drone flies out to put it and the installs it the wrong direction.

Even from the video it is evident that this is not what is actually happening: Ghost is placed, ghost is overwritten by ghost in opposite direction, bot places correctly underground pipe in opposite direction.

If you can reproduce this in vanilla, post a save and steps that do. NaB.

ok so i found what was happening, i had changed the control to place ghost to just "left shift", not "left shift+ left click mouse" as is standard, but still dosent explain why they rotate when i place the pipes.

Undergrounds when placed swap the direction in hand for the next, your shift is placing one, then your click is placing the opposite, overwriting the first ghost.

if you want to place several of one direction in a row, use copy and paste.