Option: Grid While Placing Item

[Deadly-Bagel]

I'm constantly having to count out tiles when putting Assemblers 3 tiles apart or planning belt paths or trying to work out the damn Roboport's hitbox but I can't stand the grid because it's somewhat obscuring.

How about an option for just a small, 3 tile fading grid from the object:

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(I'm aware the grid doesn't line up, not sure why as I based it on the belt widths but it's only a rough job)

Having an option, or even better a hotkey added to the ALT view, to enable this limited grid would be a huge quality of life improvement to those without rulers in our eyes =)

[steinio]

Ha - implemented

No seriously - if you press F4 ingame you get a menu with developers options.If you select the basic tab and untick all except show_tile_grid you can enable/disable a grid with F5.

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Greetings steinio

[HurkWurk]

i want a option to show a grid during placement only.

[steinio]

i want a option to show a grid during placement only.

Ok, thought there could be a quick and dirty solution

[HurkWurk]

it should not take much code to add an option that enables a grid when you are holding a placeable object.

[Artentus]

This is a great idea.
This feature has been in the last 4 Anno games and was quite useful for me, I can see it to be the same for Factorio.

[ssilk]

Great visualisation, Deadly-Bagel!
For me this is a simple addition to the ALT-view. The signal placing and the wagon positions should look similar.

[Deadly-Bagel]

Ha - implemented

No seriously - if you press F4 ingame you get a menu with developers options.If you select the basic tab and untick all except show_tile_grid you can enable/disable a grid with F5.

I know that but as I said I feel it somewhat obscuring, like looking at the game through a mesh. I would prefer it to be local to the item I am placing, three tiles is a good number as the brain typically works in threes and it's a pretty standard max distance between two machines (sharing a belt for example).

Great visualisation, Deadly-Bagel!
For me this is a simple addition to the ALT-view. The signal placing and the wagon positions should look similar.

Thanks =D Yeah that's a good point, with it on the ALT view it could be easily toggled while holding a machine if you want to hide it for whatever reason, but typically if you use it it will be constantly on (like all the other ALT view stuff).

[Someguy12121]

Great visualisation, Deadly-Bagel!
For me this is a simple addition to the ALT-view. The signal placing and the wagon positions should look similar.

I really like this idea

[Hovel]

I'm constantly having to count out tiles when putting Assemblers 3 tiles apart or planning belt paths or trying to work out the damn Roboport's hitbox but I can't stand the grid because it's somewhat obscuring.

How about an option for just a small, 3 tile fading grid from the object:

PlacementGrid.jpg

(I'm aware the grid doesn't line up, not sure why as I based it on the belt widths but it's only a rough job)

Having an option, or even better a hotkey added to the ALT view, to enable this limited grid would be a huge quality of life improvement to those without rulers in our eyes =)

I support this 100%! I'm still sometimes strugling to correctly place assembling machines/chemical plants/etc .
Maybe an additional option to set the range of the grid would be nice.

[Engimage]

Great idea, adding much QoL to the game

[steinio]

Once upon a time there was this mod: viewtopic.php?f=92&t=20061&p=195156&hil ... er#p126552

Maybe someone can rework it to this needs.

Greetings steinio

[Bart]

Wow, this is really nice! Please add this to the game, devs .