[1.1.74] Relative grid position restriction in blueprints with rail is unnecessary

[Tooster]

When trying to setup relative grid OFFSET for a blueprint containing rails, there is a restriction for "grid position value for this blueprint has to be a multiple of 2". This is true for a grid SIZE, but when the grid is in a relative mode, this restriction is obsolete, as that would work for any offset. This restriction should only apply to the grid size and an absolute grid position.

Use the blueprint below and setup the relative position to -1, -1. It should be valid but the game reports error.

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[Loewchen]

This is not a bug.

[Tooster]

But it's not a feature either. Maybe it's not a crash, but it's clearly an oversight. If this got moved to Not a Bug then is this closed as wontfix or is it now in the backlog?

[cbhj1]

Rails are locked to the global grid in 2x2 pieces, any blueprints with rails have to be locked to the same 2x2 grid spacing to be valid.

[Tooster]

This is not a bug.

Rails are locked to the global grid in 2x2 pieces, any blueprints with rails have to be locked to the same 2x2 grid spacing to be valid.

I think you may have missed the point. As you can see below, it's impossible to create a RELATIVE grid for the blueprint with a rail:


Currently only this kind of grid is possible - with even offsets in X and Y


But this would also be a valid RELATIVE grid. The offset should not matter. Only the width and height should be divisible by 2.:

[ickputzdirwech]

But this would also be a valid RELATIVE grid. The offset should not matter. Only the width and height should be divisible by 2.:

Makes sense to me.

[FuryoftheStars]

I agree with the OP on this one, too.

[Loewchen]

I see grid position with relative snap as irrelevant either way, but I'll reopen this.

[robot256]

The relative BP grid is only ever compared to itself, right? You get the same functional result with any 4-wide relative grid, no matter where the entities in the BP are relative to the grid. Each successive placement will be 4 tiles over from the last. Rails will still only be placed on the 2x2 absolute grid.

Wanting it to be centered around a single rail is a purely visual aesthetic choice in the BP GUI display.

[boskid]

I am not considering this to be important to fix. Having this relative grid position be allowed to be out of core entity snapping would only have a cosmetic effect and tiny effects on the cursor position but it would not add any new behaviors or would not remove any existing behaviors. I will mark this as minor.