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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0007129Valley 1Gameplay IdeaApr 19, 2012 3:32 pm
ReporterBluddy Assigned To 
Severityminor 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Product Version0.930 
Summary0007129: Keyboard-only mode should still place stuff with the mouse
DescriptionCurrently in keyboard only mode, placing platforms and crates is a bit of a crapshoot. Here's what I propose:

- If you haven't moved the mouse in the past X minutes (say 1), the platform/crate should be placed as it is now.
- If you recently moved the mouse, the platform/crate should be placed where you moved the mouse to.

This gives you the flexibility of placing things fast if you're in a rush (middle of combat) or placing things with the mouse if you need to be precise (in water or when in a pit etc.) It does require special logic for crates and platforms though.
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Bluddy

Apr 17, 2012 5:40 pm

reporter   ~0022214

Thinking about it some more, there could be some weird edge cases here. So how about pressing the crate button will create a crate where it is now, while pressing and holding would place it where the mouse is like in mouse mode?

keith.lamothe

Apr 19, 2012 3:32 pm

administrator   ~0022370

For 0.934:

* Fixed a longstanding bug where tab-targeting was impacting the deploy-item ability (which is used for placing platforms, crates, etc) despite it specifically having the flag that makes it ignore tab-targeting.

* Fixed a bug where the new "Use Ability: Place Platform", etc bindings from last version were not obeying the aim-keyboard-abilities-at-mouse-cursor behavior of the keyboard+mouse mode.


I don't know if that addresses the issue so I'm not marking it resolved, but fyi.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Apr 17, 2012 4:06 pm Bluddy New Issue
Apr 17, 2012 4:13 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Apr 17, 2012 4:13 pm tigersfan Status new => considering
Apr 17, 2012 5:40 pm Bluddy Note Added: 0022214
Apr 19, 2012 3:32 pm keith.lamothe Note Added: 0022370
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea