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NeoLemmix => Community Edition => Editor Bugs & Suggestions => Topic started by: Minim on November 24, 2020, 07:23:29 AM

Title: [?][SUG][ED] Horizontal/Vertical split for snapping of terrain pieces
Post by: Minim on November 24, 2020, 07:23:29 AM
Currently, any terrain piece or object is snapped to a grid which affects the horizontal AND vertical axes. This is fine if a graphic set has square pieces, but not if there are irregular rectangle pieces like the Orig fire tileset and the majority of the Orig's steel blocks.
Title: Re: [?][SUG][ED] Horizontal/Vertical split for snapping of terrain pieces
Post by: WillLem on March 20, 2025, 10:19:25 PM
@Minim

What do you suggest as a suitable fix for this?
Title: Re: [?][SUG][ED] Horizontal/Vertical split for snapping of terrain pieces
Post by: namida on March 22, 2025, 01:32:27 AM
I think he just wants to be able to set the grid size independently for the X and Y axes, instead of having to be the same for both? (Eg. Make it possible to have pieces snap to a grid that's, say, 24x16, instead of having to stick with either 16x16 or 24x24 or find some workaround like setting it to a common factor).
Title: Re: [?][SUG][ED] Horizontal/Vertical split for snapping of terrain pieces
Post by: WillLem on March 26, 2025, 11:22:16 PM
Quote from: namida on March 22, 2025, 01:32:27 AMI think he just wants to be able to set the grid size independently for the X and Y axes

I see. Could you confirm this @Minim?

Also, what's the benefit of this? If some sort of juxtapose-duplicate (https://www.lemmingsforums.net/index.php?msg=57094) were to be implemented (so, copying directly left/right/up/down from the source piece - currently very likely to go ahead), would this offset the need to be able to specify X/Y co-ordinates independently?

Or if it's for moving rather than copying pieces, wouldn't this only benefit a handful of pieces per set? Most are not only irregular but different sizes as well.
Title: Re: [?][SUG][ED] Horizontal/Vertical split for snapping of terrain pieces
Post by: namida on March 27, 2025, 06:35:52 AM
Limited benefit, but also fairly easy to implement and does no harm by existing.

Personally, I'd say wait and see if any active users want this feature.