[?][SUG][ED] Horizontal/Vertical split for snapping of terrain pieces

[Minim]

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.

[WillLem]

@Minim

What do you suggest as a suitable fix for this?

[namida]

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).

[WillLem]

I 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 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.

[namida]

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.