r/RimWorld • u/Necessary-Rip-6612 Human meat fridge entusiast • 5d ago

PC Help/Bug (Mod) What does this do?, Never really thought about it until I accidentally clicked on it today.

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Can't seem to find anything about it on the wiki. Maybe it's from a mod, although I usually play with >30 mods or so.

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u/PlanTop155 gold 5d ago

Designator tools

You can build... diagonally now, square stuff, circles and a lot more.

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u/Ya_Boi_Kosta 5d ago

Noticed it for the ship hull walls, but apart from the corners doesn't seem to change much.

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u/PM-ME-TRAVELER-NUDES 5d ago

It doesn’t change how walls actually work compared to pre 1.6, it just lets you designate the placement of their tiles in different shapes than a straight cardinal line.

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u/Ya_Boi_Kosta 5d ago

It barely anything changes aesthetically.

Already knew it didn't change how walls workž

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u/PM-ME-TRAVELER-NUDES 5d ago

It’s not about aesthetics, it’s about quickly slapping down a square, or circle, or not having to place down diagonals one tile at a time.

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u/Ya_Boi_Kosta 5d ago

Thanks for clearing that up

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u/Necessary-Rip-6612 Human meat fridge entusiast 5d ago

Neat! Guess I never saw it before, because it wasn't there before. No more using Minecraft pixel builders then, brilliant.

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u/PixelTamer 5d ago

it's new in 1.6.

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u/Professional-Floor28 Long pork enjoyer 5d ago

Have you tried pressing Q or E?

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u/Necessary-Rip-6612 Human meat fridge entusiast 5d ago

Meanwhile I was thinking (Quality) (Effort?)

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u/Professional-Floor28 Long pork enjoyer 5d ago

That would be way too advanced for RimWorld (at least unmodded) xD

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u/Lapinwarrior10 5d ago

1.6 update added a tool to allow you to make shapes when dragging over an area

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u/LazyWash 5d ago

Your telling me that instead of building it and finding out, you just asked here? Instead of clicking and finding out?

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u/Necessary-Rip-6612 Human meat fridge entusiast 5d ago

I didn't realise you could click the buttons until after I asked here, I've only played a few hours on 1.6 so far and been a while since I played.

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u/Golnor Transhumanist frustrated -4 mood 5d ago

It's a thing they added in 1.6. It allows you to change how structures act when you click and drag. Like, before walls were locked to a line while floors were locked to a filled square, but now you can do stuff like a hollow square or even a circle.

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u/gbroon 5d ago

New in 1.6. Just shows that you can use Q and E to rotate that building.