Some kind of confirmation when a module is actually placed

Something like that would help a lot, considering so far my attempts at building a building have resulted in the doors being blocked by carpentry workshops and ovens outside my kitchen since it wasn't actually clear that the blueprints had been placed.

(Unless that's already there and is colorcoded somehow that i'm incapable of seeing, in which case, make colorblind mode address that problem, because I definitely enabled that )

Also edge scrolling, although I suspect someone has probably mentioned that, since I don't usually keep my hands on the keyboard, and the right click scrolling doesn't work if any menu is open.

 

What it looked like to me was you held a ghost blueprint and that stuck in place once you clicked, but there wasn't any sort of change, beyond that it stopped following your mouse, when it was placed.

Which was leading to me accidentally picking them back up when they were placed, or moving on to something else when they weren't.

Although some of this might be the placement rules not being super clear yet and stuff auto-aligning weird, I'm not entirely sure. I do keep ending up with furniture placed in very wrong spots.

 

Even a color change might be nice, if one does not want to go too all out. I myself have noted upon occasion some consternation with thinking I perfectly placed my object, just to have it run off after the pointer.

 

How do other games confirm placement? I think it's generally an audio cue, like a low chime or some kind of clicking / construction noise.

 

I am certain I have played over 100 hours of Clockwork Empires, and yet have no recollection whatsoever of an audio cue.

 

Oh, well there's my problem then. I do not have great hearing, and I play on the couch beside my wife, who watches British murder mysteries on TV, so I don't hear the cue. Of course, I suppose if you were to fix it by putting in a graphical cue instead, I shall be supplanted by the guy who plays on the couch next to his wife who watches Australian murder mysteries and is color blind. Curses!

 

I suggest a small particle effect / fireworks show. Perhaps some cheers as well.


(no I don't plz don't do that).

 

Why can't modules that haven't been placed be a slightly lighter shade than modules that have been placed (but are still under construction)?

When I build a Bunkhouse, that's a dozen cots, a couple of tables, half a dozen chairs, some paintings, some doors, some lights for outside. It seems like it would be useful to have a simple visual clue to show if something is being placed (or if I've picked up an already-placed module by mistake).

 

I do think a colour indicator would be less annoying than a chime when I'm placing 6 beds in a row, unless that sound is extremely gentle.

 

It's gonna be the Michael Bay effect sound.

"Time for my chapel"
BWOOOOOOOOOOMBWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMBWOOOOBWOOOOOOOBWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMBWOOOOOOOOMWOOOMMMMMM

 

Could we get the Inception BWOMP sound? That makes everything more dramatic.

Oh, and I see Stuthulhu had the idea for a color change cue before me anyway. Good one, Stuthulhu!

 

A confirmation sound sounds like a great idea, some "chunk" when you put the module down. I'm trying to think which games I played did not have a confirmation sound for placing stuff, and I am pretty sure most did, but I can't remember what they actually sound like.

 

Wilhelm screaming would do an excellent job maintaining atmosphere

Anyway, it's definitely good to have multiple cues for anything, since eg i don't always play with sound on since that would require me wearing headphones, and those hurt after a while.

Slight change in color would probably work well for me. (as long as its not a change in hue, going from blue to purple is going to be invisible for me due to the aforementioned colorblindness xP but slightly lighter to slightly darker would be fine)