By MarkD - December 30th, 2016, 9:00 am
- December 30th, 2016, 9:00 am
#92055
Were you in EDIT mode?
There are a few rules and limitations. I'll try to explain while not writing a book.
If you are wanting to duplicate pieces of a building you must select that building then enter the edit mode first (press R or click the Edit button). Then and only then can you hold down CTRL and select several pieces with the mouse. You need to hold down the CTRL key until you've selected all pieces you want.
Now, if ANY of the pieces you've selected are "Grid" pieces you can only use CTRL-D to duplicate. Once you've duplicated them you can rotate them by pressing Z, raise and lower by pressing Shift and using the mouse. You will need to "free" place the pieces. You can also use the CTRL key once duplicated and you get the Red and Blue arrows to move forward, reverse, left and right.
If the pieces you've selected are NOT grid pieces then you can use the CTRL-D or the CTRL-X feature to either duplicate as above or duplicate with the AXES menu. Only non grid pieces can be rotated in any direction you want.
Seeing how all of my builds use a combination of Grid, Non-Grid and Scenery pieces it can get a little frustrating in duplicating but it sure does save a lot of time once you get the hang of it.
In Steam you can "watch" others play or chat so hit me up when I'm playing and I'll try to help. Keep in mind you are probably a much better builder than I am.
For anyone who wants it my Steam name is: MDAVIS28
FamousAmos wrote:Okay.
I held the ctrl button down, clicked one piece, then tried to click another, and it wouldn't let me select more than one. It would diselect the previous piece.
Were you in EDIT mode?
There are a few rules and limitations. I'll try to explain while not writing a book.
If you are wanting to duplicate pieces of a building you must select that building then enter the edit mode first (press R or click the Edit button). Then and only then can you hold down CTRL and select several pieces with the mouse. You need to hold down the CTRL key until you've selected all pieces you want.
Now, if ANY of the pieces you've selected are "Grid" pieces you can only use CTRL-D to duplicate. Once you've duplicated them you can rotate them by pressing Z, raise and lower by pressing Shift and using the mouse. You will need to "free" place the pieces. You can also use the CTRL key once duplicated and you get the Red and Blue arrows to move forward, reverse, left and right.
If the pieces you've selected are NOT grid pieces then you can use the CTRL-D or the CTRL-X feature to either duplicate as above or duplicate with the AXES menu. Only non grid pieces can be rotated in any direction you want.
Seeing how all of my builds use a combination of Grid, Non-Grid and Scenery pieces it can get a little frustrating in duplicating but it sure does save a lot of time once you get the hang of it.
In Steam you can "watch" others play or chat so hit me up when I'm playing and I'll try to help. Keep in mind you are probably a much better builder than I am.
For anyone who wants it my Steam name is: MDAVIS28
