4.13.2 de-bugging

[Pursuivant]

No so much a bug report as requests for 4.14 or a later patch.

Currently, it is extremely time-consuming to add "linear" objects to the map in the FMB.

For example, if you want to place a line of telephone poles or fence or pontoon bridge sections, you have to click to place each item on the map and then carefully align them. Even the option of copying a section of fence, etc. is somewhat time consuming.

There are two ways that this problem could be addressed. The simple way is to create a number of "preset" objects, similar to vehicle columns, for certain objects. For example, "500 m line of telephone poles" or "100 m trench section"

The more complex, but more elegant way, would be to give mission builders a "brush" which would allow them to automatically select and place certain objects.

Click on the object, click the magic "repeat and automatically place object" button, set the "spacing between objects" button to 0 m.

Click ctrl-enter to place the first object in the sequence, move the mouse and click ctrl-enter again at the end point for the object sequence.

The FMB will automagically place a line of the desired objects from Point A to Point B, spaced so that they just touch each other (because you set spacing between objects at 0 m).

Suddenly, it becomes a breeze to quickly generate things like tree lines, pontoon bridges, trenches, and military bases made up of uniformly spaced tents or buildings.