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MadLad Designs
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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 13:08 Edited at: 10th Jul 2015 13:09
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I'm finding it quite frustrating to edit in Free Flight Mode whilst inside other entities like caves. Entities jump about all over the place, entities I want to place down are far from the cursor after I've selected them from the Library and trying to select an entity when they are close together is hit & miss. Here's a video showing what I mean.

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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 13:36
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Hi MD ..

Your trying much to hard .....
Get a good view and hit "TAB " .... this will remove the roof..... " Ctrl and mouse scroll " will raise and lower the level ..
You can then place and manipulate object much easier and you can also lock a segment for even more stability ..

I made a quick video to show you what I mean ....Hope it helps ..



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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 13:43
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Yes, I've experienced that issue, specially when you want place small entities say in a house, at level 2/3.

I hate when start marker/lights following me at everywhere, finally you don't know where they are really placed.

And yes, locking (in my case, house) may help.

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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 15:25 Edited at: 10th Jul 2015 17:13
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Thanks synchromesh, I think I should be locking as I go, and using TAB takes away the pillars (for me anyway). I think the 'entity jumping' was because I had SNAP turned on from aligning the cave system. Not sure if that affects the entities as well.

The entities still appear a long way from the pointer when editing in 1st person though.

*Edit: "...Ctrl and mouse scroll " will raise and lower the level .." Ahh, I get that now. Thanks.
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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 15:37
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Grrr, still struggling with misplaced entities. @6:25 in my video I'm struggling to duplicate the light marker as it's offset from the pointer. Does anyone know why this is happening?
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