[QOL] Auto-select item to build when clicking build option
It would be nice when I select the paths and structures that it would default to path, and for storage it would do warehouse, and for water it would do pump, and cut trees would do cut trees. Just to reduce the amount of clicking by having it either re-select last built option (best) or defaulting to one of the options (still better than default behaviour). This would really be a huge quality of life improvement to gameplay, allowing more ease of use between interacting with the UI and building.
[mod edit]: added image from suggestion by Pierre Jordaan
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28 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou SystemHighlighted comment
"Default Selections in each category could help a lot" (suggested by Jonathan McCrary on 2021-09-27), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion. -
17 Sep, '21
Ry Guy Mergedwhen clicking a category of tools/buildings/etc I'd like to have something auto-selected. possibilities would include the first tool in the category, the last one used from the category or a way to set the tool that gets selected
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18 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou System"auto-select tools under each category" (suggested by Ry Guy on 2021-09-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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25 Sep, '21
Arko MergedFor example when you select the road menu, auto-select the build road button.
May not applied to all menus though. -
26 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou System"UI quality of life: pre-select a default option when opening a menu" (suggested by Arko on 2021-09-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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27 Sep, '21
Jonathan McCrary Merged"default selections" may not be clear. Specifically, I mean to say that if you select the "paths and structures" build tab it opens like usual but instead of nothing being selected at this time it defaults to grabbing (probably) paths. It could start out with the first item in the list being the default and could be easily changed by the user (right clicking on an icon currently does nothing so it could be that simple). Could be a real easy quality-of-life improvement.
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03 Oct, '21
Pierre Jordaan MergedWouldn't it be neat if you could right-click to set a default building option in each building category? ie.: Right-click on Path within the Paths and Structures category, or the Small Water Tank in the Water. (I've added a little mock example/explanation image)
That way the default option would always be auto-selected once you click on the category, eliminating the need to click twice for an option you use most of the time. :)
It's the first time I played the game, and I truly LOVE it already. The stackable building is so clever, and the droughts make for a mini-challenge every time. Excited to see what you guys create! Epic game so far. -
09 Oct, '21
b Mergedi often click some icons for the same thing over and over. it currently takes 2 clicks to get to a function.
What about defaults for each category?
I almost always click a button...
- to highlight trees to cut
- to delete a building
- to build a road
- to plant the last thing i planted
- to build the one science building -
11 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou System"default function for each icon" (suggested by b on 2021-10-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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11 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou System"Set priority for each building category" (suggested by Pierre Jordaan on 2021-10-03), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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19 Jan, '22
RadCat MergedI'd really like it if, when you open a placement menu, the first item on the menu is autoselected. I can't count how many times I've opened the pathing menu and forgotten that I then need to click on the paths, etc. I feel like 90% of the time I'm looking for the first menu item anyway!
PS - I bought this game yesterday and now have 6.5 hours in it, no crashes or bugs, and I'm having so much fun! I genuinely love this game, you guys are doing an amazing job with it -
20 Jan, '22
Gin Fuyou System"UI - Automatically select first menu item" (suggested by RadCat on 2022-01-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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29 Jan, '24
Carsten Otto MergedFor the "Cut trees" menu item, I currently have to select "Mark tree cutting area" manually. I think it would be a better user experience to auto-select "Mark tree cutting area" (leaving the option to select "Unmark..." instead), saving some valuable time and possibly avoiding confusion.
You might want to extend this idea to other menu items. -
01 Feb, '24
Gin Fuyou System"Auto-select "Mark tree cutting area" when selecting "Cut trees"" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-01-29), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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01 Apr, '24
naaan3143 Mergedwhen opening the menu for paths and structures, automatically select pathway-build.
currently you have to select 'path', first, before you can start building.
would be nice and less clicks to automatically start building pathways, because i use them quiet a lot, and i imagine other builders do too.
if you don't need a path to be build, just select another type of action in the menubar below (like you do now already if you pick the wrong menu item). -
02 Apr, '24
Gin Fuyou System"automatic path building" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2024-04-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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09 Jan, '25
Emerald MergedMost commonly, when I click the "paths and structures" menu, I want to build a path. I'd like it clicking the menu would default select the path (and then you could click something else if wanted). The destruct menu is the other one this would be particularly useful for. When I'm doing lots of path restructuring, I really start to notice how it takes two clicks to select what I want, when it could take just one.
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11 Jan, '25
Gin Fuyou System"Default select left-most item in menus" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2025-01-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.