Ruler

after watching the awesome build vid i miss one big thing
a kind of ruler thing terraria got (i know evil game name )

it gives the player a grid @ the background to place blocks better
its a must have feature for me cause i like to build pixelart bases (one block up two left etc etc )

+i really hope there are many colours .. not just plane sci fi white silver style

 

I agree with the concept, but Terraria's ruler was a huge eye strain, it was generally easier to "eyeball it" in regards to counting blocks. I'm not sure if its even necessary in Starbound with the way you can preview the placement of objects with that fancy beam tool.

 

No reason why this couldn't be included, or isn't already included. I never used the ruler in Terraria personally, but who says every feature must be for everyone?

 

I agree,
while i never used the ruler for building,
i found it handy for measureing distances in combat.
it's nice to be able to knew where the hitboxes are.

 

dude,
you post that to EVERYONE who posts something about terraira.
wheter it be one way or another!

 

dont know .. my friends and i allways use the ruler in terraria .. its no "eye strain" for us

k maybe they allow us to switch the colour of the grid but thats not essential for me as long this feature is in the game

beware iam one of those people
http://www.greensmilies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/big_ugly.gif

 

A grid is nice, but not necessary. More fun for single player mode where you build cool stuff by yourself. But otherwise part of the game is just building messing up a bit than going back and fixing it.

 

I like this idea, though the grid lines in Terraria were waaaaaay too thick!

 

Maybe it could be turned on from the options when using gravity gun

 

Ya, i think the gravity gun's "preview" feature would partially take out the need.

 

ah.
sorry for mis-understanding then.

 

A ruler like item would be really nice, but hopefully, if it is added, it won't be as ugly as in Terraria.