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    Just a small , but i think somewhat convenient thing.

    It would be nice to have a tool wich allows to draw diagonal lines.
    That can probably be implemented as addition to the build helper.
     
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    I would like a diagonal builder helper, if only for creating large wedged walls. Creating wedge walls one line at a time feels like a waste of time that could be better spent on other building details. It might help reduce blocky shapes and would definitely help beginning builders to create more interesting ships.
     

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    Yep but that's a lot of diagonal lines though. The really tricky part is where to make the line start from, currently the horizontal and vertical ones star from the face of a block so is that going to be the case here or are we going from the edge of one?
     

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    Yep but that's a lot of diagonal lines though. The really tricky part is where to make the line start from, currently the horizontal and vertical ones star from the face of a block so is that going to be the case here or are we going from the edge of one?
    I think this will require three additional advanced controls: +/-X (offset in the X direction; can be -1, 0, or 1, maybe more (server-configurable) offset numbers for more acute angles) and the same for the Y and Z directions. With each unit in the given direction altered by the selected offset. The placed group of blocks would start where it always does.

    For instance, you set up a dimension of 1x7x9 to create a wall, and then set the X offset to 1. Now you have a wall that would normally start and go straight up, but is now laying at a diagonal angle across the X dimension. Combine that with a wedge block selection for building at the right orientation, and PRESTO! instant diagonal angled wall.

    It would be tricky, and would still require skill, but you could lay down angled walls very fast once you figured it out.

    Edit: You could also use angle offsets to create power generator lines in bulk, without bunching them all together. Also, waffleboards.
     
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    This is being made a lot more complicated than it needs to be. As I see it, Schema can just add a hotkey or advanced building button, where you click it, right click the start position, right click the end position, and it makes a diagonal line for you, easy as that. Not a build helper, those things are generally clumsy for simpler stuff such as this.
     
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    This is being made a lot more complicated than it needs to be. As I see it, Schema can just add a hotkey or advanced building button, where you click it, right click the start position, right click the end position, and it makes a diagonal line for you, easy as that. Not a build helper, those things are generally clumsy for simpler stuff such as this.
    Yeah, but then which rasterization method would you use? Naive? Bresenham? Double-step incremental? They each may produce different lines with the same endpoints in some situations. Will there be a dropdown menu for choosing? I mean check out the german article on that topic on wikipedia. Shits complicated yo.

    /sarcasm

    I like this idea a lot.
     
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