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Author Topic: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?  (Read 1370 times)

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Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« on: February 15, 2012, 10:16:29 pm »

Because it is in the new version. I hadn't noticed it in 2010, though. Could have missed it.

Anyway, now I can click on the map and it designates it for mining (or channelling, or whatever), when I have that option selected.
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 10:26:01 pm »

Yes.  In the previous version, 40, even.  :)
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 10:44:57 pm »

Yeah, that's been in there since the 2D version.
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 10:50:56 pm »

hahaha

i took awhile to find out you could do that as well, it took about a month for me to notice you could

but yes, as all have said, it was already in :)
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2012, 12:07:32 am »

In DF2010 it only worked in the top left corner for me. :'(
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2012, 03:02:37 pm »

Oops.  :-[

I never use the mouse. . .even when I know you can (like on the military screen).
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2012, 03:12:10 pm »

In DF2010 it only worked in the top left corner for me. :'(

You were zoomed out too much; in fullscreen mode the mouse can only be used up to a certain zoom level, after that the game has invisible boundaries beyond which it cannot register the mouse clicks.

Oops.  :-[

I never use the mouse. . .even when I know you can (like on the military screen).


You can use it on the military screen!?!?
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2012, 11:21:05 pm »

As you've already been told, yes.

However, on a somewhat related subject, I find myself only ever using the mouse for one-square designations. When better mouse support is added (ideally something like that one game about goblins, but no less than rectangular designation) I'll bet I will start using it more, though.

On the other hand, perhaps not. I use vim as a text editor and Pentadactyl (in Firefox) as a browser, so I'm already quite accustomed to using the keyboard to operate my computer.
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2012, 04:01:03 am »

The mouse can be really useful if you make a single tile staircase several floors tall.
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Re: Was it possible to use the mouse for designations in DF2010?
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2012, 06:05:08 am »

When designating burrows likw this, the game allows you to change the size of the "brush". Why this isn't the case for regular designations, I don't know.

It's also worth noting that a rightclick moves the designation cursor. Using this with Enter allows you to select large rectangles quickly and accurately.
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