daid / daid/EmptyEpsilon

[Enhancement] GM Shift clicking to add multiple ships

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Description

When adding a ship in GM it requires a button to start placing and a button to stop placing. This can lead to accidentally placed ships if we are not paying attention.

Being able to shift click until we have enough and then do a final normal click to end placement could simplify things? (on the other hand it could be annoying for many many placements)

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Research direction

Start by locating the GM ship-placement controls and tracing how the current start and stop placement buttons handle clicks. Determine how shift-click placement and a final normal click should behave, then verify that repeated placements work without accidental ships and that normal placement still ends correctly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
game-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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