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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@ above, including:
wall material and filter settings. G no longer picks, as the owner requested (it is now Replace).
- **The build menu** is a bar of tabs and icon tiles along the bottom: Structure, Moving,
Liquids, Machines, Molds. Hover a tile for its full description, cost and placement help;
gamepad players see the selected tile’s popup. While building, the top-left card shows a
compact summary (name, cost, variant chips, Replace, ghosts, how to place, status); the full
description is in the hover popup.
gamepad players see the selected tile’s popup. While building, the top-left card describes
the build tool and shows the R/F settings, Replace, ghosts and status.
- **No length limit when dragging.** Blocks out of the bot's reach become ghosts that it builds
when it gets there.
- **Pipes are thin:** sand, water and anything else loose passes them. Pumps and outlets are
@@ -170,9 +169,10 @@ above, including:
- **Replace is held G, not Ctrl.** The owner hit the browser's Ctrl+W (close tab) and Ctrl+D
(bookmark) while replacing and flying with WASD, and the game ignored WASD while Ctrl was held.
- **The build tool has a compact top-left card** like the other tools. The owner asked for it
back after it was hidden; the long description stays in the hover popup.
- **The build tool's top-left card describes the build tool**, like the other tools' cards:
how to place, the build keys, the R/F settings (material, direction, filter), Replace · G and
ghosts waiting. The selected piece's name, cost and description are in the menu and its hover
popup. The owner asked for a general description rather than the selected building.
- **Ingot molds need no F.** They push junk and mixed metal out of the bottom as loose grains with the bars, throw slag away and rake the grate. Removing any mold returns its set metal: whole bars as bars, the rest as scrap. The owner asked what F was for once bars dropped on their own, and chose this over keeping F for cleaning.
- **Fewer, smaller messages.** Molds show only a small percentage, red when blocked or spoiled and gold when a casting waits for F; details are in the hover panel. Bars dropping, blocked molds and set castings no longer pop up cards or toasts. Fan heat is a red marker on the fan; melted tubes and machines get a short red label where they were. Status lines are one short sentence. The owner found the messages too large and too many.