Build tool: compact top-left card again; status row moved off the build bar

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
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@@ -147,8 +147,9 @@ 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. The top-left card is hidden while building,
with variants, ghosts and status kept in the bar so the world stays clear.
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.
- **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
@@ -168,6 +169,9 @@ 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.
## Ideas not built yet
- **Concrete**, as a stronger wall material from rubble.