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Area Definition Rectangles - Movement of..

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Just thought I would ask this question. Is there a way to move a Rectangles center to a new location without deleting it and putting in a new one ? I guess this same question for any object placed on the terrain that is static.

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Jib01/02
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Yes, there is. Just doubleclick on the entry in the left window "property sets" and you'll get to the "position"-entry.

The same goes for other things like menus or waypoints. It's always useful to do a doubleclick in the "property sets". :)

edit: Sometimes you also have the option to drag and drop objects on the screen - just by clicking on them with the cursor and moving them around in FS. I'm still not sure why this is only possible from time to time...
 
Here's a hint when moving selected objects (of any kind):

Make sure these boxes are checked in this manner:

Lock Positon: Unchecked
Disable Selection: Checked

This should allow you to move any selected object with the mouse. Seems counterintuitive that you have to "disable selection" to move it. But, there we are.

The Object Placement Tool tries to be *smart* about locking objects that it thinks you don't want to move anymore. I think this is a useful feature although at first it annoyed me. Since then, I have designed some fairly complex, tightly-packed scenes and if the OPT wasn't locking things down it would quickly become difficult sometimes to select and move the object that you want to move without accidently moving an object you don't want to move.

It would have been nice to be able to use the arrow keys on the keyboard for fine movement of objects in dense scenery locations (without the mouse).

Alas ...
 
Thanks for the replys. I'm sure this information will be usefull to other developers.

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Jib01/02
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