ghosted buildings

[Zoythrus]

i have heard a rumor that multiple command selection will be possible soon. so, my question is can it be possible to have "ghosts" of the buildings when you queue them? this is so we can see what we are building before we build them

[titi]

There are currently no plans for it, but maybe thats a good idea.

[-Archmage-]

How about if you hold shift you can see where you're planning to build buildings and where units are going and stuff, and maybe press Ctrl+shift to toggle health bars or something.

[Zoythrus]

has anyone played Supreme Commander here? maybe we can go with that (its very similar to Archmage's idea)

[Coldfusionstorm]

yes a "ghost" of building, while it is being place would be very nice. .
and i whole heartly agree.

OH, and also other units should avoid the pathing of the building being placed.

[ElimiNator]

Well when you place a building it is sort of like a ghost before you click.

[Coldfusionstorm]

i found a video wich shows what i mean with ghosted building, this have a futurerustic look, the important thing for me is that you can mod this feature as you want. so here it is, also you will need to look at the builder units the SCV's when he build, there is both a model shown when he selects a building to build it and when he places the building to build it. so when selecting a building icon to build a model of the building is shown on the gamescreen then you chose where to place the building, now if the constuction site isnt in range, it will place a slighty modifyed version of the model, perhaps with a simple transprancy and overide colour option for it .

the video shows exactly what im talking about but you will need to see the entire video.