Advice for how to freely place objects on surfaces

tiredvillainess​ 

The instructions are the same for Mac, you use the Alt/Option key:

1. Have the MOO (move objects on) cheat enabled - bring up the cheat console by holding down the CTRL, Shift and C buttons and type bb.moveobjects then hit enter/return. You will get confirmation the cheat is enabled. Contrary to popular belief you do not need to enter 'on' to enable the cheat. Press ESC to close the cheat console.
2. Place your table/counter/whatever surface object you're using and then place your clutter item on the surface. It will snap to one of the slots on the surface. Slots are invisible, you cannot see them, they are added to the object in game development.
3. Move the surface object a few grid squares away. The clutter object will move with the surface object.
4. Hold down the Option key, grab the clutter object and move it over to where the surface object was and where you envision you want it to be on the surface object. It will retain the height of the surface object.
5. Grab the surface object and move it back to where it was. The clutter item is now placed freely on the surface object and not in a slot
6. Repeat with multiple clutter objects. You may have to move the surface object back and forth whilst moving the clutter items into the desired location. You cannot stop the clutter items from snapping to the surface object if they are too close to it.

 

Moved thread to the Gameplay Questions forum from Mac Tech.