stuck on a ridge with a dirt in my hands

[trungdle]

Maybe we could get the wurm-style dirt mechanics. In Wurm, when you try to drop dirt on a node, when there is a neighbouring node lower by at least X units then the dirt slides down to this lower node (and can slide even further down if there is another node low enough). Thanks to such system we would never again get the "too steep" error when dropping dirt, and could drop it anywhere. Except for the cases when the "lower node" cannot be risen due not enough clearance (objects and buildings in the way)

Having seen much Wurm's Terraforming over the years, I fully agree with you. Terraformer is even a thing in that game. We should get things going here too.

[Overwatcher]

This digging system needs to be improved. I've been trying to fill in areas around my starting area, happens to be a nice hill/defensible area (near the ocean too!!). Been stuck all 3 times i started fill in holes, last time got knocked out! Just starting to build real home and expanding area around for crafting section but the digging/filling is game breaking currently. Right clicking, hold control and/or shift does not help. I've tested on even ground with nothing that could glitch movement (another big issue in this game, the pathing), nothing happens just stuck with dirt overhead. Only time I got dirty to drop was hitting my right click about 50 times on same spot, then it worked. As of now this is game breaking. This pretty much stops me from expanding playing, not a good impression on new players.

Overall you (ie the devs) really need to flesh out your systems and do it fast, you now under "live", this feels like mix of Alpha/Beta, good ideas just not very well implemented. I WANT to recommend to others but this feels far from polished.

-Hope you keep working!
--Overwatcher

[TotalyMeow]

I've tested on even ground with nothing that could glitch movement (another big issue in this game, the pathing), nothing happens just stuck with dirt overhead.

There is no pathing and never will be. Don't expect it. You must be able to maneuver yourself through the world. Our combat system depends on it.

As for the dirt, what you are describing doesn't make sense. If you're on completely level terrain then yes, Ctrl-rclick will do nothing because pressing ctrl is for leveling which isn't needed on terrain that is already level. Shift-rclick should drop one unit of dirt on the nearest corner and should work on level ground, but you will likely still be holding a bunch of dirt. Just right clicking somewhere will dump the whole ball wherever you clicked, if possible. If that isn't working for you either, I wonder if maybe you are pressing the wrong mouse button.