Buildings Select object/building by using click+shift (less search in menu)

Hello XL Nation Members and Modders!

i wondered if you can add a nice tool to the XXL game:

this is how we place objects on the map atm:
when you want to place an object (a building or any other object like a RHM intersection f.e.) you search within the menu for the object and select it to be able to place it on the map.

my idea ->
imagine you have already placed an object on the map:
it would be awesome to be able to mouseclick (+shift button?) on that already existing object to select exactly this object again.

in other words: you select the object you want to place next from the map instead from selecting it from the menu.

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this would improve the handling of the game a lot!!! especially for people using a lot of mods having a huge amount of objects in the menu

a lot of worksteps while building a structure in your city are highly repetitive and are slowed down a lot by handling the menu...

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example of what we do atm:

first circle
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object a ->
- place object a ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object b ->
- place object b ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object c ->
- place object c ->

next circle
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object a ->
- place object a ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object b ->
- place object b ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object c ->
- place object c ->

next circle
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object a ->
- place object a ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object b ->
- place object b ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object c ->
- place object c ->

and so on


example of what we could do soon:

first circle
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object a ->
- place object a ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object b ->
- place object b ->
- waaayyy too looooong search in menu to select object c ->
- place object c ->

next circle
- click+shift on an already existing object on the map to select object a ->
- place object a ->
- click+shift on an already existing object on the map to select object b ->
- place object b ->
- click+shift on an already existing object on the map to select object c ->
- place object c ->

next circle
- click+shift on an already existing object on the map to select object a ->
- place object a ->
- click+shift on an already existing object on the map to select object b ->
- place object b ->
- click+shift on an already existing object on the map to select object c ->
- place object c ->

BAAAAM XD


i hope you like the idea

 

no replies yet :/ sad...

may i ask some questeions? did you understand what my idea is? (my english skills are not so well because im not a native english speaker... )
or is it because its just not possible to add a tool/method like described in my post? (ingame mechanics/c++?)

i can imagine that it would be not that easy to read out the id of an building/object (by clicking on it) to put the id in the selection command line...

a little response would be great! have a nice day fellas!

 

i really hope for it and would be so thankful!


another possibility would be to have a list of the last five used objects somewhere in the menu