[SUGGESTION] Text-Tool for Planing Mode

[Zottel]

First: English is not my mother tongue, so sorry for bad spelling

So, here my suggestion: I really miss a text-tool feature for the planning mode, so that I can write some notes onto the map, like names for rooms or something else. Perhaps with a selection of different font sizes.
It would be great, if the devs could implement this neat little feature Thanks.

[Sparrrrow]

would make planning large prisons easier.
now you sometimes forget what building is supposed to be what

[5hifty]

Maybe make it so you could place a ground type anywhere reguardless of its indoor/outdoor-ness so ou could map them out. They just obviously wouldn't work.

[scoobytheoriginal]

+1
I would really like this.

[Arnie13]

+1

I had the same idea of being able to apply text in planning. So that I can remember what I designated that area for.

[knoest26]

If you remove the property of indoors from a room in the "materials.txt" file it might help, You can download a mod for it here

[111none]

This was implemented in an earlier IV game, it should be trivial for them to add this.

[r0y]

It would also be a great tool to convert existing (built) prisons into layout/blanks. User benpowerman started a thread on blueprints and any text-tool for planning would be made even cooler by having a convert-to-layout tab...

[Gabriel10010]

+1

Yup! I've been wanting that, BUT I think also, the room labels ( like for when you complete one, ) to know which room is which or as said, use a Text-Label to jot notes and room names.

[paeck86]

+1

Since this post got published quite a while ago, and I still miss the Text-Tool...maybe somebody gets a little reminder when we keep posting on this thread

[dooferorg]

I like that mod, very helpful. It would be nice too to have something to say 'okay, build it', from all the plans made. Maybe a 'build this area' selection similar to clone tool that turns the ideas into actual orders to build.

Further to this, the 'objects' planning thing is nice and all, but what if you're new to the game and don't KNOW that the serving station is 5 blocks and the tables are 4. Would be nice to have ghosted representations of all objects, even ones you can't yet place. This would flesh out the whole planning process and make it possible to forsee where things WILL or MIGHT go, without having to hold a lot in ones memory (useful if you start a plan and come back to it).

[wafels45]

+1
Glad I didnt start a new topic on this. Was thinking the same things but one thing I would like to add is the abbillity to clone the plans themselves. That way it would be much easier to layout plans for cell blocks and other repetitious rooms.