Hey forgers, so I'm attempting to geo-merge tin cups into the middle level of sandbox so they are flat on the floor. I've tried the bracing technique, employing a double box flat on the ground with tall blocks bracing the sides. However, this leads in the tin cup falling through the map straight away. I've also tried to follow redneck93's method of teleporting yourself below the map and then forging but I've failed miserably at that aswell. Any help would be appreciated, I would prefer someone telling me how to do it rather than coming into my forge and doing it themselves but beggars can't be choosers..
Maybe as in a carpet merge, to make a grass floor. ...sorta like this? (I took these shots a minute ago, maybe you mean this)
Why don't you need to merge for that? In order to have a flat grass surface, the tin cup needs to be upside down which results in it being raised from the ground because of the curve.. trust me try getting a tin cup flat on the ground, upside down. Its hard, I may just leave it at the level it falls and have ramps going up to it.
It's actually kinda complicated. First you need to understand how teardrop merging works. Then you need to apply that to a tin cup. Turn the cup upside down and lay it on the ground and let it settle, then grab it, then rotate it so its rightside up again WITHOUT USING the RT BUTTON. then, save and quit.
I'm struggling to rotate it, I've made that bottle top opener stucture you have but i can't seem to get it all the way rotated without it flipping back again. edit ; have managed to turn it round but once it loses contact with any other object it flips back to the original side.. this is hard!
Seriously Black, I'm wondering how you flipped the tin cups like that without rotating it using RT. Did you use a friend/guest?
No, I forged a makeshift hook out of an obelisk with the gold strip facing down, on top of a flat Block Tall. Dropped the tin cup upside down near it, then grabbed it so that it slides under the obelisk hook. Then, from directly above, I slowly dragged it over the hook, and on top of the obelisk itself. Then I quickly looked to a flat area of ground right next to the hook, and you have a flipped tin cup without using RT. Honestly, I thought this up right after reading the OP. If anyone else needs help, I guess I could show you. GT = Black Theorem, and leave me a msg, I might accidentally just decline it.
I didn't think of doing it that way. But couldn't you could just do it the same way you geomerge a receiver node into the ground?