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Basic text (and shapes?)

While we are now able to use machines titles as note boxes, I think it would be interesting to have a “text , and maybe very basic shapes like squares and arrows to be used around/behind the machines, which would allow to put notes and all on the planner.

Although shapes are just a plus, notes are definitely essentials.

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  • otter502

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    Dec 2, 2025

    Agreed on the text, I would love to just put a note to myself somewhere!

  • Taiine Leann

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    Sep 29, 2025

    YES this is BADLY NEEDED.
    Currently I use the titles to list parts but I would LOVE to have like a click and drag colored box or something to slide behind sections to better orgonite them. It would help out to keep track of things and to better label stuff. Like take this for example:

    https://i.imgur.com/eg4iuSC.png
    My planed setup for my nuke plant, atm I am adding notes in the titles. But if I could have like a note box things can be nested into it would be great. Like what may need to be shipped in from what factory, if a new one needs to be made, what part of this is one factory and what part may be split into another? Or even for the screen shot… what parts phase 1, what goes to phase 2. etc etc.

    https://i.imgur.com/OFJwGWE.png

    Something like that? (just edited the above image, things would naturally be spaced out to accommodate such ‘cards’ or such.)

    This would also be nice to just list setups in gen. I know we have the ‘outpost; option but I dislike using it. I rather have everything on one screen so I can browse around and see exactly what I have where and such note cards be nice to keep track of it all instead of the current notes.

  • Illithid

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    Sep 10, 2025

    Example of a situation where I wanted lines to divide up the outpost producing Phase 2 Project Parts and had ordered it into neat columns for Miners, Smelters, Constructors, etc. But without lines, I had to stretch machines to draw them as connectors and use the highest machine in each column for column labeling.

    https://i.imgur.com/UbqLKzy.png

  • P

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    Aug 8, 2025

    Extremely essential, would improve the app the same way outposts did

  • Roel204

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    Aug 7, 2025

    Shapes and text would be very useful to create sections in a factory!