[Bug Report] Can't Hammer Pig Heads with Spacebar

[Zillvr]

I finally had time to play...

If you're holding a hammer near a Pig Head, pressing Spacebar(default: Do Action Key) will not result in your character hammering down the Pig Head. In other Don't Starve games i.e. Vanilla and RoG, holding spacebar lets you automatically hammer the nearest Pig Head.

 

I hope I didn't mess this up. I'd also like to state that I did a search first whether this has been posted yet. I used the search terms: "pighead hammer" both separately and alternately.

 

Cheers.

 

[MemoriesofNemo]

It's not just the pigheads actually, it doesn't do it for your own base structures either (thank god!)
Not sure if it's a new feature or a bug though, as i noticed some inconsitencies with the spacebar action across the board, for instance when picking up sand too..

[applebottom]

for instance when picking up sand too..

 

Can confirm the can't-spacebar-to-pick-up-sand bug. I have to do something else like change equipped item or move a little bit.

[Zillvr]

@applebottom,I was about to post a report about that. It really does seem like the Do Action Feature in general needs to be looked into. Glad I'm not alone on this.

[CameoAppearance]

Yeah, I couldn't hammer stuff with the spacebar either, and I had difficulty picking up sand with the spacebar after digging it with the shovel. At one point a monkey stole my sand because I couldn't grab it first.

 

I don't really mind hammering not automatically firing when you press the spacebar while standing next to a structure, because that causes a lot of accidental destruction in the base game and DST (it's the only thing worse than the shovel for that), but if they do want to make the Do Action key work more intelligently for hammers then it should kick in after you hold it down for a couple seconds.

[Slappyjackie]

I hope in Don't Starve Shipwreck that you can fix the issue of clicking space-bar with a hammer in your hand. All your other games where able to press space-bar while having a hammer in your hand.

[cptCalavera]

I think this is an intentional change to avoid accidental hammering when holding a hammer, while gathering food from a crock pot for example.

 

Kind of annoying when you want to hammer a lot of things. but over all a good change imo.

[zzKratoszz]

10 hours ago, cptCalavera said:

I think this is an intentional change to avoid accidental hammering when holding a hammer, while gathering food from a crock pot for example.

 

Kind of annoying when you want to hammer a lot of things. but over all a good change imo.

When I hold f to attack a mosquito and a sandbag is closer my character will attack the sandbags instead. Perhaps the same fix can be applied here or maybe requiring ctrl+f to attack walls?

[TheDwemerEquation]

3 hours ago, zzKratoszz said:

When I hold f to attack a mosquito and a sandbag is closer my character will attack the sandbags instead. Perhaps the same fix can be applied here or maybe requiring ctrl+f to attack walls?

This so much. My sandbags get enough abuse at the hands of my farm spiders without me accidentally hitting them, why can you hit them with weapons anyways? Hasn't it always been you need a hammer to destroy walls?