Item placement.. stacking?

I may be missing something ehre in basic base building... but is it possible to place those little things such as books, microscopes, jars etc on desks or somthing?. Coz i cant figure it out and it makes them pretty pointless coz they look stupid on the floor.

yes, on tghe counters i believe. they wont go on top of the tables or desks

cool thanks. What about floor tiles?.. like the ionzing grate n and floor light grid thing. it possible to put things on those?

Counters, half-circular tables and *some* desks can accept items (the White desk and Rustic desk definitely can, not the executive or PC models).

Items have to be smaller than the item they're placed on (sounds logical enough, but even though the Plasma screens have small bases they're still as "big" as the screen width).

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cool thanks. What about floor tiles?.. like the ionzing grate n and floor light grid thing. it possible to put things on those?

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I've tried in the past with the ionizing grate and it doesn't work, only some things can interact with others, I've tried to stack crates in the past and failed. It's a bit of trial and error I'm afraid, until they make the base editor more sophisticated.

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yes, on tghe counters i believe. they wont go on top of the tables or desks

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Items can be put on tables, the basic white table is the one I use as a 'default'. Some counters don't accept stacked items, but plenty of them do. It is a sort of trial-and-error thing.

And rotating your view helps placing the objects like I always say..

I dont think i have managed to put anything on top of any crate so far though.

sorry, by table i meant the executive conference one.

Is it me or is the whole base item placement system somewaht cumbersome?

Slightly. :P
We (the Exiles SG) arent a rich SG by any stretch of imagination, but making the place look like more than a few square cut-outs with large block cut-outs for corridors... its a nightmare. I manage though, but sometimes I cant help but think an -actual- door or an -actual- wall wouldnt go amiss, compared to mass segments being filled in or taken out.