talkingsoup Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 So I just downloaded the game and started playing, and right away I'm struggling with knapping. I can set the stones down as you can see in the image, but nothing I do works. I understand you're supposed to click on the outlined orange voxel areas while holding a stone. I've tried holding a single stone, a stack of stone, both flint and granite, right clicking, left clicking, shift clicking, holding click. Nothing is working. I haven't remapped my controls at all so that isn't the issue. I tried to put a rock in my offhand as well but that doesn't seem to work either. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just very dumb but I would love some help as I'd really like to play this game.
LadyWYT Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 Welcome to the forums(and the game)! 10 minutes ago, talkingsoup said: I can set the stones down as you can see in the image, but nothing I do works. I understand you're supposed to click on the outlined orange voxel areas while holding a stone. I've tried holding a single stone, a stack of stone, both flint and granite, right clicking, left clicking, shift clicking, holding click. Nothing is working. I haven't remapped my controls at all so that isn't the issue. I tried to put a rock in my offhand as well but that doesn't seem to work either. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just very dumb but I would love some help as I'd really like to play this game. Very strange. You should just be able to left-click with a rock in your main hand to break away the voxels outlined in orange. Are you using any mods, particularly mods like Knapster? I seem to recall a few Knapster users encountering this sort of issue, but I could be mistaken. If it's the vanilla game though, I would try reinstalling, in case there's a file or two that somehow did not install correctly. Backup any cherished worlds in a separate folder before you go this route, of course. If the issue is still persisting in the vanilla game, then it's time to head over to the Github bug tracker and submit a report. 1
talkingsoup Posted January 3 Author Report Posted January 3 4 minutes ago, LadyWYT said: Are you using any mods, particularly mods like Knapster? No, I just started so I figured I should actually learn the game before I mess around with mods. I guess the only recourse is to reinstall. I'll see if that works.
talkingsoup Posted January 3 Author Report Posted January 3 I tried reinstalling and the problem persisted. However, I found a similar issue on the Github bug reporter where a person had to remap their LMB to a key and that allowed them to knap. Tried rebinding to Enter and now I can knap, but I'd rather not have to use a key in place of a mouse click. This bug seems to have persisted since two years ago so I don't know if it will be fixed.
talkingsoup Posted January 3 Author Report Posted January 3 After further trial and error I have found that LMB does absolutely nothing. RMB is the only mouse button that works. I don't know why.
LadyWYT Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 2 hours ago, talkingsoup said: After further trial and error I have found that LMB does absolutely nothing. RMB is the only mouse button that works. I don't know why. Strange. Do you have a different mouse that you could try, in case it's an issue with a specific mouse model?
Solution talkingsoup Posted January 3 Author Solution Report Posted January 3 27 minutes ago, LadyWYT said: Strange. Do you have a different mouse that you could try, in case it's an issue with a specific mouse model? I think I've found the solution. After reinstalling, I noticed that the middle mouse button was mapped to LMB as well. I think maybe this was causing some kind of overlap that wasn't registering LMB clicks. I bound the middle button properly and launched my game, and now everything seems to work. I'm not sure why the middle button was mapped this way in default, but at least this seems to be a solution? I can knap properly without needing to rebind and also harvest items, so it looks like I can finally play the game 4
tinyoverflow Posted January 3 Report Posted January 3 (edited) Good find, @talkingsoup! This mapping is pretty odd and shouldn't be there by default (at least in 1.21.6). Please don't hesitate to mark your own post as the solution, so that other players with that issue can see that this has been solved and jump to your comment Edited January 5 by tinyoverflow 1
talkingsoup Posted January 5 Author Report Posted January 5 On 1/3/2026 at 2:43 PM, tinyoverflow said: Good find, @talkingsoup! This mapping is pretty odd and shouldn't be there by default (at least in 1.21.6). Please don't hesitate to mark your own post as the solution, so that other players with that issue can see that this has been solved and jump to your comment Thanks, went ahead and did that, sorry for the delay. I'm about ten hours into the game now and really enjoying it, haven't run into any other bugs or issues. 1
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