Gimp doesn't like floating cables, but I like them. We should make it easy for players to place lots of cables with anchors connecting to walls if they want to. (Opt in or opt out, we choose).

It would be nice to not have to craft these anchors.

question is, anchor to EVERY solid side? would look terrible imho ..

can it be made dependent on where i click when placing them?

having the option to decide where anchors on the cables are placed after placing sounds more appealing .. or have default invisible anchors to all solid sides (with hitbox) to allow making them visible after placement

Yeah you're right. We need to check what it would look like first with the current model before making it automatic.

x/z modulo 3? :-D

Something like that?

(But yes, we might just consider removing cable anchors as an item and making them a toggle, that would already make it far easier)

to add, i would not like anchors on every single part of cable even if just one side per cable ... just a few visually appealing ones like i do it currently with the item version here and there

Wouldn't it be easier, to use a wrench and disconnect the link to other cables.
I like the way Mekanism does it, if you accidently wrenched/configured a connection out, you just wrench/configure the side, that should connect again, pretty awesome and very easy to maintain, also more aesthetic to look at compared to tons of Anchors.

I think a good temp solution would be for cables to place anchors on touching sides while anchors are in the offhand. Similar to how create places blocks under the track from the offhand.