Breaking block and items fall down before you can pick them up

[wet obsidian]

Hello

I had a bit of item lost when building my ship
As i was destroying it, picking items was a problem because they just fell straight down. Even tho i was really close to the block, couldnt pick it up. It just fell from the sky into the sea, never to be seen again xd

It only works if you have some blocks placed below the blocks which you want to destroy, then the items fell on it… but if you dont, there is no way to retrieve them :/

So, my suggestion would be a quicker pick up time for items or make them first jump up and then down so you have enought time to pick them up
Or add just a larger pickup area around the character

Just some suggestions 🙂

Thank you for your time

[unreal dew]

Sounds great.
Another "fix" would be that the droped item would first do a little arc upwards and then falls down.
This way you could have enough time to suck it into inventory. (I think minecraft does this)

[sly drum]

It was still floating down on the water, You could have jumped over the side, as long as it was water under you. Then after splash down and resurfacing, you should have or be near your item, then compass back to your ship.

Also Ship building is safer on land.

Not saying we shouldn't have any changes in this area, a little pop up and to the player would make mining nicer, but straight down makes sense.