Changing rotation direction with ghost rail planner?

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Changing rotation direction with ghost rail planner?

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Hi all! I've had a minor QoL annoyance since, I think, 0.18.0 and I'm wondering whether this is an actual control oversight or if I'm just missing something in the changed controls.

Normally, with most objects, you can choose the direction of rotation by pressing R or Shift+R.

In prior versions, I was able to do this in ghost rail planning mode, because it was a toggle: if you pressed shift when starting the rail planner, it would be in ghost mode and stay in ghost mode. I could then press R or Shift+R to rotate in either direction.

In the current version, you have to hold Shift to stay in ghost mode, which forces you to rotate in one direction. It doesn't seem like you can rotate in non-ghost mode, so I'm stuck rotating a lot more than I'd like to place rails.

Is there a means of changing your rotation direction with the ghost rail planner?

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Laogeodritt wrote:
Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:36 pm
Is there a means of changing your rotation direction with the ghost rail planner?
There is not.

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All right, at least it's not just me being silly. Thanks!

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Re: Changing rotation direction with ghost rail planner?

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I practically never use Shift + R to rotate, and partially forget that it exists. Three times R is the same as Shift + R, after all.

This makes rail building with the ghost rail planner fun, because it rotates in the opposite direction than how I normally rotate.
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