As always, pressing R (rotate) while the rail planner is active allows you to choose the orientation of the end of the track.
But now in 0.17.31, whenever I press or release the shift key, the chosen rotation is lost and it goes back to auto-selecting the orientation — meaning not only do I have to keep the Shift key held down or have to redo the rotation, but I can only rotate in one direction (since Shift-R is the combination for counterclockwise rotation and I can't press plain R without letting go of Shift and losing the state).
This doesn't really lose any functionality, but it's inconvenient and surprising. I assume this was introduced with the 0.17.29 rail planner mode simplification, but I didn't play that exact version.
[0.17.31] Rail planner forgets chosen rotation on Shift key release/press
Re: [0.17.31] Rail planner forgets chosen rotation on Shift key release/press
This is not a bug, but a functionality intentionally programmed in.
Re: [0.17.31] Rail planner forgets chosen rotation on Shift key release/press
Well, for what it's worth, I and my left little finger think it's a usability problem that you have to lean on the Shift key because letting go forgets something.