rotation/variations for selection box

[y.petremann]

I'm making an elevated entity that is above ground and have 4 directions, I want to do things like elevated rails but with a "simple-entity-with-force"

Problem:

selection box rotate are only defined once and rotate with the entity

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selection_box = { { -0.5, -1.5 }, { 0.5, -0.5 } }

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Possible solutions:

• Allow variation to selection_box:

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  selection_box = { 
    north={{ -0.5, -1.5 }, { 0.5, -0.5 }},
    east={{ -0.5, -1.5 }, { 0.5, -0.5 }},
    west={{ -0.5, -1.5 }, { 0.5, -0.5 }},
    south={{ -0.5, -1.5 }, { 0.5, -0.5 }},
  }

• Locking selection box to north:

  rotate_shift :: boolean optional
  Default: true
  Whether to rotate the selection_box alongside entity's rotation.

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  rotate_selection_box = false

• Allow the use of selection_box_shift for any entity with variation/rotation like with RailSignals:

[protocol_1903]

+1, I want to use it for almost identical purposes but underground :D