hi watabou, I just noticed another oddity. The compass rose moves around unexpectedly when I rotate the map. The landforms and features appear to rotate correctly via [] (still always clockwise via the context menu), but the compass rose moves around unexpectedly. I was really confused because the map would rotate CW/CCW, but the compass rose alone would go the opposite direction... sometimes.
The thing is that the compass position is not updated explicitly when a map is rotated.
- If the compass wasn't moved manually before the rotation, it gets repositioned automatically. In most cases it looks like it is rotated along with the map, but sometimes it is moved somewhere else. This is not a bug, however I'll probably change this behaviour.
- If the compass was moved manually before the rotation, it remains exactly at the the same unrotated position. If the map is not square, the compass may even disappear completely, and this needs to be fixed.
Right, that was more or less what I'd concluded -- landforms and landmarks are moved, then the compass placed where it can fit. It just confused me for a bit yesterday because the compass stands out so well and is easier to spot than, say, reading a landmark name or mapping how a forest changed shape. "Compass in top left, rotate CW, compass in... bottom left?! rotate CW, compass is top left, rotate CW, compass in refrigerator..." :)
Once I looked at the actual map contents, rather than decorator, it totally made sense. I could see what it was doing and had a guess as to why, but wasn't sure if it was deliberate. Sounds like it probably was, or at least not consciously avoided. I don't think it's wrong, though because I can see it changing some of the locations chosen surprised me (moved from 'in big water' [open sea] to 'in little water' [among islands]). Trivially fixed by manually moving it, of course.
Still really happy with the rotations! Thanks watabou!