Rotate map - doesn't rotate map

[Mek]

Hello,
I have a problem that the "Rotate map" function doesn't work. When I guide to a geocache and turn the "Rotate map" function on, the map doesn't rotate (but the function looks like turned on).
Locus version: 3.57.1, Android 11 with latest updates from Samsung. Phone is Samsung Galaxy A51.
It has worked previously, maybe last year, but can't remember since when it broke, so it looks like a regression bug.
If there is anything I can do to investigate on my side, I will be happy to

[Mek]

Nothing I could try to resolve this?
This problem is super annoying when trying to find a geocache...

[balloni55]

what are your setting/GPS&sensors/Orientation > Map rotation mode ?

[Mek]

Map rotation mode: Auto-change, 3,6 km/h
Use true bearing: ON
Compatibility mode: OFF

I didn't change these settings, it stopped working by itself a few months ago but can't remember when.

[balloni55]

Map rotation mode: Auto-change, 3,6 km/h
Use true bearing: ON
Compatibility mode: OFF

I didn't change these settings, it stopped working by itself a few months ago but can't remember when.

Is the compass working generally and if you guide to a geocache ?

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[Mek]

Yes, also when guiding, the arrow changes orientation while on foot. The compass (on the location screen) also rotates when rotating the phone.

[Menion]

Hmm and if you change rotation mode to the "Hardware compass" and enable map centering, does rotation works even when you're standing still?

[Mek]

A-ha! When I enabled map centering, map rotation suddenly started working. This was the same with "hardware compass" as you suggested, and also with my current setting ("auto").
When I disabled map centering, map rotation stopped working, and map stayed in last rotated position, no matter how I positioned the phone.
I can live with this workaround, but hope this helps if it is some kind of bug.

[Menion]

Nope, it is intent. Rotation is by default active only when the map is centered. Otherwise map jumps under fingers and movement is not so friendly as with current system.

[Mek]

Ok, that makes sense. Thank you.
But how come that it worked before, without activating map centering manually first? I can't remember, but maybe map centering was also activated automatically when turning Rotate map on?

[Menion]

Before, centering was not necessary if I remember correctly.
You can enable very similar behavior to what it was before with Expert settings > Dual centering button option.

[Saturo]

I did not find this setting. Is it a LM4 pro bonus feature?

[Menion]

Not a bonus but yes, it is available only in the Locus Map 4.

[john_percy]

I'm afraid that though I understand the reasons for it, I find this new behaviour considerably less than intuitive. It caught me out only yesterday, and I ended up thinking the compass wasn't connecting to Locus.
So, if map is centred then centring button is blue. If the rotate button is tapped, map rotates and rotate button goes blue. All fine so far.  If map is dragged, centred button changes colour back, rotation is locked, but rotate button remains unchanged and blue. My suggestion is rotate button remains blue but with a small lock on it? Or, not my preference, a toaster message to say "map rotation locked"?
Also - and this is a bug, not a UX preference - if map is not centred and the rotate button is tapped, the rotate button turns blue, and the map rotates to what seems to be the last direction recalled from when the map was centred. It certainly does not rotate to the correct direction in any case. That also caught me out a few weeks ago and it only now that I've decided what was wrong. Does that need a toast, "live map rotation disabled if map is not centred" and the rotation turning off?
All this above was tested on Locus Pro, not Gold.

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[Menion]

Thanks John for the feedback. "Bug" fixed.

Usability: I'll have to think about it a little more. But at least I fully agree, that the current solution is not ideal for 99% of users (that is my goal).