UI/UX Initially Placed Part Should Honor Player Specified VAB Orientation

[Davidian1024]

All of the parts in the part picker seem to have a default orientation.  When starting a new craft from a blank VAB, the VAB orientation will be overridden based on the initially selected part.

I think the idea here might be to try to keep new players from ending up confused when building their first crafts.  That makes sense to me, and I want new players to have a good experience.  But, I think this will always end up conflicting with the players intentions once they get to the point where they specifically want to build something horizontally or vertically.

I find myself regularly having to work around this behavior.

There should be a way for the player to enforce their selected orientation.  Perhaps a simple checkbox next to the orientation selector.  Or perhaps it could be in settings.

Here's an example to try to illustrate the issue.

Note: Clicking the "New File" icon does not change the VAB orientation.  It remains in the state it was previously in.

Example 1: "Bulldog" Rocket

1. Start with a blank VAB
2. Select vertical VAB orientation
3. Click the "Bulldog" rover part from the part picker
4. Observe that the VAB orientation has changed to horizontal and the "Bulldog" rover part was inserted into the VAB horizontally.

Example 2: "Gumball" Space Plane

1. Start with a blank VAB
2. Select horizontal VAB orientation
3. Click the "Gumball" pod part from the part picker
4. Observe that the VAB orientation has changed to vertical and the "Gumball" pod part was inserted into the VAB vertically.

I know of ways to workaround this, but I think it shouldn't be necessary to have to work around it.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Anth12