Route Planner Problem: mix of modes not possible

S.H. Seelen shared this question 20 days ago
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Let us assume I start planning a route as a hiker. Then I come to a point where maybe the map is wrong, or I want to walk along the beach where there is no path marked, or I just want to take a shortcut across a field. Until recently I could change the mode to "manual" just for this bit and then change back to "hike". That was a cool workaround for problematic bits of the route.

This behavior seems to have changed with a recent update. Now, if I change to "manual" the whole route that I have planned up to this point changes to "manual" - meaning it's straight connections between points. Definitely not the behavior I want. Obviously it is no longer possible to mix different modes in one route.

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Hi,

could you please tell what web browser you use? We tested Chrome, Firefox and Edge and it works as it should, see the video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W3zqXGWANUBXvPJPfxSLOmPIb0zf6tEe/view?usp=sharing

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Browser? I use the app version 4.32.4.

To post here? Kiwi.

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The UI of Locus Map 4 route planner has been unified with the web browser in the newest app version. It's on the brink o publishing on Google Play but you can already install it from our public repo at https://bit.ly/lmVersions.

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Sorry, I'm confused. What does a browser have to do with an app, please? But anyway, I'm not keen on any new version, what about the app version I already have? The route planning problem I described can be solved there?

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I overlooked that you marked the question as regarding the app so I thought you were writing about our web route planner. Sorry for that. As Blihi already wrote, in your app version, you have to select "Continue with" from the route profile menu when you want to change it only for the next route segment. Otherwise, just selecting another profile recalculates the whole route.

This has been improved in the next app version which I recommended you to download.

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OK, thanks to both of you! I did not even realize there was a web version. (I'll have to find out whether my Android 7 tablet will be supported by 4.33. it's just so much nicer for planning routes than my smartphone.)

Thanks again - love the app!

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It's confusing, but you can still do this. In 4.32 you need to select 'continue with' under the menu when changing profiles as the default is indeed to apply it to the entire route. In the beta version of 4.33 this is fixed with a menu option.

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