Ok, after this last post I had the opportunity to do a lot more building. A few times I was able to copy a set of objects with ctrl x and the objects stayed selected. So it isn't all the time after all, just most of the time. I guess it is a bug, I'll wait for a fix. It's the only bug I'm experiencing and it's not exactly game-breaking, just a bit annoying

Nothing could make me give up this game now though, I spent 5 hours just working on an entrance plaza yesterday - which I'm still not done with - and had a blast! Every time I learned a new trick I'd start over so that my build would be perfect. The precision possible in this game really makes my OCD happy

When I was done for the day I finally turned on some atmospherics and zoomed in to eye level and moved around - my god this game is beautiful! Building in Planet Zoo is the most fun thing ever but I guess I'll have to get some animals, staff and guests sooner or later
I wish there was a way to experience this as an avatar walking around though. I'm not that great with the camera controls yet. I remember in JWE we could get in a sphere and drive around in first person. Something like that would be awesome.