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Finer Editor Placement

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I am trying to place a Circle of Power on my map and I need to be very precise about where it is placed. When I select it and drag it around, it seems like it "jumps" a distance so it's always too far left, or too far right. This doesn't happen when I drag a unit around. When dragging a unit, I can move them like 1 unit along the x or y axis and I can place them exactly where I want them.

I've looked at several fields but can't work out how to be specific about unit placement. I've tried toggling:
Stats - Is a Building = False
Pathing - Collision Size = 0.00
Movement - Type = Fly
Editor - Use Click Helper = False

I could create a unit and change the model to a Circle of Power, but I've run into this issue many of times with buildings, destructibles, doodads, etc and would like to understand the root problem. Anyone have any idea?
 
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It's the pathing map. If your object has a pathing map it has to align with the pathing grid.

Change "Pathing - Pathing Map" to none. To be abke to see that field you have to set Stats - Is a Building = True. After changing the pathing map you can revert to Stats - Is a Building = False again.
 
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I just checked and the pathing map is set to None though it's placement is still picky. I changed it to a unit after modifying this field and I can now move it freely.

I guess to move something freely, it needs to be a non-building and have Pathing Map to None?
 
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