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How to make a units face a different direction?

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Hi, I'm new to the World editor, and I need a little bit of help.

When I place a unit in the World editor they always seem to be facing the wrong way. I know there has to be way, so could someone please let me know how to make a unit face in the direction I want it to?

Thanks for your time
 
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I believe you can set facing to specific degrees by double clicking the unit and typing a number in one of the boxes that shows up. The simplest way is:
  1. Select the unit(s)
  2. Ctrl + click a point on the map
  3. Selected units now face that point
Building facing direction can be manually set in two different ways. First way: change the value of “Default building facing” in gameplay constants; this will affect all buildings. Second way:
  1. Place the building you want to turn
  2. Open that building in the Object Editor and set “Stats - Is a building” to false
  3. Change the orientation using either of the methods above for units (since the building is now a unit)
  4. Set “Stats - Is a building” back to true
 
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