Why my WE is so stupid...

[momok123]

I need a function that fix my WE,when I want to place a unit,it always face a wrong direction,and I can't rotate it!I need to place many units of that type and search for a suitable and then place it in the place it should be.someone have some solution?

 

[Footman16]

Copy and paste the unit after double clicking it and typing in it's rotation?

 

[lokharke]

Copy and paste the unit after double clicking it and typing in it's rotation?

There is no hotkey for rotate?I just found yesterday that if u press 0-9 when selecting a unit/hero they are changed to that player number. So i was wondering if there were any more useful hotkeys for units that will make placing/editing units easier

 

[Dr Super Good]

Double click the unit in the terrain editor with unit pallet open and specify an exact facing angle in the angle field. You can then copy and paste it however many times you want.

There is no way to specify exact unit positions, this is a major flaw in World Editor.

In StarCraft II they fixed this problem allowing you to not only modify the facing angle of a unit but also the exact position the unit is placed at allowing well aligned neat deployment of units at the start of maps.

 

[Xonok]

Also, you can rotate a unit towards a point by selecting the unit and then ctrl+clicking ground.

 

[iamdl]

I need a function that fix my WE

Its easy "JUST PRESS Z"

 

[Nichilus]

Make sure the unit is not a building (the object editor's field "Unit - Is a Building" is set to false)

 

[stan0033]

Buildings cannot be rotated. Only units, and to rotate them double click or enter and change the rotation OR press control(CTRL) and move the mouse in some direction ;p

 

[Daffa]

There's a trick to change facing of building in Tutorials, I can't recall which.

 

[Arrr]

^
there is some variable in the gameplay costants, or you can abuse the treants root

Ontopic: select a unit, then left-click a point holding ctrl at the same time, the selected unit/s will face towards that point

-sry bad eng

 

[Xonok]

The trick for rotating buildings is temporarily setting them to be units.

 

[lokharke]

Buildings cannot be rotated. Only units, and to rotate them double click or enter and change the rotation OR press control(CTRL) and move the mouse in some direction ;p

The trick for rotating buildings is temporarily setting them to be units.

Also, you can rotate a unit towards a point by selecting the unit and then ctrl+clicking ground.

Thanks for all your good advices. Are very useful to me.

 

[Daffa]

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/general-mapping-tutorials-278/adjusting-building-facing-252644/
That might help with Xonok's answer, so you don't need to mess with each object editor values and go straight.

 

[Chaosy]

If someone/something is wrong here it isn't the WE's.

Blaming a program because the user doesn't know what he/she is doing is kinda common.

edit: you can change it easily, by double clicking on the unit.

 

[Vinz]

The World Editor is stupid.

GUI functions don't necessarily have to have a wrapper that strictly follows the sentence in terms of arguments.

 

[jonhysone]

Woah easy
WE is always smart and always will be , he just misunderstood you. Just treat WE as a pet

Well for rotating you can set it either by triggers or by Object editor, or even Terrain editor which can rotate units by pressing hotkeys

First of all, make sure you click space so you can select units, and press any hotkey from 0 - 9 , and try without that 'Numpad On' light on, just turn it off so , 'Del , Fin , pg up , pg down' work , they have benefit too

If it's a building you should default facing in Object editor, it can be easily found

Third, GUI editor gives u this trigger, use it :

• Unit - Make Unit face 'Your angle'

I wish this helps