Rotating blocks

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So I'm trying to build a 'fort' within the insides of an already existing structure, but every time I try to make it, the anchor blocks keep orientating themselves not the way I want it.
I have to temporarily turn them into Techs and manually rotating them. And even then, sometimes the new orientation won't allow me to re-anchor because the 'surface is slightly slanted'.

Also, Hi matt :)

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Originally posted by That0therG:

So I'm trying to build a 'fort' within the insides of an already existing structure, but every time I try to make it, the anchor blocks keep orientating themselves not the way I want it.
I have to temporarily turn them into Techs and manually rotating them. And even then, sometimes the new orientation won't allow me to re-anchor because the 'surface is slightly slanted'.

Also, Hi matt :)

It's not really a glitch or bug, and it's not caused by where you are: when you are building something that is not itself a proper tech, blocks that you are "holding" will auto-orient themselves on the tech/cab that you are driving. They can be manually rotated with the buttons, as you noticed, but if you move it too close to your active tech they will reset and orientate itself on you again.

It will also happen if you have a prebuilt tech sitting nearby and move the block you are holding close to it.

It can actually be pretty helpful sometimes, especially when you are converting one of those big RR warehouses into a base. You can use the auto-orientation to place things at weird angles on the walls.