player rotation bug | Geometry Dash Creator School | Page 1

solar storm Mar 1, 2026, 12:59 AM

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Title: object copying player rotation is bugging out

Description: I'm trying to make a copy of the original player cube in the reflection as shown in the video, however all the triggers seem to work fine yet the copy's original rotation seems to randomly change. It also never did this when I only had a single object copying the player's rotation, this only happened when I made more complex designs for the copy. First video shows the bug happening, Second video shows all the triggers and objects involved, Third video shows me replacing the transition, Fourth video shows me moving the trigger that copies the player rotation. I can also upload a fifth video which shows the bug not occuring on a single object if needed.

Attempted Fixes: Ive tried fixing the player's position into place before and after the transition, Ive tried focusing the rotation of the copy cube on a different object that also copies the players rotation which didnt work, ive tried messing with different settings in all the triggers, Ive tried moving the triggers to different places, and ive tried deleting the entire transition before the bug.

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solar storm Mar 1, 2026, 1:07 AM

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another video that might be helpful

solar storm Mar 1, 2026, 5:55 AM

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found out what was causing it, didnt know how to fix it so i scrapped the mechanic and used in a later part

distant sky Mar 2, 2026, 9:21 AM

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i have this exact problem rn, can you tell what causes it?

solar storm Mar 2, 2026, 6:11 PM

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distant sky i have this exact problem rn, can you tell what causes it?

Im not sure exactly how to explain it, but basically its because of the multiple objects in different positions. When I was bugfixing, I started with one cube, which worked fine, but then i added different objects with different rotations and positions and then it started bugging out. I still dont really know how to even explain the issue, i just know what happens to cause it.

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:13 AM

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solar storm Im not sure exactly how to explain it, but basically its because of the multiple...

You can work around by using P2 as a target ID for rotation

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:14 AM

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lemme try

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:15 AM

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ornate crypt You can work around by using P2 as a target ID for rotation

i’m confused what you mean

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do you mean changing the p1 to p2?

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:16 AM

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There is an option of the rotate trigger that allow you to copy the rotation right

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So

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You can use that, with the target of P2

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You’d need to be in dual mode though, that’s the only down side

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:17 AM

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that’s not an issue

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although i don’t think it would work

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because it’s not rotating bc of the player

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it’s affected by all the other objects in itself which is what i don’t understand

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but let me try

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yeah it didn’t really seem to work

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i know what’s causing it but i don’t know how to explain it

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i can show an example later bc i gotta go rq

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:21 AM

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Perhaps this might be a startpos bug

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:22 AM

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unfortunately it’s not i tried playing from the beginning too

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since i’m on my phone i’ll try and recreate it to show you what is causing it

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@ornate crypt i’m not sure if this shows enough abt what’s going on

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but that’s basically the bug recreated

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:31 AM

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I think sometimes it happens

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It’s more like an inherent bug of the follow mode of the rotate trigger

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:31 AM

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that’s what i was worried about

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:31 AM

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But I don’t think it happens too often

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Consider that if the set up is at the middle of the level

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:32 AM

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unfortunately it happens more consistently with more objects

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with my setup it happened pretty much every time and was never centered

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:32 AM

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On other videos, you use a start pos, so it can be because of level loading

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:33 AM

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could be although it happens in the editor as well with or without start pos

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:34 AM

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I guess you can add an extra rotate trigger

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To reset the position

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Set the time as 0

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:35 AM

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lemme try rq

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i gotta try later nvm i have to go fr

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:35 AM

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Sure man

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:35 AM

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be back in like an hour or so and i’ll let you know

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:36 AM

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Okay

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:42 AM

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ornate crypt To reset the position

i’m not able to try it rn but would this reset the position no matter what position it changes to? bc if so that should fix it

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:42 AM

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Perhaps

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:42 AM

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i was thinking about a fix like that but i wasn’t sure how to do it

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 2:43 AM

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Just make sure the player is on a flat surface

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:44 AM

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alright

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 5:14 AM

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@ornate crypt didnt seem to work for me

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i mightve done it wrong

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but i couldnt get it to work

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 5:41 AM

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solar storm <@695475659119788084> didnt seem to work for me

Lemme try recreate it again

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 5:55 AM

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alr

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 9:00 AM

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I don't think it bugged out that if you set if up using adv follow

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Still nothing happens

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Also every objects that is rotated is in a same group

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with the center object is the group parent

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 9:35 AM

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ornate crypt Still nothing happens

hmmm okay i’ll check it out tmr since it’s like 1:30 am for me rn

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this seems good though

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 9:35 AM

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sure man

ornate crypt Mar 3, 2026, 12:26 PM

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Not too sure if this makes the stuff better but try changing the rotate trigger into a spawn trigger

solar storm Mar 3, 2026, 2:20 PM

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alright

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could i get the ID to your setup btw?

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js so i can compare

solar storm Mar 4, 2026, 1:15 AM

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@ornate crypt im ngl you know triggers way better than me idk how to even make your setup 😭

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i js got home

ornate crypt Mar 4, 2026, 2:26 AM

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solar storm <@695475659119788084> im ngl you know triggers way better than me idk how to eve...

I will send it soon

solar storm Mar 4, 2026, 2:26 AM

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alr cool

ornate crypt Mar 4, 2026, 3:38 AM

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Okay can't send the ID because of the server block it for some reasons

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but yeah use this

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In there

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focus on how I used the black squared as the center of the parent group

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I think that can solve the rotation issue

solar storm Mar 4, 2026, 5:27 AM

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alright ill mess with it

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i js now saw this

ornate crypt Mar 4, 2026, 5:38 AM

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Okay

solar storm Mar 4, 2026, 5:43 AM

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oh my god it works

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i js got into the level

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and replaced the objects with one of mine

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and it works

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im gonna study the setup for myself but tysm

solar storm Mar 4, 2026, 5:52 AM

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ornate crypt I think that can solve the rotation issue

it did btw, without it as a parent group the whole thing fails

ornate crypt Mar 4, 2026, 5:52 AM

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Yeah just use an object as a parent group

solar storm Mar 4, 2026, 5:53 AM

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yeah it works perfectly

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i was able to integrate it into my level without any issues and it works great

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tysm

ornate crypt Mar 4, 2026, 10:09 AM

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banger

supple badger Mar 4, 2026, 6:33 PM

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-resolve

sterile sigilBOT Mar 4, 2026, 6:33 PM

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