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Description:: Sets group formation heading. Accepted heading range is 0 to 360. Formation is facing this direction unless enemy is seen. When group is moving, this value is overridden by movement direction. If the new direction is noticeably different from the old direction (approx +/- 15 degrees), units will change positions changing formationDirection.
Groups:: Groups

Example 1:: _group1 setFormDir 180;
Example 2:: _unit1 setFormDir random 360;
Example 3:: //center the main turret (group BIS_Crew1) setFormDir (getDir BIS_Armor);

See also:: setDir setVectorDir setVectorDirAndUp resetSubgroupDirection formation formationLeader formationMembers formationTask formationDirection formationPosition

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: Posted on 2014-11-22 - 20:03 (UTC)
Killzone_Kid: When applied to AI, setFormDir will set unit formation direction, which in turn will force unit to change direction to match formation direction, however unit will stop turning as soon as unit direction is +/- 30 degrees of the formation direction. To precisely match formation direction, additional setDir is required:
_unit setFormDir 45; _unit setDir 45; hint str direction _unit; //45

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 |r1= [[Nothing]]
-|x1= <code>_group1 [[setFormDir]] 180;</code>
+|x1= <sqf>_group1 setFormDir 180;</sqf>
-|x2= <code>_unit1 [[setFormDir]] [[random]] 360;</code>
+|x2= <sqf>_unit1 setFormDir random 360;</sqf>
-|x3= <code>//center the main turret
+|x3= <sqf>
-([[group]] BIS_Crew1) [[setFormDir]] ([[getDir]] BIS_Armor);</code>
+//center the main turret
+(group BIS_Crew1) setFormDir (getDir BIS_Armor);
+</sqf>
 |seealso= [[setDir]] [[setVectorDir]] [[setVectorDirAndUp]] [[resetSubgroupDirection]] [[formation]] [[formationLeader]] [[formationMembers]] [[formationTask]] [[formationDirection]] [[formationPosition]]
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 <dt></dt>
-<dd class="notedate">Posted on November 22, 2014 - 20:03 (UTC)</dd>
+<dd class="notedate">Posted on 2014-11-22 - 20:03 (UTC)</dd>
-<dt class="note">[[User:Killzone Kid|Killzone Kid]]</dt>
+<dt class="note">[[User:Killzone_Kid|Killzone_Kid]]</dt>
 <dd class="note">
 When applied to AI, [[setFormDir]] will set unit formation direction, which in turn will force unit to change direction to match formation direction, however unit will stop turning as soon as unit direction is +/- 30 degrees of the formation direction. To precisely match formation direction, additional [[setDir]] is required:
-<code>_unit [[setFormDir]] 45;
+<sqf>
-_unit [[setDir]] 45;
+_unit setFormDir 45;
-[[hint]] [[str]] [[direction]] _unit; //45</code>
+_unit setDir 45;
+hint str direction _unit; //45
+</sqf>
 </dd>
 </dl>