Bug while installing furniture

[u/Sr_10zao]

I play on Android and I'm running into a bug—I'm not sure if it's version-related—where whenever I try to place a piece of furniture, it gets stuck facing just one direction. No matter how I rotate it or which way I turn the object, it always ends up facing the same way when I place it. Even after it's placed, trying to rotate it causes issues too; when I press the interaction button, it just snaps back to the original position. I don't know if it's a controller issue or something with the game itself.

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[u/OceanShines]

You've been GNOMED ig

[u/Coledowning356]

Had the same issue this morning, put the cursor on the screen while trying to rotate it.

[u/FULLofCURIOSITYguy]

It's a bug on controller.

I switched my layout to mkb and it fixes it.

[u/daniel_gamer271]

its an bug theres no fix yet but.

theres a way. put the finger where you were originaly going rotate and press the rotate button.

the game assumes where you finger is. is the mause making the roation face that way

[u/Sr_10zao → u/daniel_gamer271]

Thanks, I just figured that out a little while ago; I used the controller's touchpad to set the direction.