# Transform.forward problem (789712)
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712
**Category:** Scripting
**Tags:** Scripting
**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712 "2020-05-08T03:11:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@chengwang2077](https://discussions.unity.com/u/chengwang2077)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712/1 "2020-05-08T03:11:50Z")
My game object’s rotation equals (0,0,180),and My code is as follows
void start(){
var forward = transform.forward;
transform.forward = forward;
}
after code execution
game object’s rotation equals (0,0,0)
why?
And how to set tranform forward without reset Z coodinate?
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### Author:  [@PraetorBlue](https://discussions.unity.com/u/PraetorBlue)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712/2 "2020-05-08T03:18:59Z")
Try putting some logging statements in there… I think your problem might be in different code:
```csharp
void start(){
var forward = transform.forward;
Debug.Log("Forward before: ${transform.forward}");
transform.forward = forward;
Debug.Log("Forward after: ${transform.forward}");
}
```
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### Author:  [@chengwang2077](https://discussions.unity.com/u/chengwang2077)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712/3 "2020-05-08T03:36:47Z")
```csharp
using UnityEngine;
public class test : MonoBehaviour
{
void Start()
{
Debug.Log("before" + transform.eulerAngles.z);
transform.forward = transform.forward;
Debug.Log("after" + transform.eulerAngles.z);
}
}
```
Create a GameObject and set rotation z to 180 , and add this component to the gameobject,
it will log
before180
after0
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### Author:  [@PraetorBlue](https://discussions.unity.com/u/PraetorBlue)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712/4 "2020-05-08T03:39:48Z")
Ohh you’re totally right. Ok I think I know what’s happening here. Instead of doing transform.forward = transform.forward try this:
```csharp
transform.LookAt(transform.forward, transform.up);
```
basically when you set transform.forward to a value it calls Transform.LookAt with only one parameter. In that mode the “up” direction defaults to Vector3.up.
The reason it does this is because just specifying a place to look is not enough info to fully figure out the rotation. You also need to tell Unity which direction “up” should be.
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### Author:  [@chengwang2077](https://discussions.unity.com/u/chengwang2077)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/transform-forward-problem-789712/789712/5 "2020-05-08T03:47:58Z")
Completely solved my problem, thank you