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Transform.rotation

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public var rotation: Quaternion;

Description

The rotation of the transform in world space stored as a Quaternion.

Unity stores rotations as Quaternions internally. To rotate an object, use Transform.Rotate. Use Transform.eulerAngles for setting the rotation as euler angles.

	// Reset the world rotation
	transform.rotation = Quaternion.identity;

Another example:

	// Smoothly tilts a transform towards a target rotation.
	var smooth = 2.0;
	var tiltAngle = 30.0;
	function Update () {
		var tiltAroundZ = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * tiltAngle;
		var tiltAroundX = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * tiltAngle;
		var target = Quaternion.Euler (tiltAroundX, 0, tiltAroundZ);
		// Dampen towards the target rotation
		transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, target,
		                               Time.deltaTime * smooth);;
	}