From ba48b2e4f38d75e9c19a3ad91ec15b9571be0ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Young <young9003@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 12:10:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Deprecate the Direction properties and replace with forward.
 Also give more descriptive description of what they do.

---
 Source/Engine/Level/Actor.cpp |  5 +++++
 Source/Engine/Level/Actor.h   | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.cpp b/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.cpp
index 3f1ab905b..19fef4ca1 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.cpp
+++ b/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.cpp
@@ -822,6 +822,11 @@ void Actor::SetRotation(const Matrix& value)
 }
 
 void Actor::SetDirection(const Float3& value)
+{
+    SetForward(value);
+}
+
+void Actor::SetForward(const Float3& value)
 {
     CHECK(!value.IsNanOrInfinity());
     Quaternion orientation;
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.h b/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.h
index cd596e86c..0ed5cc822 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.h
+++ b/Source/Engine/Level/Actor.h
@@ -549,18 +549,36 @@ public:
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets actor direction vector (forward vector).
+    /// [Deprecated in v1.13]
     /// </summary>
+    DEPRECATED("Use GetForward instead.")
     API_PROPERTY(Attributes="HideInEditor, NoSerialize") FORCE_INLINE Float3 GetDirection() const
+    {
+        return GetForward();
+    }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the actor's forward vector.
+    /// </summary>
+    API_PROPERTY(Attributes="HideInEditor, NoSerialize") FORCE_INLINE Float3 GetForward() const
     {
         return Float3::Transform(Float3::Forward, GetOrientation());
     }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Sets actor direction vector (forward)
+    /// [Deprecated in v1.13]
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="value">The value to set.</param>
+    DEPRECATED("Use SetForward instead.")
     API_PROPERTY() void SetDirection(const Float3& value);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Rotates the actor to align its forward vector with the passed in value.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The value to align to.</param>
+    API_PROPERTY() void SetForward(const Float3& value);
+
 public:
     /// <summary>
     /// Resets the actor local transform.