diff --git a/src/mcedit2/editorsession.py b/src/mcedit2/editorsession.py
index 295e342..7c14fd8 100644
--- a/src/mcedit2/editorsession.py
+++ b/src/mcedit2/editorsession.py
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ class EditorSession(QtCore.QObject):
             player = self.worldEditor.getPlayer()
             center = Vector(*player.Position)
             log.info("Centering on single-player player.")
+            rotation = player.Rotation
+            try:
+                self.editorTab.currentView().yawPitch = rotation
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
         except PlayerNotFound:
             try:
                 center = self.worldEditor.worldSpawnPosition()
diff --git a/src/mcedit2/editortools/edit_player.py b/src/mcedit2/editortools/edit_player.py
index dc23ea5..685c030 100644
--- a/src/mcedit2/editortools/edit_player.py
+++ b/src/mcedit2/editortools/edit_player.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
 import logging
 from PySide.QtCore import Qt
+from mcedit2.command import SimpleRevisionCommand
 from mcedit2.editortools import EditorTool
 from mcedit2.nbt_treemodel import NBTTreeModel, NBTFilterProxyModel
 from mcedit2.util.load_ui import load_ui
@@ -52,7 +53,16 @@ class PlayerTool(EditorTool):
     def movePlayerToCamera(self):
         view = self.editorSession.editorTab.currentView()
         if view.viewID == "Cam":
-            self.selectedPlayer.Position = view.centerPoint
+            command = SimpleRevisionCommand(self.editorSession, "Move Player")
+            with command.begin():
+                self.selectedPlayer.Position = view.centerPoint
+                try:
+                    self.selectedPlayer.Rotation = view.yawPitch
+                except AttributeError:
+                    pass
+
+                self.selectedPlayer.dirty = True  # xxx do in AnvilPlayerRef
+            self.editorSession.pushCommand(command)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Current view is not camera view.")
 
diff --git a/src/mceditlib/anvil/adapter.py b/src/mceditlib/anvil/adapter.py
index f8f75af..76a6b34 100644
--- a/src/mceditlib/anvil/adapter.py
+++ b/src/mceditlib/anvil/adapter.py
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ class AnvilWorldMetadata(object):
     def __init__(self, metadataTag):
         self.metadataTag = metadataTag
         self.rootTag = metadataTag["Data"]
+        self.dirty = False
 
     # --- NBT Tag variables ---
 
@@ -487,7 +488,9 @@ class AnvilWorldAdapter(object):
         :return:
         :rtype:
         """
-        self.selectedRevision.writeFile("level.dat", self.metadata.metadataTag.save())
+        if self.metadata.dirty:
+            self.selectedRevision.writeFile("level.dat", self.metadata.metadataTag.save())
+            self.metadata.dirty = False
 
     def saveChanges(self):
         """
@@ -801,7 +804,7 @@ class AnvilWorldAdapter(object):
     def savePlayerTag(self, tag, playerUUID):
         if playerUUID == "":
             # sync metadata?
-            return
+            self.metadata.dirty = True
         else:
             self.selectedRevision.writeFile("playerdata/%s.dat" % playerUUID, tag.save())
 
@@ -920,6 +923,7 @@ class AnvilPlayerRef(object):
     def save(self):
         if self.dirty:
             self.adapter.savePlayerTag(self.rootTag, self.playerUUID)
+            self.dirty = False
 
     _dimNames = {
         -1:"DIM-1",
diff --git a/src/mceditlib/worldeditor.py b/src/mceditlib/worldeditor.py
index 1bd6029..8beed85 100644
--- a/src/mceditlib/worldeditor.py
+++ b/src/mceditlib/worldeditor.py
@@ -252,8 +252,11 @@ class WorldEditor(object):
         :return:
         :rtype:
         """
+        dirtyPlayers = 0
         for player in self.playerCache.itervalues():
-            player.save()
+            if player.dirty:
+                dirtyPlayers += 1
+                player.save()
 
         dirtyChunkCount = 0
         for chunk in self._loadedChunkData.itervalues():
@@ -261,7 +264,8 @@ class WorldEditor(object):
                 dirtyChunkCount += 1
                 self.adapter.writeChunk(chunk)
                 chunk.dirty = False
-        log.info(u"Saved {0} chunks".format(dirtyChunkCount))
+        self.adapter.syncToDisk()
+        log.info(u"Saved %d chunks and %d players", dirtyChunkCount, dirtyPlayers)
 
     def saveChanges(self):
         if self.readonly: