Ship icon angles-what do they mean?

[dbt1949]

When you're perusing you fleets and ships or when they are orbiting a planet,often the ship's icons are at different points of the clock,like 12,10 etc. What does this mean?
Thanks!

[Phoenix-D]

Most like what direction they arrived from- the ships nose pointing the direction it moved to get to that sector.

[Fyron]

They change direction as they fly along in space. The direction they are facing is generally based off of what sector they Last came from. I believe new ships are always set to be pointing to "south" before they have moved.

[Ed Kolis]

So is it cheating to use a radially symmetrical shipset like the Eee, so they can't tell if you're coming or going? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[dbt1949]

Ah,that explains it.
Thanks guys! http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung/spezial/Fool/leb.gif

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
So is it cheating to use a radially symmetrical shipset like the Eee, so they can't tell if you're coming or going? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No. They can watch the movement replay log. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Taera]

and if its turn based? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Gryphin]

When playing against a race that you can't determine the direction of travel you can use a different ship set.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Taera:
and if its turn based? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">SE4 is all turn based... though I assume you meant sequential. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif In that case, they should have played it in simultaneous mode, as it is much better that way. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[PvK]

Doesn't sequential also have a movement replay?

[Taera]

no
and fyron, not all prefer simlutaneous http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Fyron]

Note the http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif ...

[Captain Kwok]

I have been known to order a bunch of ships to move one sector down and back up just to have them facing the same direction. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Fyron]

You have also been known to be legally insane. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif