Originally Posted by Bolderine

Sitting in sector space at a system and bring up the map. Select a system 90 or so degrees to your left and tell your ship to go to it.

Why does my helmsman insist on turning 270 degrees to the right every time instead of the 90 degrees left?

On some occasions, this takes me over the border to another sector and I get that annoying warp message.

Please could the devs create an algorithm to check which is the shortest turn radius and turn in that direction. It's an annoyance that turns up in almost every autonav system I have seen, even in ground based games.

Hint (in Basic language but I'm sure someone can convert to C++ or Python or whatever you use):

TurnAmount = RouteToTake - (DegreesFacing +180)
If TurnAmount < 0
Then
TurnLeft(TurnAmount)
Else
TurnRight(TurnAmount)
End If

This decides whether to turn right or left to take the shortest route. The TurnAmount variable is the number of degrees, (OK would have to convert to Radians for programming the actual turn). Having it turn 270 degrees to the right is just sloppy programming.

Originally Posted by Bolderine

Why does my helmsman insist on turning 270 degrees to the right every time instead of the 90 degrees left?

Originally Posted by DaveyNY

This would be lovely and i endorse this completely....


It would also be grand if they could fix the new bug I've noticed lately...

...in which when you are parked near a solar system with the systems Info Box showing...,

...if you click anywhere OUTSIDE of the Info Box..., like to use your mouse button to turn the way your ship is facing... you get pulled out of Sector Space and into the systems instance.


Most annoying...