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June 8th, 2003, 01:56 AM
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Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
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?
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June 8th, 2003, 01:58 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
Most like what direction they arrived from- the ships nose pointing the direction it moved to get to that sector.
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June 8th, 2003, 01:58 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
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.
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June 8th, 2003, 04:03 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
So is it cheating to use a radially symmetrical shipset like the Eee, so they can't tell if you're coming or going? 
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June 8th, 2003, 04:18 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
Ah,that explains it.
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June 8th, 2003, 06:04 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
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So is it cheating to use a radially symmetrical shipset like the Eee, so they can't tell if you're coming or going?
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June 8th, 2003, 07:06 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
and if its turn based? 
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June 8th, 2003, 11:11 AM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
When playing against a race that you can't determine the direction of travel you can use a different ship set.
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June 8th, 2003, 12:40 PM
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Re: Ship icon angles-what do they mean?
Doesn't sequential also have a movement replay?
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