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Ship leveling?
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Master Han
The Blue Dagger Mercenery Agency
#1 - 2015-06-05 03:28:20 UTC
Why do ships level out after they stop moving? Why do they not keep their previous orientation?
James Zimmer
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2015-06-05 03:38:43 UTC
Master Han wrote:
Why do ships level out after they stop moving? Why do they not keep their previous orientation?


No clue, but I can say that it has no impact on gameplay. Eve is basicly spheres fighting each other. Orientation of the ship model has 0 impact on any aspect of gameplay. For example, a ship that is not moving and is leveled out will go straight up just as quickly as it will go straight forward. This is also the reason that "passively alligning" does nothing to help you enter warp more quickly.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#3 - 2015-06-05 03:54:26 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
Master Han wrote:
Why do ships level out after they stop moving? Why do they not keep their previous orientation?

Because the server sees your ship as nothing more than a sphere. The "front" of a ship is based on your trajectory... which, if you come to a dead stop, ceases to exist.

Since the client (which does all the graphics) doesn't know which end is which anymore (because again, you have no trajectory and are a sphere as far as the computer is concerned)... the ship simply "settles."


edit: this is also why some of the bigger ships appear to warp "sideways." The graphics simply have not caught up to what is actually happening on the server.

How did you Veterans start?