Royal_Flush wrote:
I'm not sure what I saw in the video: If you move with a certain speed v in direction A than turning the front of the ship towards direction B only using the side thrusters, will the ship...
a) still move with speed v in direction A
b) move with speed v in direction B
c) do something else
Because technically you would just float in direction A regardless of your orientation unless you accelarate in direction (B-A)...
In laymen's terms what is happening in the video is option B where the ship is constantly being pushed forward by the engines and the side thrusters force the heading of the ship either port or aft (left or right) but because of the velocity of the ship the turning is not instant, it is gradual, therefore it only happens so quickly
remember, the engines don't stop firing, so yes, for a moment the ship is travelling in a direction that it is not facing but after a short burn the main force of motion SHOULD be in front (depending on the size and mass of the ship of course)
for the sake of game difficulty I don't think ships will be following realistic velocity(inertia?) in space simply because it is just easier in the heat of battle to change ship heading than to constantly calculate how far your enemy is and how long engines need to burn to intercept , but we shall see, I would personally be fine with either form of ship control.