Transport ship turning

[Dmdunn]

If I send a Transport ship somewhere close by, and quickly switch the destination to go a little to the side and behind it, it won't turn but
will move backwards instead.

[keith.lamothe]

If you're referring to a really small change in position, that's just how it's programmed to handle those.  Call them maneuvering jets or whatever

[Fiskbit]

Out of curiosity, what's the reason for them not turning if you click close to them? It's come up multiple times before as a 'bug' and looks weird in practice, so I'm wondering if they can't just turn like expected.

[orzelek]

I'm not sure... but maybe it's because it would take it 5 seconds to turn around but it can go there in 1 second using maneuvering engines?

[x4000]

That, and the fact that we can't accurately calculate angles between points below a certain distance threshold.  In alpha versions, this let to ships flipping around like crazy at short distances.  This avoids that, and fits with spacecraft anyway.