I've not seen this reported, but it could have been because it has done this for a while - but if you hit an ion storm - the next sector you enter will see your ships entry direction reversed. I don't know if that makes a lot of sense so here is an example.

If you jump from Bractus E-2 to D-9, usually your ship will be pointed at the station - unless you hit a storm that is - then on entering D-9 your ship will be pointed away from the station. This may not affect small light ships much, but this can be very annoying if you are in a loaded Behemoth or even Centaur. I do not know when this started to happen, it has been happening for a while. I do know that it did not used to happen, so bug?

Have you tried remembering the coordinates of the storm sector and then making the jump again from that sector after the storm has passed? It might have nothing to do with the storm.

I've definitely jumped into station sectors pointing away from the station when my originating sector was NOT a storm sector. Now, I can't say whether or not the frequency of "pointing away from the station" increases when the originating sector is in a storm, but I can say it's not exclusive to the situation.

What Greenwall said.

its space, it can do anything yoda rar.

I know it's space and it can do anything rar.

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But back on topic.

Yes, this happens again if you cross the storm again. It does not always happen if you warp into the storm and back again, it does if you cross the storm 100% of the time.

Go try it.

Like Pizzasgood pointed out, this has nothing to do with the storm and everything to do with the direction you jump in from.

If you come in heading due south (from a lower number on the same column) it will put you in facing away from the center of the sector.

Try it with D-9 from D-8.

I remember it not doing this years ago, but it's definitely been like this for a while.

I know for a fact that if you jump from the north into a sector, the warp in in 100% of the time reversed.

Just a reminder that the devs want specific reports, without drawing generalized conclusions. I.e. 'at such and such a time, this happened'. That way, they can check their logs to see what might be going on.

Well, I didn't reply because I wanted to test this out more. Had to wait for a storm in the right place to test it fully.

Jumping from Bractus E-2 to D-9, warped in facing the station. Jumped from D-1 to D-9, warped in facing the station. Warped from D-15 to D-9, warped in facing the station. (Just to be clear) Warped from A-9 to D-9, warped in facing the station. Warped from E-2 to D-9, hitting a storm en-route, warped in facing away from the station. Warped from C-1 to D-9, hitting the same storm, warped in facing away from the station.

So it does seem to me that it is the storm causing this issue. Tested north, south, east and west. Same results UNLESS I hit a storm. Maybe you guys should try jump in game and replicate my test.

And Phaser, yes, I understand that I could be wrong, hell for all I know this could be intentional. Also this "bug" is pretty easy to replicate, so it's very easy to draw a conclusion. Feel free to go test it yourself, in fact that may actually help!

But did you try recording the coordinates of the storm sector, waiting for the storm to pass, and then jumping from the former storm sector? That is what I was actually asking about.

Right now there is a storm at E-5, so when I travel from E-2 to D-9, I hit the storm. But when I jump into D-9, I still arrive facing forward.

If I jump to D-9 from D-6, D-7, or D-8, however, I do arrive backwards. No storms involved.

EDIT: Actually, this applies for all sectors in the D column north of D-9. That's odd, because you reported jumping from D-1 and arriving facing forwards, but that contradicts my own testing just now. Testing with a couple other spots seems to be consistent with what Arf said about jumping from due north resulting in a backwards orientation.