A remote character suddenly spins all the way round when it turns past north

Facing directions are circles, not lines. When another player turns just a little past the point where the numbers start over, the smoothing can send the body on a full lap. This also bites when the direction is squeezed into one small number for the network.

Why this works

A direction is a point on a circle, so the distance between two directions is the shorter way round, not a plain subtraction. Blending along that shorter way gives the turn the player actually made, and a fixed rule for exact opposites keeps every screen the same.

When not to use it

Wrong when the full lap is real, such as a spinning attack, a wheel or a propeller: shortest-path smoothing would show it turning backwards or standing still. Send the number of turns, or the spin speed, for those.

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