how to slow down in sail mode?

[Padds]

missed my planet now the sail wont turn wont slow down im just hurtling off into deep space
cat find any key to slow down

[LieutLaww]

I think S should slow you down

[Konscience]

Press the S key, but you need energy, if your mecha is energy deprived it wont work well.

[ratingcrib]

you hold down s, it uses your energy

[Klauß 🍔🍻]

if you want to rotate keep down W key and move the mouse. no need to slow down. just U turn and slam into the planet on next approach.

[Padds]

yeah thanks lack of energy was stopping it working , had to load a save to get out of it

[Klauß 🍔🍻]

Originally posted by Padds:

yeah thanks lack of energy was stopping it working , had to load a save to get out of it

your mecha always generate 80kW out of thin air. if you run out of energy and need to do a turn, wait a minute, you se the energy go up in the bottom bar, then hold down W and move mouse slowly into the direction you want to fly, it eats up energy again, so repeat several times. do not try to break/slow down, you want that speed later when you finally fly in the right direction.

[dfinder5782]

Ok but i tried that, and I just kept dipping into the atmosphere and bouncing back up into space. I kept having to turn around and try again. Then I got stuck in the orbit of a gas giant.

[josmith7]

Originally posted by dfinder5782:

Ok but i tried that, and I just kept dipping into the atmosphere and bouncing back up into space. I kept having to turn around and try again. Then I got stuck in the orbit of a gas giant.

the 'S' key does slow you down (assuming the mech has energy to slow down with).

But if you don't slow down soon enough, and/or the game is laggy, you can still bounce off of a planet.

[Bobucles]

Oooh baby a 4 year necro! Steam forums need to implement a captcha for resurrecting dead threads.
W points to the center of the screen, A/D point to the left/right of the screen, Shift accelerates, S decelerates. Slowing down costs energy, there is no free "space parachute" to slow down.
For some reason, solar sail tech doesn't give Icarus any "solar sail wings" to provide power in space. Everything must come from the reactor core or by burning fuel.