Useless Raft Motor

[Sininside]

I haven't done so much raft play until recently on the latest build. What the heck happened to the motor's steering capabilities? It just plain won't steer at all. I have a simple 4x4 raft, it's not huge or anything. Is there a way to modify it's control in a text document or...?

[gigi]

I am surprised that people praise this game so much. I have played games for 30 years, and really tough ones like Dark Soul etc, but never come acruss anything that keeps players sstruggling with tasks that should be a minimal side show of the game.
Making fire is a disaster
Crafting is a disaster
the stupid raft goes wherever,, you struggle left, right etc and sometimes are off the raft
and on etc etc ................................I think I will give up!

[thomlovessue]

The motor is fast and can back up, but difficult to steer, Put rudder or motor as close to the pivot point or center of the raft as possible. My favorite raft is a compromise between cargo capacity and agility. It is 3x5 with four sails, 1 rudder, and 1 anchor. All the sails and anchor can be operated when holding the rudder (I prefer to sail). 1 sail thrusts in reverse to back up. The other 3 go forward. Multiple sails help with a heavy load of non-inventory items like Giant Hogs, Giant Crabs, spare tyres, etc. I like to leave the middle base without a floor to help center those items. I have 9 container shelves in the last two rows. Not big enough to completely strip an island of resources, but plenty of cargo space. As the rudder is behind the middle base of the first row, the working end of the rudder is exactly in the middle of the raft. Of course, you might want your own design. That is the beauty of this game. Do what you want - you're in complete control.

[thomlovessue]

Below is a picture of a 3x5 with floored base since I no longer need to carry anything, so I put aa pole hook with light on it.

[thomlovessue]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2382575370

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by thomlovessue:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2382575370

This is a great design, and the one I use for my barge. Perfect visibility, steers a lot better, and you can even go 5x5 without much difference in manoeuvrability. Never tried a 5x6 but it might work as well, if you need more shelves.
If you put the motor next rudder and anchor, it will steer slightly better, but I agree with you, Sininside, steering with the motor is a pain. I always switch to sailing when I'm close to approach, the motor is truly bad when you are at destination, trying to park your raft!
Another thing I do, if the motor is in the back, I go backward all the way.

[Sininside]

Yeah looks good man, I like your designs both of you. I had no idea that adding sails would help with steering. Definitely going to try that when I play again. Thanks for the tips.

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by Sininside:

Yeah looks good man, I like your designs both of you. I had no idea that adding sails would help with steering. Definitely going to try that when I play again. Thanks for the tips.

I know that multiple sails help you reach max speed quickly, especially if you have a heavy load; do they help with the steering as well?

[Gladi8er65]

I don't believe the sails do ANYTHING for steering.... only used for speeding up faster than currents.