Motor boat controls...

[arrowsfly49]

New to fishing planet on PC. (2 years on PS4) What are the controls for the boats? Got the motor going and stopped..... but the anchor? Please help, since the game did not update the controls in the listing. For any of the boat controls.

[BONITE]

Originally posted by arrowsfly49:

New to fishing planet on PC. (2 years on PS4) What are the controls for the boats? Got the motor going and stopped..... but the anchor? Please help, since the game did not update the controls in the listing. For any of the boat controls.

Press on "E" to start.
On "Z" to throw the anchor.
On << R >> to take your fishing rod.
Have fun.

[arrowsfly49]

Thank you. The Pike await...

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Originally posted by arrowsfly49:

Thank you. The Pike await...

I forgot.
<< W >> to accelerate and << S >> to reduce the speed.

[Lenny Rat]

Not much out there for info yet; does the bass boat have a small electric trolling motor on the front so you can move slowly while you fish? A KP Shamino video seemed to show one, but he didn't seem to know what it was.

[Maj.Tryhard]

After buying one of the cheap boats (can't afford the good ones yet,) I'm very curious as to what the trolling motor does.

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by Maj.Tryhard:

After buying one of the cheap boats (can't afford the good ones yet,) I'm very curious as to what the trolling motor does.

That is the big question for me...I dont need to see fish on my finder when I'm doing 40MPH...but being able to troll slow while I'm fishing intriques me a lot...

I'll let somebody else do the early adopting and answer some questions. At 150K for the top end rubber vs 390K for the high end bass, I just question a 240K upcharge for a trolling motor.

[Cpl Tunnel]

The best new thing to me are the trolling motors.
You can fish and move around at the same time.
A side effect of this is you can troll

Oh, and the sonar up by the trolling motor is pretty cool too
They've also made the zoom feature on and off so you can
fish, troll around, and get a good look at your depth sounder

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by Cpl Tunnel:

The best new thing to me are the trolling motors.
You can fish and move around at the same time.
A side effect of this is you can troll

Oh, and the sonar up by the trolling motor is pretty cool too
They've also made the zoom feature on and off so you can
fish, troll around, and get a good look at your depth sounder

I actually just posted a question about this.

So tell us exactly how the trolling motor is controlled, if you would, please. How effective is it?

[Maj.Tryhard]

Originally posted by Lenny Rat:

Originally posted by Cpl Tunnel:

The best new thing to me are the trolling motors.
You can fish and move around at the same time.
A side effect of this is you can troll

Oh, and the sonar up by the trolling motor is pretty cool too
They've also made the zoom feature on and off so you can
fish, troll around, and get a good look at your depth sounder

I actually just posted a question about this.

So tell us exactly how the trolling motor is controlled, if you would, please. How effective is it?

^This, please.

[Capt Birdseye]

Lenny, To answer your question, once you come off the power and press"R" to go into fishing mode you see the trolling motor unfold and then as you fish you just use W,A,S,D to control the trolling motor, The boat I have moves at 2mph with the trolling motor and then as you fish you can watch your sonar screen and travel in any direction you choose at the same time, Also when standing at the front of the bass boat in fishing mode you can turn a full 360 degree's

[Cpl Tunnel]

Originally posted by ukingeorgia:

Lenny, To answer your question, once you come off the power and press"R" to go into fishing mode you see the trolling motor unfold and then as you fish you just use W,A,S,D to control the trolling motor, The boat I have moves at 2mph with the trolling motor and then as you fish you can watch your sonar screen and travel in any direction you choose at the same time, Also when standing at the front of the bass boat in fishing mode you can turn a full 360 degree's

well said

also you can only drop the anchor from the drivers position

[Lenny Rat]

Originally posted by ukingeorgia:

Lenny, To answer your question, once you come off the power and press"R" to go into fishing mode you see the trolling motor unfold and then as you fish you just use W,A,S,D to control the trolling motor, The boat I have moves at 2mph with the trolling motor and then as you fish you can watch your sonar screen and travel in any direction you choose at the same time, Also when standing at the front of the bass boat in fishing mode you can turn a full 360 degree's

Thanks for this information!

Can you start and stop the trolling motor at will while you are fishing?

[Capt Birdseye]

Yes you can and the movement is instant, you can even use the motor when playing a fish

[Dessy]

What is the maximum speed of the electric motor? Mine only goes at 2km/h max?