Rudder is in need

[Ivanlx]

My raft keep running backwards,there is no way to turn around,hope next update that i can make a rudder with something

[nasojjr]

So many threads all about the same thing. So many of the same arguments when it all boils down to having a rudder is simply NOT necessary in this game. Could it be considered a QOL thing, sure. But necessary, no. If you build a raft with 5 nets in front and 20 on the side and THEN want to rotate it, well, that's the fault of the raft design.

In a game where everything is created procedurally as you travel, turning your raft is simply not needed. Sure, islands can "spawn" off to the side but turning your sail so you are travelling pretty much perpendicular to the wind is completely possible if you really want to get to that island. Early in the game hitting as many islands as possible can be beneficial for resource gathering, but there is no real rush...there will always be another island just ahead.

My simple assumption here is that the rotation of your raft is simply meant to be one of the several "survival" challenges this particular game has. Running into something and having your raft rotated isn't the game's fault, it's the player's. And if learning how to rotate your raft via an island or sunken raft is needed, well, therein lies the challenge. Accept it and journey on my friends!


P.S. And if this particular challenge isn't accepted, :), pretty sure there is a mod or two that allows you to rotate your raft at will.

[Poltergeist]

Yeah but, Rabbit.

[Æ.Quinn♥]

Minor quality of life thing IMO - only really affects collection nets, and the solution is to line your entire raft perimeter with them so you're collecting regardless of orientation.

[Seekyr]

I'm fairly new at this game, so perhaps my technique is not the best yet - but the things is, a RUDDER is one of the most COMMON and BASIC parts of a boat. Sails are meant to catch the wind to PROPEL the boat, and then the rudder STEERS the boat. So it doesn't seem like Raft is doing it correctly. In the real world, the wind doesn't fill your sails no matter which way you turn them, and then make you go that direction. We should have sails for speed, and then be able to build a rudder/captain's wheel for steering. The hand paddle could be used until you had enough supplies to build the rudder/wheel. Sort of like you have the disposable anchor until you can make a permanent one. I suppose that would be a pretty major change in the programming however, so I suppose I'll just go with what they have.

[[txc] cola]

I know many of you will hate to hear this but the devs already answered this question in a twitch Q/A session. They said no rudder because it would be a boat then. This is RAFT after all. Don't look at me, I have a problem with this as well.

[Kanaro Min]

Go watch "Cast Away" and then claim what he's using is a boat. He has oars instead of just a rudder, which can easily be used to steer with. Two pieces of wood joined with a fulcrum, whether used to steer, or paddle with, constitute an oar/rudder. I'm actually surprised to see this game has no mechanic for it. It is far simpler to devise than any rudimentary sail, which is a movement device far more suited to "boats" itself.

Dipping a piece of wood into the water doesn't magically turn a flat collection of planks (aka a "raft") into a boat. River rafting is a popular pastime, they have many oars to help steer, and they aren't called boats. They are "rafts". Boats take a different design direction with rounded hulls, a keel, sometimes sealed hulls for capsize resistance, etc.

The more I read up on the game, the more I come to understand it's just not benefiting from smart development decisions.

[Grezko]

Cola님이 먼저 게시:

I know many of you will hate to hear this but the devs already answered this question in a twitch Q/A session. They said no rudder because it would be a boat then. This is RAFT after all. Don't look at me, I have a problem with this as well.

they actually said that they are considering it due to the big demand from the player base of it. Someone correct me please but they mentioned it in the line of thoughts regarding the addition of an offboard motor to the game? If i am not wrong then i guess the rudder will arrive in the same patch as the offboard motor.

[Chiss_Smuggler]

Cola님이 먼저 게시:

I know many of you will hate to hear this but the devs already answered this question in a twitch Q/A session. They said no rudder because it would be a boat then. This is RAFT after all. Don't look at me, I have a problem with this as well.

Well put and good point. F them for deciding anyone wanting to play with a boat is having fun wrong.
Hence a negative review from me and others.

[Chiss_Smuggler]

gog1986님이 먼저 게시:

Cola님이 먼저 게시:

I know many of you will hate to hear this but the devs already answered this question in a twitch Q/A session. They said no rudder because it would be a boat then. This is RAFT after all. Don't look at me, I have a problem with this as well.

they actually said that they are considering it due to the big demand from the player base of it. Someone correct me please but they mentioned it in the line of thoughts regarding the addition of an offboard motor to the game? If i am not wrong then i guess the rudder will arrive in the same patch as the offboard motor.

Hope that is right and happens. That would bring me back and change my review to positive.

[Irishgeek68]

LOL I just encircled my front part of the raft with nets. I have no issues no matter what direction the raft is facing. As for rudders, just use sails,l works fine. A rudder is just another thing to worry about.

[Chiss_Smuggler]

Irishgeek68님이 먼저 게시:

LOL I just encircled my front part of the raft with nets. I have no issues no matter what direction the raft is facing. As for rudders, just use sails,l works fine. A rudder is just another thing to worry about.

Yeah that is easy to do. Make a square or L shaped raft and no problems. But if you want to make something really creative, say a scale age of sails type ship, you are crap out of luck.

[Irishgeek68]

Shasvre님이 먼저 게시:

Irishgeek68님이 먼저 게시:

LOL I just encircled my front part of the raft with nets. I have no issues no matter what direction the raft is facing. As for rudders, just use sails,l works fine. A rudder is just another thing to worry about.

Yeah that is easy to do. Make a square or L shaped raft and no problems. But if you want to make something really creative, say a scale age of sails type ship, you are crap out of luck.

Hmm not if you make part of the bottom base the nets and leave yourself a ladder to get up and down to them.

[Chiss_Smuggler]

Once again... Sails and rudders do not do the same thing. At all. Not even a little.
One moves you in a direction but does not change facing. The other rotates you to a new facing but does not move you.
So it's like saying "who needs anchors, we have paddles."

[City Builder]

Yup, I'd like to have a rudder. It's not about steering into the trash for me (my rafts are always surrounded by collection nets, some of them have in fact been made up of rows of nets between rows foundations) it's about making my raft face the way that I want it to face.

I've seen some folks make huge cruise liners that would look absolutely daft if they were floating along sideways. It's a choice and the developers need to accommodate that and honestly i don't see why they haven't already.

People complained that we'd simply steer into the garbage, but we can already build large enough rafts with collection nets that the trash flow can't get around us so... Please give us another excuse Mr & Mrs developer for ignoring this most often requested item.

[Irishgeek68]

Shasvre님이 먼저 게시:

Once again... Sails and rudders do not do the same thing. At all. Not even a little.
One moves you in a direction but does not change facing. The other rotates you to a new facing but does not move you.
So it's like saying "who needs anchors, we have paddles."

Yeah but I am confused. Why change directions? By design junks comes at you one way. By design the islands you need can be obtained by inflating sails.. Are you trying to sail to hawaii?