How do i know which direction i am going when using the radar

[danipokemaste]

I've been trying to find islands for chapter 1 but I just don't know where they are and which direction to go to.

[iAndy]

The radars directions are all relative to the screen.. So if you see something appearing on the top of the screen, it's forward from the direction you're looking at the radar from. If you see something below the center, that means it's behind you if you are facing the screen.

Just a related tip: if you make a flag, it shows what direction the wind is blowing. You kind of have to go in that direction until you get engines, but you can use a sail to point the raft towards anything that's still in front of you (by direction of the wind).

[Xas]

Place your Radar, ' while ' looking at it, as close to your Sail as possible.

Look at the radar and observe the blips and the distance, and
learn how to properly maneuver the sail with streamer, since you have to ask 'which direction'.

[dnrob7]

Originally posted by Xas:

Place your Radio, ' while ' looking at it, as close to your Sail as possible.

Look at the radio and observe the blips and the distance, and
learn how to properly maneuver the sail with streamer, since you have to ask 'which direction'.

Yeh, that^
Try keep everything close together. Radar, wheel, sails, engines, and anchor.. I tore my whole raft down twice before I built this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1954064403

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1954064452

Finally happy with it now. I can reach everything right away and see where I'm going and where the wind is blowing.

[Ǵ̶͓̂͑lí̴̤̀̄́tcĥ̸]

It depends entirely on the direction the receiver monitor is facing when you placed it, relative to the raft's.

If you rotate it so the monitor screen is facing the front of your raft for example (meaning when you're using it, you're character is facing the back of the raft), then the bottom of the radar is forward, and all the other directions are mirrored (if the blip is on the bottom right, you have to turn your raft left to face it, but still keep the blip at the bottom center of the screen to be traveling towards it). Sideways also makes it funky, depending on which side it's facing (i.e. if the monitor is facing the right side of your raft, then the right side of the radar would be forward).

I recommend having the monitor face the back of your raft so that when you're using it, you are facing the front of your raft. That way everything at the top of the radar is also forward/the direction you're facing and it's oriented correctly/efficiently.

Then like the others said you can put it next to your wheel or whatever and actually look at it while you maneuver - though I honestly don't recommend keeping it running while driving since it uses batteries very fast. Just turn it on to see where the islands/locations are, then turn it off. Occasionally turn it on to check and back off again. You can easily do all the current story content with a single battery this way.