Motor mechanic

[Blaster]

Does more motors make your raft go faster? or having 1 is the same that having 4?

[Anonymous Helper]

You need 1 engine per 100 foundations to move your raft. Beyond that there's no difference between 1 and 100 engines as long there's enough of them for the size of your raft. Extra engines don't do anything and if you don't have enough engines they'll stall.

[roses46]

According to the developers, a second engine helps slightly before you are over 100 foundations. Speed goes from 2 to 2.5(max raft speed). A third engine won't help unless you are over 200 foundations. There is also a "slow zone" which gives you an extra 10 foundations per engine before the engines are completely ineffective( gets complicated, see article below for full details).

source: https://support.redbeetinteractive.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013792659

[Anonymous Helper]

Originally posted by roses46:

According to the developers, a second engine helps slightly before you are over 100 foundations. Speed goes from 2 to 2.5(max raft speed). A third engine won't help unless you are over 200 foundations. There is also a "slow zone" which gives you an extra 10 foundations per engine before the engines are completely ineffective( gets complicated, see article below for full details).

source: https://support.redbeetinteractive.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013792659

Thanks for correction. I wasn't aware about that info.

[Blaster]

Originally posted by roses46:

According to the developers, a second engine helps slightly before you are over 100 foundations. Speed goes from 2 to 2.5(max raft speed). A third engine won't help unless you are over 200 foundations. There is also a "slow zone" which gives you an extra 10 foundations per engine before the engines are completely ineffective( gets complicated, see article below for full details).

source: https://support.redbeetinteractive.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013792659

TY

[GoldenOuroboros]

Must have been a bug in game, wife was building the raft, engines went in to the slow zone, put down another engine and they were still slow? Any ideas? :)

[roses46]

Are the engines' direction levers all set to forward? I've accidentally switched one engine to going backwards when trying to turn the engines on.

If it's a bug, try verifying game files on steam. If that doesn't help, there's a pinned thread at the top for submitting bug reports.

[GoldenOuroboros]

Thanks Roses, had done that before so that was the first thing i checked

[roses46]

Also try removing and replacing the engines. Out of curiosity, what's the raft's foundation count?

[GoldenOuroboros]

ok, sorry for an absolute n00b question, but is there somewhere to check that or do you just need to multiply width by length?

[roses46]

Only by multiplying width by length. Make sure to subtract collection nets, as they don't count toward foundations( except to the shark, he's not picky).

When you reach 3 engines, it no longer matters how many foundations you have; the "slow zone" speed becomes greater than the max speed, 2.5

[GoldenOuroboros]

Thanks Roses, is it only foundations that matter? Will another layer add to the max tiles?

[roses46]

Yes, only foundations count; your 2nd floor shouldn't change your speed.

[GoldenOuroboros]

ok thanks :D ofcourse with that information there will be no limit to the tiers that will be added in the communal game I have with my friends, haha