Receiver issues

[chihuahuawcf]

I am playing on peaceful mode (please dont judge). I got the receiver and antennas built. Its going fine and the numbers are going down then with the blink of an eye the numbers are going up and I can not figure out how to get the to go back down again. Any help is appreciated. If you have something negative or rude to say, please just keep scrolling and dont bother.
Thank you!

[Somnia]

It's an intended mechanic to get you to make and start using engines, the wind at monuments blows against you a lot of the time.

If you're not ready to craft an engine, you might try using an a paddle, can't confirm if this will get you there though, as I've not personally tried

[ĐrαGoɳS' uK]

Hi .. I had many problems with the receiver, antennas and the engines also. Couldn't figure out why we were always going away from the blue blip for Balboa. We tried everything .... and ended up paddling in the end. So why it might work sometimes it doesn't always i think and the good old paddle came in handy!

[chihuahuawcf]

Where do I find the engine? I have looked in my crafting and in the research book and can not find it anywhere.... maybe I am over looking it

[Raft]

If this happened before you reached the radio station, don't worry. Just keep going with the wind. The radio station (the blue dot with number) will reappear.

When you get closer to it this time (especially when about <250), watch your receiver and look around you. Prepare to adjust your sails a few times as you move closer.

[Raft]

^This happened to me when I missed the blue dot on the receiver the first time. I was busy fixing my raft or collecting planks. So I kept going till the blue dot disappeared in a direction against wind, After a while, the blue dot reappeared in a direction reachable by following the wind. You do not need any engine to reach the radio station.

[Raft]

If you have done Radio Station and Vasagatan, then you'd need engines to reach Balboa Island. If I recall correctly, you would get the blue prints for engines at Vasagatan.

[ULTRA]

I've successfully deployed just the paddle and sail to overcome this

[Somnia]

Originally posted by chihuahuawcf:

Where do I find the engine? I have looked in my crafting and in the research book and can not find it anywhere.... maybe I am over looking it

The engine blue print comes from vasagatan

[chihuahuawcf]

I have not found a single large island yet, The blue dot is always there but the number on it changes. One minute it says 1696 and counting down and in a split second it starts counting up and before I can figure out what way to turn the sails its at 1720 etc.

[Somnia]

Blue blips on the radar are story islands, the one with the square around it is the current one you have set in the little number thing to the right. Green blips are large islands and I believe they start to appear after you've discovered Balboa island.

As for the position of the island changing, if you roam too far from them, they despawn and respawn elsewhere, your raft is always at the centre of the theoretical world, or ocean depending on how you like to look at it.

[jemYZX]

The red wind flag you set up is your wind flow where it points to.

Use the sail direction to the red flag is pointing or it's sides.

If behind that's where trouble occurs and that's normal just use paddles to reach.

Receiver use codes from the book(By pressing T) there is on the left bunch of codes to go to those places.

It's easy to find ways though combat not so realistic in my opinion since arrows can some how be shot in water instead of harpoons(not really in game though be more realistic).

[chihuahuawcf]

Thank you everyone for all y our suggestions! Some one else suggested to pick it up and set it back down. I tried that and I also did not use sails at all and between the two I am not sure which one worked but I finally got to the old oil refinery (I am guessing that is what it is).

[Raft]

Originally posted by chihuahuawcf:

Thank you everyone for all y our suggestions! Some one else suggested to pick it up and set it back down. I tried that and I also did not use sails at all and between the two I am not sure which one worked but I finally got to the old oil refinery (I am guessing that is what it is).

It's a radio station! Lol. But congrats on getting there!

[chihuahuawcf]

Originally posted by Dea:

Originally posted by chihuahuawcf:

Thank you everyone for all y our suggestions! Some one else suggested to pick it up and set it back down. I tried that and I also did not use sails at all and between the two I am not sure which one worked but I finally got to the old oil refinery (I am guessing that is what it is).

It's a radio station! Lol. But congrats on getting there!

Thanks for clarifying!