the navigation

[biggerhonker]

ever since i remember i was always frustrated with getting to the story islands, and now with varuna point i still can't get there. I do have engines, a steering wheel, and a sail, what can I do?

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

Do you have fuels for your engines? Because as far as I recall there's no new movement module introduced so engine is still the most advanced method to move around provided that you have fuel for them.

[❄️The Last Frontier 😊]

first when you look at your receiver screen are you also looking at the front of your raft? The receiver is position sensitive it points based on the direction it's pointing so if you have it pointing off to the left right or stern of your raft it's gonna be messy to navigate with.

[biggerhonker]

I have a stable supply of biofuel

[Acrux]

Just place your steering in front of the receiver(turn it on), steer the ship where you want to go until its in front of you. use the engines if its against the wind...

[lpnlizard27]

Amazed how many people cannot read a map. Honestly.

[Texas_Jake]

Originally posted by Acrux:

Just place your steering in front of the receiver(turn it on), steer the ship where you want to go until its in front of you. use the engines if its against the wind...

This is how I have mine setup and works great for me. Receiver in front, helm just behind to the left, and engine anchor controls to the right. With just enough room in between to click the receiver on/off as needed.

Especially like it with the helm off to the left so I can get a clear LOS of where I am headed.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Originally posted by lpnlizard27:

Amazed how many people cannot read a map. Honestly.

I teach trigonometry. One of my assignments is "find the angle and distance between this turret and this target in a videogame." It's about as much information as Raft gives you on the receiver.

No, I'm not even slightly surprised how many people struggle turning those dots into a "which direction do I point my ship in?" Put five people on that raft, one or maybe two will understand the machine, and the others will just ask him what they're supposed to do. I've seen that dynamic happen over and over and over. Hundreds of reasonably intelligent people.

Spatial reasoning, like all kinds of math, is hard. If it doesn't fall into the context where they don't recognize it as math, most people will have no idea how to use the machine. Or worse, they'll think they know, but will have the wrong idea, and won't have the skills to correct their understanding.

Math is important.

[❄️The Last Frontier 😊]

Originally posted by Ryvaken Tadrya:

Originally posted by lpnlizard27:

Amazed how many people cannot read a map. Honestly.

I teach trigonometry. One of my assignments is "find the angle and distance between this turret and this target in a videogame." It's about as much information as Raft gives you on the receiver.

No, I'm not even slightly surprised how many people struggle turning those dots into a "which direction do I point my ship in?" Put five people on that raft, one or maybe two will understand the machine, and the others will just ask him what they're supposed to do. I've seen that dynamic happen over and over and over. Hundreds of reasonably intelligent people.

Spatial reasoning, like all kinds of math, is hard. If it doesn't fall into the context where they don't recognize it as math, most people will have no idea how to use the machine. Or worse, they'll think they know, but will have the wrong idea, and won't have the skills to correct their understanding.

Math is important.

providing the receiver is pointed towards the front of the raft it's easy as pie to navigate with it as you just find the dot you want to aim for (If story dot then dot with brackets around it) and turn until that dot you want to aim for it at the top of the screen. Once at top go and do something until you get to the dot.

Nothing hard once the receiver is aimed at the front of the raft meaning when you look at the receiver screen you are also looking at what you consider the bow of your raft

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Originally posted by ❄️The Last Frontier 😊:

providing the receiver is pointed towards the front of the raft it's easy as pie to navigate with it as you just find the dot you want to aim for (If story dot then dot with brackets around it) and turn until that dot you want to aim for it at the top of the screen. Once at top go and do something until you get to the dot.

Nothing hard once the receiver is aimed at the front of the raft meaning when you look at the receiver screen you are also looking at what you consider the bow of your raft

"As long as you know what you're doing and know how to set it up correctly and why that setup is important, there's nothing hard about doing it."

I have absolutely NO IDEA how the receiver screen can be considered confusing. But I've seen too many examples of reasonably intelligent people get confused by the same thing to doubt that it is.

[Hfmoura]

Yeah

[❄️The Last Frontier 😊]

Originally posted by Ryvaken Tadrya:

Originally posted by ❄️The Last Frontier 😊:

providing the receiver is pointed towards the front of the raft it's easy as pie to navigate with it as you just find the dot you want to aim for (If story dot then dot with brackets around it) and turn until that dot you want to aim for it at the top of the screen. Once at top go and do something until you get to the dot.

Nothing hard once the receiver is aimed at the front of the raft meaning when you look at the receiver screen you are also looking at what you consider the bow of your raft

"As long as you know what you're doing and know how to set it up correctly and why that setup is important, there's nothing hard about doing it."

I have absolutely NO IDEA how the receiver screen can be considered confusing. But I've seen too many examples of reasonably intelligent people get confused by the same thing to doubt that it is.

well thats the problem some players place it backwards or sideways to the bow then wonder why they aren't getting to where they need to go

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Originally posted by ❄️The Last Frontier 😊:

Originally posted by Ryvaken Tadrya:

"As long as you know what you're doing and know how to set it up correctly and why that setup is important, there's nothing hard about doing it."

I have absolutely NO IDEA how the receiver screen can be considered confusing. But I've seen too many examples of reasonably intelligent people get confused by the same thing to doubt that it is.

well thats the problem some players place it backwards or sideways to the bow then wonder why they aren't getting to where they need to go

You're very good at not reading everything.

[❄️The Last Frontier 😊]

Originally posted by Ryvaken Tadrya:

Originally posted by ❄️The Last Frontier 😊:

well thats the problem some players place it backwards or sideways to the bow then wonder why they aren't getting to where they need to go

You're very good at not reading everything.

Title of the thread is the navigation it's very clear that it's about the receiver and not about the steering because if he's got the engines and he's got the steering he can get to any Island on that map but the title is the navigation that's what he seems to be having problems with hence my comments about this direction that the receiver is facing it's very legit comment

[Kissker]

I think the biggest issue is the position of the table/receiver - people like to angle it and put it off to the side, and even behind the steering wheel for aesthetic and movement needs - but then which ever way it is "pointing" is 'forward' so... they get all confused. Other than that, make sure you have your #### code in and the light is green, this turns the focus blue dot into a Square with dot - indicating your target location desired. Once I line up, I typically turn off the device to save battery and let it go for a little, swapping it on again to check distance and to see if I drifted (since the wheel doesn't have a 'lock' for straight forward, I tend to always be slightly off center)

[biggerhonker]

Thanks everybody for helping, I'm trying out your ideas. The wind was just taking over both of my engines and I had a friend go look and I had everything in the wrong order.