moostiiq 10 Posted January 16, 2019 So every shipyard in the game is designed to be perfect raftcatchers, and since rafts have a horrible turnradius, once you realize you're heading fo one it's often too late to avoid it, or you have to choose between leaving the raft where it is or ramming it into one. Not as annoying for me after i more or less stopped using rafts, but now my own shipyards get random rafts stuck in them instead. Any thoughts? Possible to change raft mechanic and/or shipyard design? Allow rafts to reverse perhaps? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightstrasza 137 Posted January 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, moostiiq said: So every shipyard in the game is designed to be perfect raftcatchers, and since rafts have a horrible turnradius, once you realize you're heading fo one it's often too late to avoid it, or you have to choose between leaving the raft where it is or ramming it into one. Not as annoying for me after i more or less stopped using rafts, but now my own shipyards get random rafts stuck in them instead. Any thoughts? Possible to change raft mechanic and/or shipyard design? Allow rafts to reverse perhaps? Already lost 1 raft and 2 other times spent like half hour each on getting them out from shipyards not to mention rocks. Yes, the rafts get stuck on everything bcs of trash controls, they just keep driving into whatever they get stuck into. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moostiiq 10 Posted January 16, 2019 To me the no rudder/raw sail mechanic *kind* of makes sense but then if the wind is directly against you and you turn the sail almost 180, why does the raft not reverse even slightly......? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coggage 239 Posted January 16, 2019 Simply for the sake of not accidentally obstructing other players, rafts really need to be able to back up. Sometimes you get stuck so badly you need to make yourself another, but there's never a place you can place a Tiny Dock on most islands. I don't even think Rafts NEED to be built using a Tiny Dock anyway, you should be able to make them in your Inventory, like Looms and Tanneries. That way people could make a replacement, offload the old Raft and then scuttle it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badkebab 79 Posted January 16, 2019 49 minutes ago, moostiiq said: So every shipyard in the game is designed to be perfect raftcatchers, and since rafts have a horrible turnradius, once you realize you're heading fo one it's often too late to avoid it, or you have to choose between leaving the raft where it is or ramming it into one. Not as annoying for me after i more or less stopped using rafts, but now my own shipyards get random rafts stuck in them instead. Any thoughts? Possible to change raft mechanic and/or shipyard design? Allow rafts to reverse perhaps? Close your sails completely hold down s key your boat ship raft will slowly start to reverse can be done with any ship I believe But yes the buttresses on the shipyards are a pain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jean Lafitte 451 Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) I had the same issue with my last raft. Got jammed in the side structure of a small shipyard and simply couldn't move. Fortunately, one of the locals graciously came over and rammed my raft several times with a sloop to get it un-stuck. Had to demolish this raft yesterday. I was going to take it out to retrieve a corpse and got wedged into a cliff face. Couldn't turn, couldn't back up. Edited January 16, 2019 by Jean Lafitte Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winter Thorne 696 Posted January 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Badkebab said: Close your sails completely hold down s key your boat ship raft will slowly start to reverse can be done with any ship I believe But yes the buttresses on the shipyards are a pain Didn't work for me when I tried that. Are you sure it works on rafts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightstrasza 137 Posted January 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Badkebab said: Close your sails completely hold down s key your boat ship raft will slowly start to reverse can be done with any ship I believe But yes the buttresses on the shipyards are a pain Can't do that with raft, the only control of the raft is sails wheel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moostiiq 10 Posted January 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Badkebab said: Close your sails completely hold down s key your boat ship raft will slowly start to reverse can be done with any ship I believe But yes the buttresses on the shipyards are a pain I do that to park my ships neatly, but close your sails and press S on a raft? Well that just makes you walk backwards and get wet. As for real world rafts, rudders are more common than sails are, and staking is the way to back off. If any ingame floating vessel is to be impossible to get stuck it should the raft! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaenix 131 Posted January 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Badkebab said: Close your sails completely hold down s key your boat ship raft will slowly start to reverse can be done with any ship I believe But yes the buttresses on the shipyards are a pain This would require the steering wheel that is used on the bigger ships. Unless this item can be placed on rafts I don't think this will work for those with this problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coggage 239 Posted January 16, 2019 26 minutes ago, Badkebab said: Close your sails completely hold down s key your boat ship raft will slowly start to reverse can be done with any ship I believe But yes the buttresses on the shipyards are a pain Rafts do NOT reverse. You can hold the S key until you die of old age and it will do nothing. Actual ships, yes. Rafts, no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badkebab 79 Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Coggage said: Rafts do NOT reverse. You can hold the S key until you die of old age and it will do nothing. Actual ships, yes. Rafts, no. Well there you go you learn something new every day, simple solution, add s key functionality to rafts, problem solved, alternatively build a ramshackle sloop instead. Edited January 16, 2019 by Badkebab Share this post Link to post Share on other sites