GUYS YOU CAN REPAIR BOATS

[SteamMonkey]

1 hour ago, YouKnowWho said:

Have you guys gotten off and on your boats? They get a little wonky when you relog.

Repeatedly. I've relogged multiple times, I have multiple boats. Tried repairing all of them to no avail.

 

[h2mk]

I did this once, never able to afterwards

[Rellimarual]

5 hours ago, YouKnowWho said:

Have you guys gotten off and on your boats? They get a little wonky when you relog.

I’ll doublecheck, but I think I have.

[Electroely]

It only works for the host of the server. Being in a server with caves hosts hidden dedicated servers in the background, which means that you can only be the host if you host a world without caves.

Another bug I've noticed that would make boating a lot easier if it were to be fixed is that ripples behind the boat's direction also only show up for the host of the server:

They give you a much better idea of where the boat is heading, especially since the mast only faces 4 directions:

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I hope Klei fixes these two bugs in the next update. Boating is still doable in its current state (you can avoid hitting obstacles relatively easily once you get the hang of sailing, and the ripples aren't completely necessary if you just memorize where you set your heading) but mistakes could happen and I'd like to know that I still have the option to fix them instead of abandoning my boat.

 

[SteamMonkey]

3 hours ago, Electroely said:

It only works for the host of the server. Being in a server with caves hosts hidden dedicated servers in the background, which means that you can only be the host if you host a world without caves.

Another bug I've noticed that would make boating a lot easier if it were to be fixed is that ripples behind the boat's direction also only show up for the host of the server:

They give you a much better idea of where the boat is heading, especially since the mast only faces 4 directions:

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I hope Klei fixes these two bugs in the next update. Boating is still doable in its current state (you can avoid hitting obstacles relatively easily once you get the hang of sailing, and the ripples aren't completely necessary if you just memorize where you set your heading) but mistakes could happen and I'd like to know that I still have the option to fix them instead of abandoning my boat.

 

That would explain my situation at least. I'm hosting but the server has caves. 

 

[Rellimarual]

3 hours ago, SteamMonkey said:

That would explain my situation at least. I'm hosting but the server has caves. 

Same

[Leonardo Cox]

7 hours ago, Electroely said:

They give you a much better idea of where the boat is heading, especially since the mast only faces 4 directions

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the ripples aren't completely necessary if you just memorize where you set your heading

Theres a small indicator at the base of the mast that shows you the exact direction of where you're going. Not saying ripples shouldn't be fixed, but you should use the base of the mast to determine where you're going to go (since ripples don't appear until you start moving.)

[Ffwrnyn]

I discovered this by accident when testing this after it got released-- moused over the boat with twigs that I couldn't hold in my inventory and saw the repair prompt. I can still repair my boats, too! However, things do get a bit off upon relogging (boat anchor will be raised but the boat won't move unless I lower it and re-raise it)...

[Mencken]

Tried to repair boat in three different worlds, can’t.   All had caves and I was host.

[ScottHansen]

This is currently bugged and only works for the host on a forest-only world.

[ScottHansen]

Fixed!

[SteamMonkey]

6 hours ago, ScottHansen said:

Fixed!

confirmed.