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Continued power of boat without driver.
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Description

With one player in a passenger seat in an RHIB boat, and one driving the boat, the driver can leave the drivers seat, and let the boat continue at full speed.

Details

Legacy ID
2257783590
Severity
Minor
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Engine
Steps To Reproduce

Drive boat with one player on as passenger.
Hold W and shift to get to max speed.
Leave the drivers seat, for a passenger seat.

Event Timeline

theelous3 edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Mar 6 2013, 8:47 PM
theelous3 edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
theelous3 set Category to Engine.
theelous3 set Reproducibility to Always.
theelous3 set Severity to Minor.
theelous3 set Resolution to Open.
theelous3 set Legacy ID to 2257783590.May 7 2016, 11:06 AM

I've also had boats continue moving when in the driver seat and not touching the throttle. The only way to stop was to shut off the engine. Could be related? Something is definitely up with throttle controls for boats.

Hanz added a subscriber: Hanz.May 7 2016, 11:06 AM
Hanz added a comment.May 7 2013, 3:33 PM

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This is currently the case with every boat in the game. It happens if you hold down the throttle and leave the drivers position, regardless of where you move. If you hold down the throttle while ejecting from the boat, it will continue forward on it's own.

I don't actually see this as a bug, just a bit lacking in polish. It's really quite convenient. For large boats with inboard motors, you'd expect the throttle to stay where you put it. It's not a car, it doesn't have a pedal that needs to be held down. Every boat engine has "cruise control". This is also the case with most small outboards and tiller controls.
All outboards and many inboard engine controls, will however have a dead man's switch, stopping the engine if the operator falls overboard or otherwise leaves the controls.

Personally, what I want is analog speed controls for vehicles, and I'll probably be making a feature request for that at some point. Though I'm waiting to see if the analog steering that was recently put in gets a follow-up.

ez0lv added a subscriber: ez0lv.May 7 2016, 11:06 AM

I agree with Valcea, for the RHIBs with tiller outboard motors the current boat throttle system is good, but on things like the military Speedboat and other medium-size boats the throttle should stick.

This is a feature, pretty cool one too. Not a bug.

Groove_C removed a subscriber: Groove_C.Jan 27 2020, 1:00 AM