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Advanced Barge

Features:
- Ballast System (independent left and right controls so you can balance boat)
- Fire Suppression System (for rear diesel engine)
- Flying Flags (can be painted however you wish and you can adjust height using piston)
- Solar Panels to charge batteries
- Left and right thrusters for low speed manoeuvrability
- Movable Crane
- Winch at front
- Passenger Cabin at front of boat
- Crew Cabin at back of boat
- Many Cameras
- Long Cargo Bay
- Accessible Lower Area

Notes:
- Use infinite electricity and auto refuel, but not infinite fuel. If you use infinite fuel then there will be no fumes coming from the exhaust.
- To turn on, enter the bridge from the back of the boat and switch on the fuel flow (shut the door and find the key next to door). Move over to helm and use the key to start the coolant pumps, and then use the toggle button for gears, and also the button for the displays/equipment. Then push throttle forwards slightly and toggle starter (turn off once started). Use a and d at the helm to turn the rudders left or right, and use the levers to the left of the helm to control left/right thrusts. You may also want to use the ballasts, whose buttons are on the ceiling and are blue.
- If you want to start a fire then start the engine, push the throttle all the way forwards, and make sure you don't turn on the gear button, or the coolant pumps. You should see the temperature gauge in front of the helm rush upwards, and at around 110°C there will be a bang and a fire will start. If you want to extinguish the fire, then either go down into the engine bay and toggle the fire button there, or toggle the fire button from the bridge. Don't leave it too long though, as the fire button in the engine bay will eventually burn and stop the entire system from working.
- I have used this great microcontroller (not mine) for heading hold; https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2328872702
- If you use this in the worst weather the game offers, then the propellers will lift out of the water every so often due to the length of the boat and how shallow the hull is. I suggest not moving at 90° to the waves to prevent this.
- This is the first boat I've made that I have wanted to upload to the workshop, and it's the most advanced and most functional boat I've made so far, but there are still bound to be issues, like it titling to the right all the time.
- If you like what you see here, then I've got another boat in the works, but this time it's a ferry with better integrated ballasts and custom fuel tanks.