Recharging a car battery? (vehicle build)

[[PBS] Kafka Rambo]

So I'm trying the vehicle build for the first time and loving it, but my car's battery just ran out.

Now, I would understand it if I had had lights on or radio on while the engine was not running, but this was not the case. Normally car battery recharges while driving, but seems like in the game battery just runs out with time eventually. Also in rl, if your battery runs out, usually you can charge it enough to start the engine just by pushing the car for example.

I know I can change the battery to a working one, but is there a way to recharge car battery in the game?

[Sergeant Giacomo]

There'll be ways to charge a battery in future updates, i think.

[.: DBM :.]

Kafka Rambo eredeti hozzászólása:

Normally car battery recharges while driving, but seems like in the game battery just runs out with time eventually. Also in rl, if your battery runs out, usually you can charge it enough to start the engine just by pushing the car for example.

IRL; the alternator of a vehicle will only work if the battery works, and depleting rechargeable batteries fully is a good way to kill them. This isn't realized very well ingame though, I agree, but vehicles are new to the game in general so I wouldn't be surprised if this was looked at sooner than later.

[the-phil]

If the battery charge is low you can leave the vehicle running for about an in game day to charge it up to 100%.

Everytime you start a vehicle the battery drains around 2-5%. If you are constantly starting the engine and turning it off shortly after you'll drain the battery pretty quick. I did this quite frequently e.g. drive a vehicle a block, turn it off to decrease noise while filling the trunk, repeat.

If the battery is completely drained I don't believe you can charge them.

It seemed to me that vehicles I found later in the game, that is vehicles that were rendered/spawned during the winter had a lower battery charge.

[Hatesu]

You can always just swap out a battery from another vehicle. I don't think you need any mechanical skill to just swap batteries.

[[PBS] Kafka Rambo]

Thanks for the answers. I started 3 months after, so most batteries are drained already.

[they locked me in a room,]

I managed to charge my car battery by parking near a building i was powering with a generator. Works when the battery has less then 0% remaining aswell.

[Vaileasys]

leifen_1 eredeti hozzászólása:

I managed to charge my car battery by parking near a building i was powering with a generator. Works when the battery has less then 0% remaining aswell.

This post was from before the car battery charger was added, so there was no way other than simply leaving the engine running.

But now we have car battery chargers.