Winter Stores Mission Bugged

[Monke]

I spent a lot of time exploring maps, clearing roads, so I didn't really get to the contracts until now.

I took my AZOV 5319 with a sideboard and the maintenance trailer in one go, but the trailer will not deliver. I have reset the game, but it doesn't fix it. How am I supposed to complete maps with things like this?

Having my suspension and/or tires exploding for no reason at all is bad enough. This is straight up a softlock.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2514098089

[NoClicksOnMe]

Those kind of contracts usually have a specific trailer that is already on the map. Is that the maintenance trailer marked by the contract? If it is, try going back to the main menu and back into the game. It might take a few times. I think you usually need to have the trailers attached or winched to the truck with both the truck and trailer inside the zone for it to count. I've only once seen it accept a trailer with it just sitting in the zone, and that was in Amur during multiplayer.

On a side note, the "random" tire and suspension damage usually means you are driving too fast and hit a rock with a heavy vehicle. Doesn't make it less annoying, more of an observation.

[mendel]

trailer does not have the magnifier icon on them in the screenshot = wrong trailer

another common reason for it not to be accepted is the trailer being empty, it needs at least 201 L fuel in it

[Monke]

Good to know. Still, not any less frustrating. The damage mechanics seem to flip out quite often though, taking damage on completely clear roads with no debris is almost common enough to make me quit the game. It's the reason why I almost exclusively use the 5319, as it takes much less damage (usually) when it does take damage. I've still had had my suspension take ridiculous amounts of damage in low gear barely tapping things though. Must just be something to do with the angle of it bugging out the physics calculations or something.

I've seen some claim that there are invisible rocks and such around the maps that cause the random damage, but as far as I can tell, my trucks just take damage for nearly no reason at all on perfectly clear roads. I turned my draw distance to the max thinking maybe that would be the reason, but it hasn't really improved.

I didn't see any marked trailers on any of the maps, so I'll have to look again. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bought this one to complete the mission with. I didn't realize that it had to be a specific one. I had tried towing it into the area at first, but thought that it maybe had to be more into the area for it to count, so I disconnected it and pushed it back in.

Thank you for your helpful replies. The game failed to validate a file, so hopefully now that it's been replaced whatever was wrong will be fixed. Rather frustrating these things.

[mendel]

the trailer should be on the Black River drilling site; if it isn't, you can always restart the contract and it'll spawn there

[mendel]

oh, avoid sharp edges of any kind if you like your tires intact

[NoClicksOnMe]

I've noticed that sometimes the game will not show all of the contract objective locations on the map without being in that location. Not such a big deal as it usually says in the description which region and for the areas with a garage you can just move there even without a vehicle and scan the map, but for the regions without one you have to be in a vehicle in the region.