Can't use two winches at once?

[Muspell]

Quite disappointed but i could be doing something wrong.
Planned to use 2 trucks to lift the Derry Longhorn out of White Valley, but when i switch from a truck to the other the winch disappears.
Offroad recoveries using multiple vehicles are not unheard of, what am i doing wrong?

[Qrazy]

Originally posted by Muspell:

what am i doing wrong?

Nothing. You can't use two winches with only one person. At least not that I know of.

[Ixia Irisborne]

Also, you can't have two winches attached to the same truck in multiplayer, either. Apparently, attempting to do so will fling the doubly-attached truck through the air. Because that's how realistic physics works, I guess. ;)

Yeah, I think it's a sad limitation, but it's a thing.

[Muspell]

Originally posted by Ixia Irisborne:

Also, you can't have two winches attached to the same truck in multiplayer, either. Apparently, attempting to do so will fling the doubly-attached truck through the air. Because that's how realistic physics works, I guess. ;)

Yeah, I think it's a sad limitation, but it's a thing.

Really starting to question the good reviews right now,

I would """understand""" if it was only working in coop, but now i don't know what to think
No npcs, no story, art direction ain't too inspired, i truly didn't see this kind of limitations coming.

[Ixia Irisborne]

Eh. It's not like Snowrunner has no good points to it. I think the thing that makes Snowrunner enjoyable, for me, is that I feel like I'm helping people, without having to get to know those people and find out how little they actually deserve the help. ;)
For NPCs and story, you can use your imagination to fill in blanks, especially once you've "gotten everything done" and can just roleplay. For example, in Kola, I'll often imagine I'm driving some group out to one of those abandoned military sites to (maybe illegally) recover something that was left behind. Or haul materials to bridges for repairs.
There's a *tiny* amount of story, but it mostly boils down to "there was a flood and people need your help" for most of the regions. Plus the little bit of fluff text in the mission/contract pages.

For other people (and myself to a degree) I think a lot of the good reviews are because Snowrunner appeals to masochists. It's not a game to relax with for fifteen minutes. If you don't use mods, much of the game is a series of long, drawn out struggles (though the DLC vehicles water this down a little).

[Uniform300]

Originally posted by Ixia Irisborne:

Also, you can't have two winches attached to the same truck in multiplayer, either. Apparently, attempting to do so will fling the doubly-attached truck through the air. Because that's how realistic physics works, I guess. ;)

Yeah, I think it's a sad limitation, but it's a thing.

u cant even do that anymore there was an update now when u try what ever winch attaches first detaches when the 2nd attaches and if u do it at the same exact time nothing happens except a sound plays letting u know u cant

[Joey Two Bastards]

The best way to get the Longhorn out is not with a crane, drag it downriver till the cliffs are less steep and then drag it up.

Saying that if you have the big crane, things might be different - that didn't exist when I did that mission.

[Tenryū]

Originally posted by Muspell:

Quite disappointed but i could be doing something wrong.
Planned to use 2 trucks to lift the Derry Longhorn out of White Valley, but when i switch from a truck to the other the winch disappears.
Offroad recoveries using multiple vehicles are not unheard of, what am i doing wrong?

ikr

for that derry, you could pull it to the river, it shallow, and go right not far from there thru the snow to the road (use the Big Cat to make it easier)

[Muspell]

Originally posted by Tenryū:

ikr

for that derry, you could pull it to the river, it shallow, and go right not far from there thru the snow to the road (use the Big Cat to make it easier)

Thank you, i managed to get it more or less this way the day after my last replay, but eventually the complete lack of life in the maps made me drop the game.

No NPC vehicles? Understandable, but they could have given us on-foot NPCs in towns and around factories/farms.
No on-foot Npcs? Could have given us cool unique artworks for the mission givers.
Not even that? What about wildlife? I learnt there is wildlife from reddit, after 50 hours of gameplay...

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Muspell:

Originally posted by Ixia Irisborne:

Also, you can't have two winches attached to the same truck in multiplayer, either. Apparently, attempting to do so will fling the doubly-attached truck through the air. Because that's how realistic physics works, I guess. ;)

Yeah, I think it's a sad limitation, but it's a thing.

Really starting to question the good reviews right now,

I would """understand""" if it was only working in coop, but now i don't know what to think
No npcs, no story, art direction ain't too inspired, i truly didn't see this kind of limitations coming.

the regions have a story but it doesn't tell ya what order to play the contracts in for it all to make sense to the player, all it does is lock specific missions until certain ones are completed

[Johnny Toretto]

Originally posted by Muspell:

Originally posted by Ixia Irisborne:

Also, you can't have two winches attached to the same truck in multiplayer, either. Apparently, attempting to do so will fling the doubly-attached truck through the air. Because that's how realistic physics works, I guess. ;)

Yeah, I think it's a sad limitation, but it's a thing.

Really starting to question the good reviews right now,

I would """understand""" if it was only working in coop, but now i don't know what to think
No npcs, no story, art direction ain't too inspired, i truly didn't see this kind of limitations coming.

Its more a balancing thing. Sorry if you can't handle a video game that doesn't hold your hand. Try hauling it down the river instead of up the hill you muppet, think outside the box.

[Naewyng]

Originally posted by Muspell:

Originally posted by Ixia Irisborne:

Also, you can't have two winches attached to the same truck in multiplayer, either. Apparently, attempting to do so will fling the doubly-attached truck through the air. Because that's how realistic physics works, I guess. ;)

Yeah, I think it's a sad limitation, but it's a thing.

Really starting to question the good reviews right now,

I would """understand""" if it was only working in coop, but now i don't know what to think
No npcs, no story, art direction ain't too inspired, i truly didn't see this kind of limitations coming.

It would be overpowered if you could winch from more than a point anyway, so not a big loss.

[Rragar]

Originally posted by Muspell:

Quite disappointed but i could be doing something wrong.
Planned to use 2 trucks to lift the Derry Longhorn out of White Valley, but when i switch from a truck to the other the winch disappears.

Not doing anything wrong, there's just no multi-winching.

You can get the truck out but don't try to pull it back the way it fell. It's possible to do it but almost always results in frustration, headaches, and nothing solved.

Instead, pull it along the course of the river, and upwards to the snowy slope on the right side. You can even do it with a scout truck (one of the heavier ones, like a loadstar). Any vehicle with more wheels (and mud traction tires) will make this part easier.

Just make sure you swap to something with chained tires for after you get it back on the highway.

[Vimpster]

You can indirectly use two winches to lift that truck up to the road. It does require coop. You can have one person with a vehicle below to hold the vehicle from sliding back down while also winching to a nearby tree ahead of the truck and pulling on that winch to help push the truck up. Meanwhile you can have another person at the top winching to the actual vehicle itself. I have done this once.

When doing it solo it is best to go down river as others have suggested.

I have heard that the math needed to accommodate the physics of two winches on a single vehicle would reduce game performance to unacceptable levels, and/or would make syncing in multiplayer much more problematic.