Rigid vehicles

[The Cat]

Are there any plans to introduce rigid HGV/LGV vehicles in game?

[Vellari]

Officially, unknown. There are mods though for example:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=620915774

Needs to be updated for the new Merc tuning pack (soon according to Flemming), otherwise is good to go with 1.35/dx11.

[Capt. Carrot]

I believe that the problem with that BDF tandem mod is that only the trailer actually takes the cargo (based on comments i have seen by people who have used this mod) and not the rigid chassis.

SCS WERE looking at putting BDF/Rigid trucks in the game back in 2014.

https://blog.scssoft.com/2014/09/the-first-news-about-design.html

Nothing came of this at the time, however, since then they have introduced ownable trailers and changed the freight market to enable loading of cargo's directly into a player owned game asset. This change SHOULD make it significantly easier to implement BDF/Rigid trucks into the game.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by Capt. Carrot:

Nothing came of this at the time, however, since then they have introduced ownable trailers and changed the freight market to enable loading of cargo's directly into a player owned game asset. This change SHOULD make it significantly easier to implement BDF/Rigid trucks into the game.

That's how this tandem mod works these days, it is owned trailer ONLY. You must have your own tandem trailer otherwise no cargo is spawned.

In this mod there is also, a rather ugly hack one, an "invisible" tandem trailer available for purchase so you can drive around without a tandem attached...so to speak, it's there just invisible and tiny, but still causes occasional issues particularly when reversing.

PS. I should also add, any other mod that alters the SCS default trucks will not work with this mod as it also quite heavily alters the SCS trucks.

[The Cat]

Thanks for the replies! SCS will hopefully consider adding them officially.

[Capt. Carrot]

Originally posted by Vellari:

Originally posted by Capt. Carrot:

Nothing came of this at the time, however, since then they have introduced ownable trailers and changed the freight market to enable loading of cargo's directly into a player owned game asset. This change SHOULD make it significantly easier to implement BDF/Rigid trucks into the game.

That's how this tandem mod works these days, it is owned trailer ONLY. You must have your own tandem trailer otherwise no cargo is spawned.

In this mod there is also, a rather ugly hack one, an "invisible" tandem trailer available for purchase so you can drive around without a tandem attached...so to speak, it's there just invisible and tiny, but still causes occasional issues particularly when reversing.

PS. I should also add, any other mod that alters the SCS default trucks will not work with this mod as it also quite heavily alters the SCS trucks.

Yes but from what i have been reading, ONLY the trailer actually carries cargo, not the truck AND trailer.

If SCS implemented BDF/Rigid trucks they would be able enable it so that you can drive just the rigid truck OR the rigid truck and trailer

[Vellari]

Originally posted by Capt. Carrot:

Yes but from what i have been reading, ONLY the trailer actually carries cargo, not the truck AND trailer.

Yes, that's how it's coded atm. Cargo requires a trailer. Hence the "need" for an invisible trailer if you wish to role-play not having one...