Is there a rest area restriction for articulated trailers?

[fgaliegue]

Hello forum,

It has now been three jobs which I had to forfeit because I could not trigger the rest period even though I was parked. There was no such problem with "normal" trailers.

So, is there a restriction as to what rest areas are usable with an articulated trailer? The game does not tell...

[Wolfgang]

Your bounding box (truck + trailer) is bigger when using doubles. That makes it more difficult for triggering rest spots.
You can simply get around this by dropping the trailer, adjusting yourself to trigger the spot and then rest. After that, pick up the trailer again and continue.

[fgaliegue]

Originally posted by Wolfgang:

Your bounding box (truck + trailer) is bigger when using doubles. That makes it more difficult for triggering rest spots.
You can simply get around this by dropping the trailer, adjusting yourself to trigger the spot and then rest. After that, pick up the trailer again and continue.

Uhm, I don't even know how to unhitch... I'll have to look that up. No restrictions as to where you can leave your trailer I suppose (other than being able to hitch it up again)?

However, there do exist parking spots which do not require you to unhitch so as to be usable (the ones where you can parallel park, basically); isn't there a way to make them more obvious in the game itself (for instance, by adding a "+" or something along the bed)?

[Ryu]

Most of the prefabs with parking were made prior to having these long, articulated trailers in the game. Hence, this issue comes up a bit.

There is no in-game restriction on where you can unhitch a trailer. You use the same button to hitch and unhitch (default T).

[fgaliegue]

Originally posted by ~{DCMT}~ Ryu:

Most of the prefabs with parking were made prior to having these long, articulated trailers in the game. Hence, this issue comes up a bit.

There is no in-game restriction on where you can unhitch a trailer. You use the same button to hitch and unhitch (default T).

OK, I knew about the T; but I didn't know it was usable outside of the circumstances where the game would tell you that you could use it (when you are at a site and delivering/loading).

I'll have to try it out. Just for reference: you can't unhitch on the move, can you? :p

[Ryu]

No, fortunately it doesn't work if you're moving. hehe

[MirkoC407]

Originally posted by fgaliegue:

I'll have to try it out. Just for reference: you can't unhitch on the move, can you? :p

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[Tempered鍛えて]

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