Wheels are gone

[StarAlone¹ (Starry-Kun)]

More or less from around one of previous updates, wheels on grids started disappearing, both for small grids and large grids.
Just randomly even if vehicle stands doing nothing, some wheels some disappear like they have a random expiration date.
Is it only me? I feel like recently it became much frequent problem than it was. During my current session it happend multiple times, especially on vehicles with cargo it's super annoying to get it fixed when vehicle is so heavy

[StarAlone¹ (Starry-Kun)]

I wonder how big of a problem it is for other. If it's only me, perhaps update broke one of the mods and it causes bugs.

Still i pretty much use only weaponcore and shield mod from mods that have to do anything with physics

[ShadedMJ]

Last update was 2023-10-26 so that was 2 months ago. I don't see any recently reported bugs with wheels.

Usual theme is to verify your game files, then start a new game without mods, see if wheels are disappearing.

[Dan2D3D]

Hi, looks like it's only in the world you play cause I did not noticed other players reporting disappearing wheels.

First clue to find is always the same when playing modified
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-> Is it the same in a new created no Mods world or it happens in only one specific save ?

[StarAlone¹ (Starry-Kun)]

Yeah, i skimmed trough the discussions and saw no new mentiones of the wheels so i asssumed perhaps that's the case. I will try few configurations with new worlds/with or without mods and will update if i find anything

[StarAlone¹ (Starry-Kun)]

Originally posted by Dan2D3D:

-> Is it the same in a new created no Mods world or it happens in only one specific save ?

It's on my most recent save i created few months ago, with mods but it's basicly just weaponcore + shields + some weapons

as i said, i will to find out what might be the problem

[The Klang Is Good]

I had similar problem year or two ago with Build and Repair mod (haven't use it lately). At least one BnR block (set to grind enemy and neutral blocks) on my rover had weird habit to grind off some of the wheels of my other nearby rover.

[Ronin Planetary Industries]

Turn auto-clean-up off and see if your wheels stop disappearing.

If you're on a server and someone is manually cleaning up, they may be unintentionally deleting wheels. Each wheel is its own 1 block grid and is unnamed.

Maybe Dan2D3D might suggest to the devs to base wheel grid names on the master grid they sprung from.

[Dan2D3D]

The important when playing Modified is to test in copy or new created world, because removing Mods can do more damage.
-> some Mod delete important code lines in the save files and removing can corrupt the save.

Follow the steps we all do after a game update to pinpoint the ones that need to be updated / no more compatible.

How to test a world or find broken/conflicting Mods :

1 - Select your save.
2 - Click the "Save as" button on the left.
3 - Change the save name to create a *copy.
4 - Withdraw or add one Mod at a time in the copy.

5 - Report to the Mod author (on WS item page) when broken Mod found so he can fix/update his Mod, always very kind to let them know.

*copy
Never test with your original save, better create a copy and fix the original save when solution found in the copy, this way you will not mess up your save.

[Dan2D3D]

I will add :

May also happen only with your specific creations and pasting those in a new created No Mods world will give you that clue as to know if it is caused by the Modded world or happens in all new created Vanilla world.

[StarAlone¹ (Starry-Kun)]

Thanks for all the tips. Ill test it out.
Id say theory with Build and Repair could be a good lead but it doesn't only happen in base... still i will check that too
Overall i played a bit on a new save and so far didn't happen even once so it (sadly) could be just a save problem

[jhughes]

I just wanted to point out that I just had this happen and it was Build and Repair .. Basically I had to turn the Janitor items off except for grinding down Enemy blocks. It still picks up dropped items (when invenory is full and you grind) .. but it does not 'recover' built blocks. I also get to keep my wheels on my rovers.

If you want to run a scrapyard, you may need to build a 'grinder floor' rather than using build and repair .. or put pistons on your rovers and jack them up and replace the tires

This is the B&R I use (There are many versions out there).. they are adding in new features and do maintain the mod:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3099489876