Do your hired drivers work when you're offline?

[SpikeyPancake]

I more than likley know the answer to this but I am curious as to I heard from friend of mine that his hired drivers earn him money even if he is not playing the game. I know in Euro Truck Simulator 2 it dosent work like that but I just wanted to make sure.

[Ryu]

No, they don't. When you stop playing, time stops.

Your friend might have been referring to the MP mod where time on their servers never stops.

[Vellari]

Originally posted by ~{DCMT}~ Ryu:

Your friend might have been referring to the MP mod where time on their servers never stops.

Yup, which is what breaks the economy in multiplayer mod, hire a bunch of drivers and leave the game for a week, come back to a ton of money...

[Jackson]

You could park your truck and leave teh game running, then they'll continue :)

[SpikeyPancake]

Thats what i thought, but from what he is saying this was all being done not on truckers MP, and since I havent been on ATS in a while it could have been this new thing I didnt know of but thanks for clearing it up.

[braydenjt15]

If you are afk in the game, to they still work?

[ttower]

Originally posted by braydenjt15:

If you are afk in the game, to they still work?

If the game clock is moving, you can assume the drivers are working.

[The Pitts]

But keep in mind that if your truck is stopped (which I'm guessing it will be when AFK) then likely time will be running at 1:3 scale not 1:20 scale so it may not be passing as quickly as you'd hoped.

[Jackson]

Originally posted by The Pitts:

But keep in mind that if your truck is stopped (which I'm guessing it will be when AFK) then likely time will be running at 1:3 scale not 1:20 scale so it may not be passing as quickly as you'd hoped.

Last I knew, which was admittedly a while ago, ATS didn't slow down when you stopped like ETS does.

[Madkine]

Both games work the same in that regard.

[The Pitts]

I have come across one or two places where I've stopped at traffic lights and the time keeps moving at 1:20 speed but in general when you stop it slows to 1:3 - easy enough to test, just pull off the highway onto the shoulder, hit the parking brake and watch the clock.

[Jackson]

Originally posted by The Pitts:

I have come across one or two places where I've stopped at traffic lights and the time keeps moving at 1:20 speed but in general when you stop it slows to 1:3 - easy enough to test, just pull off the highway onto the shoulder, hit the parking brake and watch the clock.

True enough. I remember it happening when I did exactly that. I expected it to function like ETS, but when I got back a short time later half a day had gone and it was night outside.