Can you slide your tandems?

[MrAnderson]

Or do you have to just switch entire trailers with the tandems already back?

[Audie_Murphy]

You can't slide tandems, not that I know of anyway

[AyMazingATS]

You can slide the tandems but not in the normal sense.

Buy a trailer with the sliding option. You will see this under the chassis configuration. As long as you are not loaded you can hit F7 to adjust tandems.

[MrAnderson]

Do you slide them just by pushing a button or do you actually set the trailer parking brake and move it

[AyMazingATS]

Hit F7, Adjust Trailer to slider the tandems. Remember you must be empty.

That is why I said not in the normal sense.

[MrAnderson]

alright sounds good thank you buddy

[Reese]

It also resets the state of your truck. So if it was running and your headlights were on, they will now be off. It's a round-about way, but it's within the limitations of the game engine.

[UnwieldyRex]

Originally posted by Reese:

It also resets the state of your truck. So if it was running and your headlights were on, they will now be off. It's a round-about way, but it's within the limitations of the game engine.

Without studying the engine their using, I'd say it's well below limitations. I wouldn't think it would be too hard to program legit sliding tandems. All the weight transfer stuff can be generalized (i.e. every load is evenly distributed inside the trailer instead of being potentially tongue or tail heavy), making programming the weight changes fairly simple based on where the tandems are located.... they should just be able to make a generic equation / physics model that basically just needs and x input to be complete (x being the cargo weight) and a simple animation and it would be complete and it would add BOATLOADS of immersion into the game, I mean, it can't be TOO HARD, they essentially have ALREADY done it with the F7 menu adjustment, why not just make a "real time" animation for it? Would make for legit use of non-DOT scales (say gas station ones), instead of having them just being a "let's check my weight".

It's not like they would have to make a million different version of program for the various trailers. IIRC "sliding" tandems are limited to 48 foot trailers?

[Reese]

At the moment, each position of the tandems is a different model internally. They're built the same way the different truck configurations are made. All the F7 > Trailer Adjustment does is hide the truck, swap the model, apply the position data from the previous trailer, and then shows everything again. If you disabled the black screen somehow, you would see the model unload and reload. It's just a trick.

The physics wouldn't be too difficult. It'd be making the different trailer configurations of tandem position as one unique system. I don't understand why SCS didn't just do it right in the first place instead of using tricks that totally break the immersion.

The 53ft dryvan and a couple others can have slidable tandems. I made a list in the past few months, I'll try to find it.

Edit: Here it is: https://steamcommunity.com/app/270880/discussions/0/1646544161773196664/#c3048357185554670951

[Widow Maker]

Adjusting them in this game has zero effect, except for the trailer tail turning faster or slower