Missing drop off point

[{RW} Statik`]

I've arrived at what I think is supposed to be my destination, but there's no drop off point (the floating green icon that you normally pull up to and press enter to unload/park the trailer). I've checked around the vicinity but I'm not seeing it. I don't know if it matters, but it's my first cargo job, using my own trailer so maybe there's something extra I have to do? Did I screw it up by changing the GPS looking for a rest stop? Also, is there a better way to reset the route to the job destination after you change (all I've figured out is to find the red flag and click on the map to set the destination)? Any help is appreciated...Thanks for reading!

p.s. I also don't know if this matters, but the specific job is to deliver office supplies to Sell Goods in Pheonix.

[BCS]

To get the Drop of points you need to reverse your ttrailer into the unlaod area yourself, if you use autopark you don't get the XP for parking your trailer.

I don't know if thats what you mean here, but if thats it i hope it helped you to get the problem.

[HuskyDynamics]

Originally posted by BCS:

To get the Drop of points you need to reverse your ttrailer into the unlaod area yourself, if you use autopark you don't get the XP for parking your trailer.

I don't know if thats what you mean here, but if thats it i hope it helped you to get the problem.

I think OP is referring to the green box that shows up when you arrive at your destination to let you choose how/where to park, not the xp you get for parking.

[{RW} Statik`]

Thanks for the replies...Yes, I'm looking for the place where you actually hit enter to begin the drop off (by either parking the trailer or skipping). The usual marker I pull up to is nowhere to be found. Either I'm at the wrong place or the game is bugged.

Anyway, thanks again!

[AyMazingATS]

You could be using an icon replacer mod. This doesn't per say hide them but turns them into something else.

-or-

Hiding game elements was recently added. Navigate to Documents/American Truck Simulator/profiles/"your alpanumeric profile name" Open config.cfg file. Please note that is not the main config file in the Documents/ATS folder.

uset g_show_game_elements "0" <--- change the 0 to a 1 and save.

[AyMazingATS]

To default back to what the game assigned for navigation you go the map and click "Reset Navigation" on the upper right side.

[{RW} Statik`]

I tried adding that line to my config, but no change. I went to another location that offers jobs, and I was able to see & interact with the green floating icon as normal, but went back to the delivery location and still nothing there.

Also, when I click Reset Navigation in the map, it just clears my route entirely and I have to set a destination before the button even shows up. I'm gonna have to just abandon this one and call it a bug. Oh well.

Thanks all!

EDIT: When I abandon the job, the green floaty icon showed up to offer me more jobs. Definitely a bug that cost me $12k fake money lol

[anomaly.va]

Originally posted by BCS:

To get the Drop of points you need to reverse your ttrailer into the unlaod area yourself, if you use autopark you don't get the XP for parking your trailer.

Originally posted by {RW} Statik`:

I've arrived at what I think is supposed to be my destination, but there's no drop off point (the floating green icon that you normally pull up to and press enter to unload/park the trailer).

I'm pretty sure they meant the check-in-point where it asks whether you want to park it yourself or not.

As it sounds as though OP has checked previous suggestions, I have had a load do that to me before when I had to tow the truck to service (damn AI vehicles changing lanes just before or while I'm passing them). The game is usually set to autosave every 4 mins by default, so my only suggestion if this happens again is to restore the last autosave before the game forgot about your drop-off.

As a former professional trucker, I do think this game has a few minor bugs in it, and could use a little more realism in some aspects (the Route advisor and its positioning are garbage), but it doesn't seem to suffer from near the bumper crop of problems that have surfaced with BeamNG lately.

[paulieGTR]

Originally posted by {RW} Statik`:

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I tried adding that line to my config, but no change.

You do not have to add the line, it is already there. You must've opened the wrong config.
The path you should goto is: Documents\American Truck Simulator\profiles\xxxxxxxx

Anyways..
Look in side the profiles folder and you'll see another folder/s with "number and letters" as it's name. Go into that folder and open "config.cfg" and on line 10, you'll find the:
uset g_show_game_elements "0"

Do what 'AyMazing' said and change the "0" to a "1" so that it looks like what is below:
uset g_show_game_elements "1"

Now save it and restart ATS/ETS2.

Another thing you can do if you run into that problem again is..
while in the truck > bring up the GPS and zoom right in, no slowly creep forward with the truck and drive over the icon in the GPS, all the while repeatedly pressing enter until the invisible zone activates.

I have my game elements hidden by default and drive HC Doubles only and I don't really ever find a problem with jobs, deliveries, finding fuel, services etc. Just more of a challenge that way.
You should try the Heavy Cargo Doubles at some point though. That's all I haul in ATS.

fyi..
If you happen to press Esc to menu and save the game after choosing your delivery point at the gate, then exit ATS/ETS2 before completing the delivery.
Once you restart the game and your "save game" loads..
You'll need to go back to the gate and choose your delivery point again, even if you're trailer is sitting perfectly aligned in the bay ready to deliver from the last time you played.

[{RW} Statik`]

paulieGTR,
I searched the config - the line definitely was not there. I run Linux, so probably a difference from Windows.

I actually tried to precisely reposition myself around the icon (I'm assuming you mean the red flag, as that was the only icon besides the destination company's logo on the map). I just never could figure out where it was "supposed" to be until I abandon the job and it appeared as a means to pick up new jobs from them.

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anomaly.va,
I didn't even notice the game had a manual load/save feature...Hadn't needed it before.

Also, I have to pay my respects to your trucking career. The first thing I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a driver, but I ended up in the IT field. After playing this game for a few days (and loving it), I do not have any regrets... I've always had mad respect for truckers but it went up 1000 fold after playing this game for a while & trying to not suck lol

Thank you for your service, long or short, I'm glad I stuck with IT, but I still enjoy the challenge of this game :D

[The Pitts]

From the original description of the issue I wonder whether you didn't actually pick up the cargo from the source depot. If you have a job in progress then resetting navigation will not clear the route it will simply reset any waypoints. Given that when you reset you had a red flag but no route it sounds to me like you were in 'collecting the cargo' mode (the same as you would be if you clicked on 'Set as GPS destination' from the Cargo Market screen).

My apologies if this feels like I'm insulting your intelligence, but since you say this is your first job with your own trailer are you aware that the mechanics of both collection and delivery are different with your own trailer (as they have to be)? Did you see the loading screen animation when you collected your cargo? If not, then you may have got the mechanics wrong and driving around with an empty trailer. At this point I have to admit that it is so long since I last did a job with an owned trailer that I no longer recall the exact sequence but you have to do something like reverse into the parking spot (as you would normally do when delivering), turn off the engine and then hit Enter (or whatever you have bound to Activate) to trigger the cargo load.

[Madkine]

Originally posted by {RW} Statik`:

paulieGTR,
I searched the config - the line definitely was not there. I run Linux, so probably a difference from Windows.

As per previous posts, if it's not there you have the wrong config file open. You need the one in the individual profile directory, not the one in the base game directory.

[vonswe]

To add to The Pitts post above, you do not get the green floating job symbol to select where to unload when you have your own trailer. The drop of spot is already marked with white lines on the ground and you must park the trailer there, shut of the engine and hit Enter to unload.

[AyMazingATS]

Originally posted by vonswe:

To add to The Pitts post above, you do not get the green floating job symbol to select where to unload when you have your own trailer. The drop of spot is already marked with white lines on the ground and you must park the trailer there, shut of the engine and hit Enter to unload.

This in untrue. You are able to stop at the green checkered flag and choose your drop off with your own trailer.

Some people however have edited their config file to only have the hard spot chosen so they don't need to stop at the entrance.

[vonswe]

Are you sure ? I have random parking for other jobs, so I never have the green thingy, but for own trailers it gives me a certain spot only for owned trailers that I never get for other jobs.

[AyMazingATS]

I am absolutely positive on this.