Delivery has no finishing point

[Mojo]

I am in middle of a delivery of large tubes. The red flag points to side of the road in Del Rio, there is no checkered flag. When I try to lower the trailer, nothing happens.

[The Pitts]

I believe that this is a bug in the dynamic company handling for Nielsen Roads road work sites which I reported some time ago but has not been acknowledged:
https://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=1797118#p1797118

[Leadmagnet]

I had one like that and the only way I found it was the #2 view above the truck along with the marker flashing. The drop area marker was obscured by the grass and very little of it was showing.

[Catratio]

I had this same issue day 1 when Texas released, also with Nielsen Roads. I get to the roadside and there's no work crew, just empty dirt with nowhere to leave the haul. I'm surprised it's not been patched yet. I noticed in other areas of Texas Nielsen Road crews are sometimes there, sometimes not. I don't know if they work on a schedule or if a bug prevents them loading.

[Mojo]

So the best choice is to cancel then?

[Leadmagnet]

Originally posted by Mojo:

So the best choice is to cancel then?

You can try the external view and see if you can spot the flashing marker first but probably the best thing to do is load a previous save so it doesn't cost you the cash for cancelling the load.

[Greyhawke]

Originally posted by Mojo:

So the best choice is to cancel then?

No. The best choice is to switch to external view and try and find enough of the parking markers to sort out how the truck and load need to be positioned to complete the delivery.

https://youtu.be/DYzT-Pk6Ogw

[MirkoC407]

If the spot is actually there and obscured you should get the automatic parking option in route advisor if you are near it. So even if you see nothing no reason to cancel as long as the unlading spot really exists.

[The Pitts]

Originally posted by Catratio:

I don't know if they work on a schedule or if a bug prevents them loading

They are intended to come and go (I believe SCS refer to them as 'dynamic companies'), but the fact that they are not there when you have a job to deliver is surely a bug (something is causing the state change timer to be missed and thus the road work site is not activated when it should be, at least from what I can see in the save game data that was the state of things when it happened to me). I've been trying to recreate this ever since, without success, possibly because most of the hauls I've done have been External Contracts, which might handle the internal adjustments differently.

[C. Black]

If the job is a WoT online job its likely the floating company point is gone mainly if you are late for the delivery, happened to me a few times and had to cancel

[Greyhawke]

Good points all, especially "The PItts". I've done some roadside deliveries but as of yet haven't encountered the bug Pitts mentioned or been late to find that the drop off point has timed-out.

This is exactly why I usually leave these types of questions for our resident pros and more dedicated players. Definitely learned some new things in this thread. Thanks for the info.

FWIW, I get all my jobs through the external contracts option so my experience further supports Pitts' theory about internal vs. external contracts and how their timing differences could very well be the source of this problem; since I've never encountered this problem or heard of it until now.

But to attempt a second answer the OP's last question:

If you are late, then autosave is potentially your best friend.

If you are time, then use external view to make sure you can't find the designated spot to complete job.

If your are on time and can't find the delivery spot, then you've most likely encountered a program hiccup/bug and aborting the job is the only option you have according to what is currently known.

[Mojo]

I am already in external view, but I dont see any markers for it. Just openness.

[Greyhawke]

If your are on time and can't find the delivery spot, then you've most likely encountered a program hiccup/bug and aborting the job is the only option you have according to what is currently known.

[The Pitts]

Not strictly true. It is possible to fix it by save editing but you have to know what you're doing and it is probably more trouble than it's worth for most people.

[Greyhawke]

Thanks again Pitts for clarifying, appreciate the info.

[Mojo]

I am probably going to cancel and recoup the 12k loss. Thanks everyone.