CANT REST.

[itsScrat]

I trying to rest anywhere but aint possible,the sign is on the map but i cant sleep,help.

[gta_fan]

it has to be at a rest area

[itsScrat]

Yes it is,there is a BED as icon..

[tmaddox]

And within that rest area there is usually a dedicated parking area. You will know you are in the right spot because you will get a prompt to turn off the engine.

[itsScrat]

Im trying to find that area but i have an oversized trailer with 7axes so its a bit hard. :D

[CaddyKing1]

stop drinking coffee

[Racn]

I have had incidents with several rest stops that were very particular to stop in.
Perhaps if the trailer is not parallel enough to the rest stop?
I had to jokky back and forth to get the rest stop pop up window.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by ☆Legija°SRB†:

Im trying to find that area but i have an oversized trailer with 7axes so its a bit hard. :D

if i remember well, you are not obligate to have always your trailer with you, you can drop it somewhere no far in the same parking or more far if they have no place and search the place only with your tractor, it's more easy, but don't forget to take your trailer before going again on the road, i view one making this and they have view they have forget her trailer only when they have arrived at her destination ha ha ha

[tmaddox]

Sometimes in ETS I would unhook my trailer just to make it easier to get into the spot so that the game would allow me to rest.

[itsScrat]

I'll try,thank you guys :)

[Hotstuff5743]

I think it's a reoccurring bug cuz i just experienced this in Vegas & only way i could sleep was to drop trailer then pull into a spot. The only ugly part was trying to get back into my trailer cuz i dropped it in a screwy spot.

[Twelvefield]

Definitely, you can drop your trailer anywhere and the game does not care.

[margalus]

Originally posted by Hotstuff5743:

I think it's a reoccurring bug cuz i just experienced this in Vegas & only way i could sleep was to drop trailer then pull into a spot. The only ugly part was trying to get back into my trailer cuz i dropped it in a screwy spot.

I don't think it's a bug. It's just that some spots aren't big enough for the tractor and the trailer both, so you need to drop the trailer first in those spots and then park the truck.

[Fury6]

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Hotstuff5743:

I think it's a reoccurring bug cuz i just experienced this in Vegas & only way i could sleep was to drop trailer then pull into a spot. The only ugly part was trying to get back into my trailer cuz i dropped it in a screwy spot.

I don't think it's a bug. It's just that some spots aren't big enough for the tractor and the trailer both, so you need to drop the trailer first in those spots and then park the truck.

Originally posted by margalus:

Originally posted by Hotstuff5743:

I think it's a reoccurring bug cuz i just experienced this in Vegas & only way i could sleep was to drop trailer then pull into a spot. The only ugly part was trying to get back into my trailer cuz i dropped it in a screwy spot.

I don't think it's a bug. It's just that some spots aren't big enough for the tractor and the trailer both, so you need to drop the trailer first in those spots and then park the truck.

I don't think it's a bug either.

Personally I've never had any trouble parking up with a vanilla trailer regardless of the combination length - just that at the highest combination lengths *some* parking slots require a little bit of attention to alignment as they get a little bit tight. There's like, maybe one or two of these slot types in the game. One is the motel left side slot for certain, the other I think is one of the service centre types, the single slot at the entranceway. If there *is* a bug here, I haven't hit it yet.

Only with oversize mods have I ever needed to unhitch in order to trigger a rest slot. Some of those I've even had some trouble with at the truckstop slots - and those are pretty long slots.

There's also no need to actually park the trailer somewhere else then park up the truck in the slot. You can just park the combination vehicle right up in the slot and as long as the tractor is comfortably inside the slot you can just unhitch the trailer right there.

You don't have to move the tractor at all, just unhitch and you should be able to hit 'enter' to sleep. When you do it this way often the pop-up advisory message (telling you to press 'enter' to sleep) doesn't appear but you'll still be able to hit 'enter' to sleep.

If you do park up this way and you're using the new advanced trailer hitch option, be sure to leave some room ahead of the tractor as you may need to advance a little to clear the turntable then back up into the king-pin again to hitch the trailer back up.

[Hotstuff5743]

Oh trust me i've done the drop trailer behind u but sometimes the game won't let u hook back up & i've noticed this more with the ATC feature on. As for not being able to stop i've had that on all sizes trailers from time to time from vanilla trailers to custom trailers & i've had it happen in vanilla trucks & mod trucks. I remember one i was parked at a Peterbilt dealership with truck & trailer perfectly in the spot with room to spare all around & the node still wouldn't trigger unless i did a drop a foot behind me. I've even had it at the large truck stops that have the motels, gas pumps & cat scales where it wouldn't accept my truck with a trailer regardless of what i was driving. I find the only one i don't have problems at is rest area's that are just a big plain wide open space that u can park any where. the type that doesn't have designated parking slots.

[Fury6]

Originally posted by Hotstuff5743:

[...]I find the only one i don't have problems at is rest area's that are just a big plain wide open space that u can park any where. the type that doesn't have designated parking slots.

And yet others have reported having problems specifically with these types of rest areas. If this indeed is a problem with the game and not mod related in any way, it's a pretty elusive and variable little bug. I'm not saying I don't believe you, just that it's both pretty uncommon as well as unusual.