Bulldozer what is it good for?

[Goltzhar]

There is almost nothing you can do with the bulldozer. Why is it in the game at all? It just get stuck wherever you go. Can't get over a pile that is one inch high. You constantly have to use the “reset” button… I say this in most sincere belief, there is NO WAY they could have tested this “thing” before it was released into the game. Unless there is a sadistic person behind it. It just causes frustration and anger! I have put maybe 4 hours straight in trying to figure out how to run this “thing”. IMO there is none. If someone could explain how to run it? Please do.
If were up to me.... Remove it!

[Fail]

Ive managed to use it quite well with a gamepad, tracking forward and holding the blade down as I go will push a mound of dirt easily, I know what you mean about it getting stuck easy though, I have found it catches easily on the little ridges left after dozing lines of dirt around making a slow process.

[Goltzhar]

I have no problem using the controls.. but the paydirt is going all over the place. And not where I want it to go.. Piles up, makes a small ramp.. skips over paydirt and gets stuck....and much more... And the gravity !!!! sliding down a 1% slope...

[BRuthless]

I use it to flatten the mess the front-loader leaves behind, because otherwise that would get stuck too often. But in general the heavy vehicles get stuck way too easily. That should be fixed, but the bulldozer definitely has to stay in the game. It would be impossible to make flat ground to drive on properly otherwise. It's much faster and less annoying driving vehicles over flat ground than bumpy hills.

Also it's very hard to get the blade of the bulldozer to the right angle to deform the terrain the way you want it. It's easy to just flatten, but making ramps is ridiculous and takes a lot of patience and practice.

[Fail]

Originally posted by Goltzhar:

I have no problem using the controls.. but the paydirt is going all over the place. And not where I want it to go.. Piles up, makes a small ramp.. skips over paydirt and gets stuck....and much more... And the gravity !!!! sliding down a 1% slope...

I had the same problem with it sometimes skipping or making random lumps and ramps, I just hold down the whichever key is set to lower the blade and keep it held while pushing dirt, not had it do anything random since.

The sliding down small ramps is bad though I agree, I work with dozers in my job, if anything they should be able to climb almost any grade, seen them near vertical pushing piles before!

[BRuthless]

If you keep pushing downward, it makes slight downward ramps. Those have a fixed angle I believe. The blade just has to be in a position where it touches the ground - without holding the button - and it will just magically make 100% flat terrain, while also collecting a huge amount of dirt infront of the blade and leaving behind some dirt ridges on the sides of the blade.

[Fail]

Originally posted by BRuthless:

If you keep pushing downward, it makes slight downward ramps. Those have a fixed angle I believe. The blade just has to be in a position where it touches the ground - without holding the button - and it will just magically make 100% flat terrain.

Aye it creates a slight downward slope while pushing a large lump of dirt, its useful for me when the hole next to my wash plant gets a little big, saves having to move it anywhere too!

[Tune777]

Somebody know for what to use the ripper behind the dozer?

[Metallos]

If the ground is frozen you can pip it up so you can dig. But after a while the ground freezes again.
You can see in the TV show how the ripper works.

[Pwnocchio]

Originally posted by Metallos:

If the ground is frozen you can pip it up so you can dig. But after a while the ground freezes again.
You can see in the TV show how the ripper works.

'After a while' seems to mean 'After about 2 hours of game time'.

It's really frustrating.

My expectation in the winter was that you'd rip the section you wanted to mine for the day, then mine it.

The reality is you rip a small section, maybe get a bucket on the Mobile Wash Plant, then you have to rip it again.

Not useful.

:(

[M.Stranger]

I used to hate the dozer as well, till I learned how to use it. start with a saved game, if you screw it up, don't save...

Try this, practice, practice, practice. You will get there. Blade moves up and down one notch at a time.