Patch 0.9.540.78547 ATV / Quad: How to load Battery if empty?

[DocBones]

Besides the fact it's quite annoying that the battery is discarging rapidly just because you've left it while holding the space-key or s-key accidentally, I don't find a way to get the ATV running anymore. I had a battery and a cable but regardless what I was holding in my hands, I don't get the option to charge the battery - but it must be possible since there's an entry for this in the context menue.

Anybody around with the answer?

[Deathwhisper]

Hello :),

The most efficient way to recharge a dead battery is with a charger. You can build one yourself to recharge vehicle batteries or smartphone batteries.

The only batteries that cannot be charged in this way are the small blue batteries, which are no longer useful once the energy has been used up.

For vehicles, however, there is another rolling start method that you can try. Bring the vehicle to a steep slope or downhill, sit in it and let it roll. At around 20 km/h, an attempt is made to start the engine. Vehicles with alternators can then recharge even dead batteries in this way.

[DocBones]

Thx for your fast reply!

Most important first: ATV is alive, solved in the second way you've described. In some distance was a hill and this was working.

But there's still a problem with the ATV: You cannot detach the Battery like you can do with cars.
So if your Battery drains while you are elsewhere, ATV is dead and it will remain useless if you don't have any hill. Because the next problem is: You cannot push and steer the ATV like a car. There is no option like that.

So imho it could be a good idea to throw an eye on this point by some Devs. In my opinion this problem need a kind of solution - probably similar to the past: Having a battery and owning a cable should be the way. Or we get the option to push and steer it like the cars.

[X]

You have to pull dead batteries out of an ATV and use a battery charger or charge it in car/truck. The ATV will only charge it if you can run it. I don't think you can push start the ATV even with two players but IDK, I know you can't push it like a car at present even if it has all 4 wheels it just acts like a bicycle presently.

Also need a car jack to remove the battery and the hit box is like 1 pixel big and you have to go all proctologist to do it from the ass end of the ATV. Cheers.

[Samantha Raven]

Originally posted by X:

You have to pull dead batteries out of an ATV and use a battery charger or charge it in car/truck. The ATV will only charge it if you can run it. I don't think you can push start the ATV even with two players but IDK, I know you can't push it like a car at present even if it has all 4 wheels it just acts like a bicycle presently.

Also need a car jack to remove the battery and the hit box is like 1 pixel big and you have to go all proctologist to do it from the ass end of the ATV. Cheers.

Witch makes no sense all ATV's have a pull-starter they don't need batteries to run actually.
I grew up driving them my dad bought me my own pink ATV when i was 11 and i remember when the batterie ran out when i was a teen my dad showed me the pullstarter for emergency and i used it until we replace the batterie under the seat.

So I know all ATV's have a pullstarter for emergency starting when the batterie runs out.

[Jolie Rouge]

Originally posted by DocBones:

Thx for your fast reply!

Most important first: ATV is alive, solved in the second way you've described. In some distance was a hill and this was working.

But there's still a problem with the ATV: You cannot detach the Battery like you can do with cars.
So if your Battery drains while you are elsewhere, ATV is dead and it will remain useless if you don't have any hill. Because the next problem is: You cannot push and steer the ATV like a car. There is no option like that.

So imho it could be a good idea to throw an eye on this point by some Devs. In my opinion this problem need a kind of solution - probably similar to the past: Having a battery and owning a cable should be the way. Or we get the option to push and steer it like the cars.

In fact you can change the battery. Here's a picture for reference:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3318168140

[serilium]

when i wanna remove the battery from a quad i just go to the side and put the mouse over the engine and then hold f until the option comes up usually remove a battery is there if the quad has a battery to begin with.