Mars Truck / Tipper

[Naferious]

So i just built the mars truck and saw there was a trailer panel in the cab so i built a tipper but cant figure out how to attach it.

[bongerman85]

i didnt think that the mars truck uses a tipper.

[flasham]

The Marstruck is like a pickup, the tipper is the empty back.

[a random potato]

Originally posted by Naferious:

So i just built the mars truck and saw there was a trailer panel in the cab so i built a tipper but cant figure out how to attach it.

If you are talking about the heavy rover, it has a hook button in the main panel. you have to build the tipper separately and use the hook to attach it. the mars truck is sort of built-in

[kananesgi]

The "tipper" on the Mars Truck is just the pickup bed. You throw rocks into it by hand and then drive it over a crusher and stop when the screen says "Unload" and hit the button. Then the rock in the bed magically dumps out into the crusher. I think the screen inside is more or less a place-holder until they build new screens specific to the Mars Truck.

[WillPow3r77]

Speaking of the mars truck. Is i possible to store oxygen tanks in the slots behind the drivers seat? or any other tips and tricks anyone has for the mars truck

[Naferious]

Thanks for the info the truck has its uses but i woulda preferred goin straight for the rover. Can only fit like 6 rocks in the bed -_-

[DragonLight]

Its a really good early game vehicle. I still use it even though I have the rover. The self charging and driving speed itself makes it worth keeping around when exploring.

Before you get the rover and when all you have is a small crusher, its actually worth using the bed to throw in a 4-5 rocks and use the small crusher before moving into the higher tech tiers and using big crusher and rover.

[bongerman85]

please be aware that the awesome animation for the gantry seems to only currently be available for the first time you load onto the rover trailer. a shame really.

[jbailey]

Originally posted by WillPow3r77:

Speaking of the mars truck. Is i possible to store oxygen tanks in the slots behind the drivers seat? or any other tips and tricks anyone has for the mars truck

No, but I'm hopeful. Haven't been able to mount or place anything in behind the driver's seat.

[twostacks217]

Originally posted by jbailey:

Originally posted by WillPow3r77:

Speaking of the mars truck. Is i possible to store oxygen tanks in the slots behind the drivers seat? or any other tips and tricks anyone has for the mars truck

No, but I'm hopeful. Haven't been able to mount or place anything in behind the driver's seat.

I figured out what the spot behind the driver seat is in the Mars truck the wiki for the game says there's three seats for astronauts and one seat for the robot dog and the robot dog has not been implemented into the game yet

[Sinius]

Originally posted by WillPow3r77:

Speaking of the mars truck. Is i possible to store oxygen tanks in the slots behind the drivers seat? or any other tips and tricks anyone has for the mars truck

Under the hood there are a few cargo spots you can put spares and other stuff in. Not many though.

[Sid1701d]

However, the Mars Truck should really be a dump truck and the animation of the bed lifting is missing.

[twostacks217]

Originally posted by Sid1701d:

However, the Mars Truck should really be a dump truck and the animation of the bed lifting is missing.

It would be much better if that empty space behind the driver seat in the Mars truck would hold the ATV storage container because what's the point of having an ATV with big storage box and then having a Mars truck with only 6 storage slots or if we could stack some of the inventory boxes in the back of the truck instead of putting dirt and rock back there because depending on how you play you will often get the Mars truck long before you get the small crusher

[Dextre]

Yeah I am enjoying the Mars Truck addition to the game, better than the ATV faster than the Rover and recharges itself, small payload but decent vehicle, I will continue using even with Heavy Rover. One issue I have noticed the wheels dont seem to spin consistently with the ground imo also would like some option to upgrade in the future, maybe upgrade storage under the hood.

[Sinius]

Originally posted by Dextre:

Yeah I am enjoying the Mars Truck addition to the game, better than the ATV faster than the Rover and recharges itself, small payload but decent vehicle, I will continue using even with Heavy Rover. One issue I have noticed the wheels dont seem to spin consistently with the ground imo also would like some option to upgrade in the future, maybe upgrade storage under the hood.

Strobe effect. A spinning object, unless synced with frame rate with regard to speed and direction of spin can vary. Even appear to rotate backwards.