The ground ate my trailer

[evozakira]

So i was doing the mission for the forklift and while I was picking up the logs with my trailer it fell into the ground. I was able to drive the tractor out enough to see it but the trailer is all the way in the ground. Please help XD

https://ibb.co/r7yyq80
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[SpercWolf]

If you can still access the tractor, then climb aboard open your inventory and call a tow truck that is located under your inventory items

[evozakira]

I dont think I have that yet, let me look.

https://ibb.co/0rxTQ8J

The claw comes out the ground to get you lol

[evozakira]

Looks like i have that option now, thanks for the reminder to look :)

[Kaeru Gaman]

you should use the screenshot function of Steam if you want to show screenshots.
I'm not willing to access obscure third party sharing sites, and there may be other who also don't.

[evozakira]

Ok i apologize

[Kronos Dreki]

easiest way i found to solve the tractor stuck issue is to save the game where you are and then load the game again. it will reset the tractor to be on the ground instead of in the ground. (do it on a seperate save incase it dont work)

[jomak67]

the ground routinely eats my truck. Only one route out to get it refilled..
Saving and loading is involved and lots of swearing.

[♂IronFelixx♂]

I noticed that diving into the soil and getting stuck increases during rain.

[evozakira]

I found out if i park my tractor and trailer on the log drop pad and walk away it goes in the ground. Havent had issues since i started parking in grass and unhooking trailer.

[Merck]

Yes never leave your tractor or equipment parked on the log dump point. This is a well known issue.

[Kaeru Gaman]

those are totally different effects.

the truck sticking into the ground is an effect I suspect to be connected with the simulation of mud and sludgy ground. some "mudrunner" thingy, just not technically mature.
maybe connected with to big timesteps of the physics engine by whatever reason.

the tractor on the pier indeed is falling through it when it's hitbox is inactive wich can happen on reload or when you go further away, maybe the LOD model for further away has no hitbox. but then it's falling onto the ground and stopping.

[SurvivorSean]

Is their a fix for the pier? I left it unattached overnight and it's gone underneath. Sorry this is a regular issue but I just got this awesome game this weekend. If someone can point me in the right direction I've been looking. I think I can still unload with a new trailer but I will not leave anything on it again.

[Kaeru Gaman]

try to access the trailer while standing over it, then call the tow truck.

for later, do not leave a vehicle on a building object, leave it on terrain.

[SurvivorSean]

Yeah I tried those suggestions and it did work. i wasn't sure as most examples of the issues showed a vehicle attached. Thanks for your reply though as the tow truck did work on the trailer alone. This is a very cool game and I'm sure the team will get this resolved. Lots of cool stuff coming down the road. Looks like I have plenty of things to do in the next little while.

[Kaeru Gaman]

general advice: have savegames.
save every 10-20 minutes, especially after tasks, and use more than one slot, better three, four, five. that way you can go back more than one if the last one turns out to be problematic, too.

also, significantly slow down when driving from a street into a forest way. if you are too fast with a truck, your front wheels could get stuck in the ground and you won't get them out, you'll have to reload a save.