Tow truck unavailable

[Boomerang]

it seems that unless a car is parked in a straight line in the middle of the road you have no chance of getting it removed. Cars parked near a crossing cannot be removed, and even cars involved in an RTA apparently are in an awkward position. Surely it wouldn't take much to enable the tow trucks to remove cars on pavements or at crossings?. I just did a whole shift booking endless cars for parking, yet not one of them was removed. Such a breaker in realism, thought it would have been sorted way before now. Also since tonights update, character keeps sticking after a few steps, requiring several clicks on mouse to free up and be able to walk/run

[[T4NK]Incredible Wheel of Cheese]

The utility vehicle DLC "fixes" this problem by letting you move the car before you request a tow.

Of course, it goes without saying that selling a gameplay fix in the form of a DLC is very scummy behavior. I haven't bought it for that reason -- I refuse to purchase bugfixes. There needs to be a solution to this issue in the base game.

[Boomerang]

i tried moving a car parked too close to a crossing further up the road, but the request for a tow truck was still denied. The winch only has a limited distance, it would be better if the truck could attach and pull it away using its engine, otherwise it can take ages to keep moving a car in short tugs

[wladi | astragon]

Originally posted by T4NKIncredible Wheel of Cheese:

The utility vehicle DLC "fixes" this problem by letting you move the car before you request a tow.

Of course, it goes without saying that selling a gameplay fix in the form of a DLC is very scummy behavior. I haven't bought it for that reason -- I refuse to purchase bugfixes. There needs to be a solution to this issue in the base game.

Just FYI: The DLC car is not intended to be any fix for a bug or whatever. We would never sell you something like that.

Currently, the tow truck just behaves in a way where in certain spots it can't reach the respective car due to collision meshes. We honestly haven't really gotten back to improving the overall tow truck behavior, maybe we should at some point tho.

[[T4NK]Incredible Wheel of Cheese]

Originally posted by wladi | astragon:

Just FYI: The DLC car is not intended to be any fix for a bug or whatever.

Regardless of whether it's intended, that's what it appears to be to me.

In particular, at accident sites it's very common for tow trucks to be unable to reach all of the involved vehicles, especially on one-way roads. Basically, if all lanes are blocked by damaged vehicles then the site cannot actually be cleared.

Instead of fixing this in some way, this paid DLC is the only way to get around that.

The simplest way I can think of to fix this in a realistic way would be to let the player "direct" the tow truck -- let me summon a vehicle to the scene and then interact with it to direct the driver where to go. In terms of gameplay, this would simply give me control of the tow truck and I can drive it into position.

[.împªcT ∙]

Originally posted by wladi | astragon:

Originally posted by T4NKIncredible Wheel of Cheese:

The utility vehicle DLC "fixes" this problem by letting you move the car before you request a tow.

Of course, it goes without saying that selling a gameplay fix in the form of a DLC is very scummy behavior. I haven't bought it for that reason -- I refuse to purchase bugfixes. There needs to be a solution to this issue in the base game.

Just FYI: The DLC car is not intended to be any fix for a bug or whatever. We would never sell you something like that.

Currently, the tow truck just behaves in a way where in certain spots it can't reach the respective car due to collision meshes. We honestly haven't really gotten back to improving the overall tow truck behavior, maybe we should at some point tho.

Yeah I think yall should should keep your game updated. Tow truck still bugged... can't finish this mission. But hey once you realize that being a game developer consists of maintaining your games . You'll be top tier.

[Mike]

Originally posted by wladi | astragon:

Originally posted by T4NKIncredible Wheel of Cheese:

The utility vehicle DLC "fixes" this problem by letting you move the car before you request a tow.

Of course, it goes without saying that selling a gameplay fix in the form of a DLC is very scummy behavior. I haven't bought it for that reason -- I refuse to purchase bugfixes. There needs to be a solution to this issue in the base game.

Just FYI: The DLC car is not intended to be any fix for a bug or whatever. We would never sell you something like that.

Currently, the tow truck just behaves in a way where in certain spots it can't reach the respective car due to collision meshes. We honestly haven't really gotten back to improving the overall tow truck behavior, maybe we should at some point tho.

Please. I stopped playing because of this bug. It drove me crazy, It's next to impossible clearing accidents. I can't properly finish these calls. i always have to abandon cause 1- the tow truck cannot make it's way to pick up the car, 2- cars jam up the street. Again, I stopped playing since. It was just too aggravating.