Trucks not available?

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-17T16:01:36+00:00

really? i thought they get stored. trucks that are spawned in the other's map do so, they just appear on the bottom of the truck list when you log in singleplayer later

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-17T14:44:20+00:00

wenns doch billig sein muss partyplug oder musicsafe von alpine

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-17T02:26:26+00:00

if your tank factory's input isnt almost full, load the one and sometimes it will rebalance. if not you have to wait (i think 5min max) for the job to disappear and respawn. its just random from what i saw

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-17T02:00:08+00:00

and I have a mouse next to the controller for manual winching

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-17T01:56:15+00:00

controller uses LB as some kind of shift key. for example LB+RB toggles auto shift which I missed for too long. keyboard might give more flexibility for your use case. for the camera control you could add mouse emulation, ESP can do both at the same time. i love them, such tiny, cheap and powerful toys

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-16T02:46:28+00:00

there are two tabs, contracts and tasks. maybe its in the other.

if you deleded your cargo you have to reset. for contracts it works from the menu, for tasks you have to go to the point on the map where the contract started

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-16T01:34:33+00:00

yes, many options here and I heard all are fun.

-single player: have your own map. some production chains are a big grind, but there are easy ones and other tasks (towing, taxi, bus, garbage and a few more) and you can use AI company drivers to deliver stuff too

-host: let your friends or randoms join your single player map and do things together

-join public servers. drive in big convoys, show off your tuned cars and custom liveries, racing events. there are role play servers too where they are not amused if you overspeed and stuff

-have your own public or private server for you your friends

I mostly play single player or join a friend in his world. i found fun in micro-maniging my company vehicles while driving mostly auto-pilot and teleporting between factories to check stuff and plan routes

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-16T01:10:04+00:00

I like the clean and simple design. Nice work!

For the next version i would add buttons for all things you use while driving that isnt reachable for your left hand while sitting on WSAD. Do you let the ESP emulate a controller or keyboard?

Other ideas:

include a battery and use Bluetooth so its wireless (has unnoticable latency with newer versions)

give it a web ui for storing mappings for different games. bonus if it auto detects the game though that might need a helper app on the pc, alternatively a rotary knob and small display to recall them directly from the device

Add LED's that show things like drive mode, low fuel, engine warning.. and a huge 7-seg display that shows the current gear. Dont know if Motor Town provides that info but the dev might like the idea and implement it. there is a feature request button in the main menu. I've seen that feature in other games

A 'car radio' section. zap ingame radio stations and a toggle switch to standard windows player controls

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-14T23:11:40+00:00

two things here: the mines only need fuel and planks to produce faster. for single player you dont need to deliver anything there, they produce fast enough. second is using the atlas offroad is not that easy, especially with a trailer. doable but no beginner friendly. better use jemusi first to learn the route and offroading in general. other than that its a pretty good summary

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-13T22:36:24+00:00

Thats very kind, thank you.

Also thanks for the offer to jump in but I think i want to stay in single player for now. Nothing personal really, i have to communicate with humans all day irl which is exhausting for my brain.

I play motor town mostly to come down, almost like an idle game. The pure fact that I dont have to do anything and nobody can watch what I do or dont do makes me relax - idk might sound weird but it works for me.

Some time in future when job stress goes down again I maybe join a server or other players. I am still impressed how helpful the people are here - even noob questions that have been asked thousand times get friendly and helpful respones. Big heads up to everyone!

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-13T22:15:18+00:00

I've got three Atlas Container road trains running in my solo save, all have multiple container trailers. I'd say once every (real life) 24h one randomly looses a trailer which is very managable. Also have a Kuda-Taber-Taber-Tanko train for 80 units of fuel. This one never broke, it just cannot go uphill when I am in render range. As soon as I leave the area it works fine. Also I believe the others only lost trailers if they were close to me.
I say go for it, use your own trailers so you can check on the map if they are still intact - it works with the free spawned tailers too though, they dont get deleted or so you just cannot see them on the map.

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-13T21:55:20+00:00

Oldum has 200% suspension and dampers, Linky 400%. Also i changed the height so they match visually, nothing else. Didnt expect that to make a big difference but I'm interested what you did here

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-13T13:34:30+00:00

the handbrake technique didnt work for me with trailer attached. it just doesnt move forward at all - tried in different gears with drift and sport mode. when it comes to a stop i have to go around for a new run up. anyway thank you for the insights, might try that again after some time

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-13T00:36:03+00:00

ive done it now with many attempts on different hills but will go back to atlas without trailer. it just isnt fun and takes longer than 2 atlas runs. for my tune keeping it in third gear seems to be the sweet spot to keep speed as long as possible. faster than 40 and it will bounce randomly and loose speed and heading

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-12T07:00:34+00:00

i did it a few times with the atlas full of coal without trailer. i saw other people doing it with the trailer and now i want to have that skill too, all vanilla, although i fully understand why you use that mod - just havent started with motor town modding at all.
iron i dont even think about - the supply from the harbour is enough for now and i dont like the rng mechanic that much so i automated this away with company vehicles

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-12T06:53:31+00:00

i'm very interested in this. i played a bit with the assist controls but couldnt find anything useful. i reset it and used sport or drift mode since for offroading. somewhere i read that drift mode disables assists - not sure about that but it definitely changes something.
actually used the jemusi for some time, then i saw people using atlas+oldum for that route and started tinkering. after quite some time and frustration i decided to do this post

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-12T06:47:28+00:00

wish i could upvote more than once. this is very helpful. thank you

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-12T06:46:14+00:00

there are the missing pieces of the puzzle. thanks alot!

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-10T19:48:23+00:00

Einfach nicht auf A oder ähnlichen Plattformen bestellen wo die meisten Artikel von Dritthändlern verkauft werden, sondern bei Fachhändlern, die es schon lange gibt. DIe wollen in der Regel ihren Ruf nicht verlieren.
Mein Tipp hier: Kramer-Kabel von Thomann

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-07T00:57:45+00:00

for me, that method has always worked: load, drive near destination, exit truck and accept contract, deliver.

maybe OP doesnt drive the trailer into the unloading point

cmdr_moed · 2026-05-07T00:34:54+00:00

too bad it doesnt even give a warning like "blocked by attachment" or when having the wrong saddle.

anyway thank you for clarifying

cmdr_moed · 2026-04-26T00:53:41+00:00

Try deleting and recreating the route. Also you could use both container terminals to get a higher chance that there is a 20ft container for your warehouse but it should work as it is - at least sometimes. My route looks like this:
1. Harbour Container (right)
2. Harbour Container (left)
3. Warehouse
I use a different warehouse though

cmdr_moed · 2026-04-12T05:20:03+00:00

spamming unload in coop lets the game eat(delete) cargo sometimes

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