We shouldn't be able to pick up Vehicles

[RipClaw]

57 minutes ago, meganoth said:

which might be intentional to make people decide between the easy roads and the bumpy shortcuts. There were also plans to make vehicles break down faster when they travel off-road.

 

But the easy roads are sometimes not an option because they end somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Then you have to drive cross-country, whether you want to or not. I hope that the road network outside the cities has also been improved in random gen in A20.

[Matt115]

1 hour ago, meganoth said:

which might be intentional to make people decide between the easy roads and the bumpy shortcuts. There were also plans to make vehicles break down faster when they travel off-road.

 

Yeah but this is just " bad connection" bettwen materials like wood and contry road

[12pack]

16 hours ago, Crater Creator said:

 

I think that would throw the baby out with the bathwater, since the context of that idea was to "improve the experience with disappearing or stuck vehicles."  If players get mad about losing their vehicle, they sure as heck will get mad about losing the stuff in the vehicle.

ok.. maybe the 'loot go poof' part was a little harsh..

[AtomicUs5000]

On 9/4/2021 at 12:33 PM, RipClaw said:

Recently, a truck was added to the game "The Infected." You can flip it when it lands on the roof and if it gets lost or is stuck you can teleport it back to the garage.
 

Yeah, the flip and teleport to garage thing works very well too, like in Borderlands as well.

[TWORDY]

Players should not be able to move the vehicles into the inventory within the blink of an eye in a PVP scenario - at least while the vehicle does not have the full HP, the process could last like 10 - 15 seconds. It`s more or like the matter of abuse of the system. Digging canyons under the vehicles to finally leave the hole is as much realistic as picking up the vehicle itself... that`s solely my biased opinion.

[meganoth]

22 hours ago, RipClaw said:

But the easy roads are sometimes not an option because they end somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Then you have to drive cross-country, whether you want to or not. I hope that the road network outside the cities has also been improved in random gen in A20.

 

Sometimes you have to drink the murky water (experienced players won't anymore, but...), sometimes you have to cross a mountain range without a path and at the worst moment your car breaks down. That is survival, that really really should happen from time to time.

 

21 hours ago, Matt115 said:

Yeah but this is just " bad connection" bettwen materials like wood and contry road

 

Huh??

 

[Matt115]

42 minutes ago, meganoth said:

 

Sometimes you have to drink the murky water (experienced players won't anymore, but...), sometimes you have to cross a mountain range without a path and at the worst moment your car breaks down. That is survival, that really really should happen from time to time.

 

 

Huh??

 

well one guy  post this link with screenshots and this happens with diffrents materials : Imgur: The magic of the Internet

 

[meganoth]

1 hour ago, Matt115 said:

well one guy  post this link with screenshots and this happens with diffrents materials : Imgur: The magic of the Internet

 

 

The gaps have nothing to do with crossroad driving. The hills with the uneven terrain are intentionally uneven and in contrast to the flat terrain of the plains.

 

The gaps are (AFAIK) a result of smoothing natural ground while "construction" blocks are "blocky", i.e. ideal forms that can be constructed out of a few triangles. This is a compromise and will likely not change (so I heard a developer say many months ago)

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by meganoth (see edit history)

[Matt115]

10 minutes ago, meganoth said:

 

The gaps have nothing to do with crossroad driving. The hills with the uneven terrain are intentionally uneven and in contrast to the flat terrain of the plains.

 

The gaps are (AFAIK) a result of smoothing natural ground while blocks are "blocky". This is a compromise and will likely not change.

 

i know. i mean sometimes can stuck on this and that's why picking up vehicle is important. 

[Jost Amman]

I played also that alpha version where we had the "perlin" caves and I used the minibike.

 

It was A LOT of fun, actually. I had to tag on the map the cave entrances and sometimes build small bridges to cross the gaps in the terrain with my minibike, I also had to build small lamp posts so that I could react in time and see the bridge while driving.

 

That's what I'm talking about.

But I see a lot of people are more comfortable with automatic this and automatic that... oh, well. 

[Loboling]

That's a great challenge mode! I'd love a setting, like Carry-able Vehicles (ON/OFF). But I'm sure someone can figure out how to make this a reality. 

As much as I agree with OP, I don't think this is so important that it can't be done through settings or mods. I'm definitely going to give it a try for one of my playthroughs. 

[Jost Amman]

I was just looking at some mods, and I found out that Ravenhearst mod has exactly what I'm talking about.

Cool. 

Vehicle Pickup Disable

Realistic weights on vehicles. You can no longer pick up and store your heavy vehicles. Bicycles can be picked up. Be careful while driving and prepare to dig a vehicle out if it is stuck.

Edited September 8, 2021 by Jost Amman (see edit history)

[Kyonshi]

1 hour ago, Jost Amman said:

I was just looking at some mods, and I found out that Ravenhearst mod has exactly what I'm talking about.

Cool. 

Vehicle Pickup Disable

Realistic weights on vehicles. You can no longer pick up and store your heavy vehicles. Bicycles can be picked up. Be careful while driving and prepare to dig a vehicle out if it is stuck.

That's great! Can this mod be installed as stand alone?

[Jost Amman]

11 minutes ago, Kyonshi said:

That's great! Can this mod be installed as stand alone?

I don't know... maybe have a look at all the vehicle mods and find out? ...

https://7daystodiemods.com/?s=vehicle

[Obsessive Compulsive]

This is an option in the upcoming ServerTools version 19.6.4. It turns off all vehicle pick up if you so wish

Take note, ServerTools is for dedicated servers, not single player. You could load a dedicated server and play on it solo of course 

On 9/5/2021 at 6:15 PM, TWORDY said:

Players should not be able to move the vehicles into the inventory within the blink of an eye in a PVP scenario - at least while the vehicle does not have the full HP, the process could last like 10 - 15 seconds. It`s more or like the matter of abuse of the system. Digging canyons under the vehicles to finally leave the hole is as much realistic as picking up the vehicle itself... that`s solely my biased opinion.

I am working on the code for the upcoming ServerTools release that allows you to stop vehicle pickup. The timed event you mentioned is a really interesting idea. I can already stop the pick up but I wonder if it would be possible to start a timer, ask them to stand still and then give them the bike after the timer is up so long as they did not move. I don't see why not. It would add a sort of breakdown/prep time to it

[Kattla]

A somewhat related video... About horses, not cars. But i think it explains the topic fairly well.

edit: Not my video.

 

 

Edited October 13, 2021 by Kattla
added: Not my video. (see edit history)

[BFT2020]

34 minutes ago, Kattla said:

A somewhat related video... About horses, not cars. But i think it explains the topic fairly well.

edit: Not my video.

I just started watching these videos.  My favorite so far is Turn order

[Ramethzer0]

I for one, am glad we can pick up vehicles.  They glitch and are sometimes rough to deal with when you hit invisible bouncy walls and get catapaulted several feet up into the air, or fall into the ground.  I remember once my minibike glitched literally under a highway.

 

So I'm thankful.

 

But honestly.. you're not required to pick them up.

[Jost Amman]

24 minutes ago, Ramethzer0 said:

I for one, am glad we can pick up vehicles.  They glitch and are sometimes rough to deal with when you hit invisible bouncy walls and get catapaulted several feet up into the air, or fall into the ground.  I remember once my minibike glitched literally under a highway.

That's because your PC can't keep up with the chunks loading, has nothing to do with normal gameplay.

When the game will be optimized better, this won't happen anymore (I hope).