Here is another
EU Semi
Truck that I'm testing to see if these types of trucks will work in the game. It wasn't included in the
EU pack because I'm not sure how they will work. I'm wanting some feedback from the users to know if they would want them or if there's too many problems with them.
These types of trucks, that show the cargo being hauled, need to drive in reverse to load the cargo. Because of these trucks having two parts, tractor-trailer, the trailer will not show the cargo sprites if driven forward into the station. This is a Locomotion limitation. I came up with a solution to this but it could be a mess in certain situations. These trucks need to use waypoints for the
truck to be able to back into the station as shown in the Scania_Lowboy.png. The
truck will drive to the waypoint near the station, then back into the station. The problem here is that if it gets stopped by anything, it will not go to the waypoint and drive forward into the station and then drive in reverse to the next station. And if the stations are near a city and the city grows and creates roads that connect to the trucks path, it can screw everything up.
So I need to know if you all would like to use these types of
truck or if you think that there are too many problems with them. I only made an
EU lowboy for now but want to make some as US trucks as well if you all feel that they would be worth doing. I'll let you all decide whether I do more or not. I've include the scenerio that the screenshot was taken from for you to try. It only has the one
truck but also uses some of Plastikmans vehicles. It also needs the SNDD8v92.dat from either the
EU or US trucks pack.
Please let me know either way if you would like to use them or if you found that there were too many problems with them. I'll decide from your feedback whether or not I do more of these.
Thanks
Here's an animated gif I made to show it in action.
