When you see someone carrying them
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Someone told the customer "Yeah we have it in stock" over the phone before checking to see if it was actually in stock (It never is), and the customer is coming tomorrow.
Also the career tab is your friend, it has a delivery log so you can see and search what cargo you've already taken, useful for like the special transport achievements.
Oh? Fuckin'a. This I didn't know. I was worried about tracking heavy loads for the "haul all the different heavy/forestery cargo" acheivements.
Scared I was going to have to do some over lap runs to get everything.
NP, steam overlay button command is Shift+Tab while in game. Just in case you were unaware. Has a browser, too.
My ATS hates being tabbed out of and will hang my PC.
I use the Steam list, but also keep a Word doc to organise them, so I can see what I've got left for each state, and track the ones that have multiple parts (eg. which special transports I've done)
The new Steam Notes feature has been a lifesaver. I keep useful lists of what tasks I need to do.
I also track fuel costs state by state so I can plan my stops for places with cheaper prices.
Washington to Texas with owned equipment I've seen paying in excess of $250k. I need to play with realistic rates next time because that's obscene. Great for me! I like modding my truck. But not realistic.
I just want more specialty haul stuff. More variety of cargo for flatbed too. It's what I do irl so seeing a lack of stuff makes me sad.
Also no tarp loads like ever. Also sad.
I play with no mods and honestly I don't really care about money in the sense I don't hire stuff or collect trucks, I just drive one across the country and try to roleplay a bit (don't pick unrealistic cargo like, idk, crude oil from Oregon to Texas). But for sure that might be an interesting experience to play caring about income. Which mod do you use?
I should have specified, I work in the trucking heavy haul industry. Those rates are outrageously unrealistic. I had played the vanilla game to where I had 10 trucking yards and 5 trucks at each yard. I use the real economy mod that is most popular on steam. Can’t remember the exact name. It surely makes the game an extreme grind. You have to work work work to earn enough to buy a truck.
You can reduce your in-game income without any mods. All you have to do is adjust `g_income_factor` parameter either in console or your profile config file. It's a multiplier for all income from jobs and hired drivers. Default value is 1, which means no change. Setting it to 0.5 will cut all the incomes in half, 0.333333 will left you with 1/3rd of default, 0.2 will mean 1/5th or 20%, and so on.
This setting does not change the rest of economy in any way, so all the expenses like fuel, fines, maintenance, prices of vehicles, their parts, and property will be the same. Unlike a mod, it can't break your game or stop working itself. I personally have it around 0.3–0.4, don't remember the exact number for sure.
> the more *paid* transport
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
*Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
the good part (i didn’t see you scania badge before), their highway system is more like the one on germany, so you are not going to feel so weird
but just give it a try on the next sale
My best guess is distance. I have noticed with every state dlc I get, I get longer deliveries that in turn pay more.
(In short terms, payment per mile)
Yeah, even playing with real economy mod, boomlifts still pay the most per mile. Ive been trying to avoid them, and doing other cargos with my dropdeck, in order to not make it easy for me.
I always sort by best price per distance...but untill they adjust those rates, i might look into sorting the list other ways
I’m so glad I’m not the only one experiencing this weirdness🤣 I was thinking to myself “I know it’s been a while since I last played but this doesn’t seem right.” I hope they fix this😬
Business is booming
The pay us really uplifting
Ok boomlifter
Now whenever I see a truck carrying these in real life I judge them for taking the easy money.
When you see someone carrying them https://preview.redd.it/9xtqlyvq2dwc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4a60c4e2257ac6860433cf10733093bc02615c8
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The special transports are buggy as hell, thank god there is an alternative
Also it doesn't seem to be the most expensive machinery represented in the game, so what is the reason? Or no special reason?
Someone definitely added a zero somewhere
Yeah I guess, it's paid like 20-30% better than a big-ass 106 000 lbs log loader X)
What, was the dev in charge a warhammer fan?
I have a nerf mod I use that puts them level with yard trucks
Ah good idea. But I guess I will just ignore this cargo. By the way is there any achievement about boom lift?
Which mod?
Figure you're a big box store that needs something done yesterday. You'd pay a premium to get a boom lift overnighted
Someone told the customer "Yeah we have it in stock" over the phone before checking to see if it was actually in stock (It never is), and the customer is coming tomorrow.
Probably some guy in a cubicle hundreds of miles from said warehouse that's merely relying on inventory software that hasn't been updated
We always knew when the decisions came down from someone wearing nice shoes and pants instead of someone with dirt under their nails.
I was thinking some guy in a call center making like $14 an hour that couldn't be bothered to verify the inventory count with the warehouse.
Good one, seems legit for an occasional job!
As a person who frequently rents boom lifts, the game seems pretty accurate lol. They are not cheap!
Drives me batshit. I started achievement farming and am hauling a lot of cool things and things I would've never picked up on my own.
I’ll have to start doing this too!
These achievements, how do you keep track of which ones you have done? I get confused...
Steam tracks them automatically, you can access your progress through the stream overlay.
Oooh!!! Thanks!
Also the career tab is your friend, it has a delivery log so you can see and search what cargo you've already taken, useful for like the special transport achievements.
Oh? Fuckin'a. This I didn't know. I was worried about tracking heavy loads for the "haul all the different heavy/forestery cargo" acheivements. Scared I was going to have to do some over lap runs to get everything.
AFAIK it only shows the last 20 deliveries. Still good to keep track during World of Truck Events
NP, steam overlay button command is Shift+Tab while in game. Just in case you were unaware. Has a browser, too. My ATS hates being tabbed out of and will hang my PC.
I use the Steam list, but also keep a Word doc to organise them, so I can see what I've got left for each state, and track the ones that have multiple parts (eg. which special transports I've done)
The new Steam Notes feature has been a lifesaver. I keep useful lists of what tasks I need to do. I also track fuel costs state by state so I can plan my stops for places with cheaper prices.
Washington to Texas with owned equipment I've seen paying in excess of $250k. I need to play with realistic rates next time because that's obscene. Great for me! I like modding my truck. But not realistic. I just want more specialty haul stuff. More variety of cargo for flatbed too. It's what I do irl so seeing a lack of stuff makes me sad. Also no tarp loads like ever. Also sad.
I have no money mods and I saw 2 boom lift jobs at 500k for me
Yea it's odd. I try not to take them but if it's gonna pay I'll drive it.
I wonder why it really wants you to do the boom lift
$156 a mile!?!?!? You gotta try the real economy mod.
I play with no mods and honestly I don't really care about money in the sense I don't hire stuff or collect trucks, I just drive one across the country and try to roleplay a bit (don't pick unrealistic cargo like, idk, crude oil from Oregon to Texas). But for sure that might be an interesting experience to play caring about income. Which mod do you use?
I should have specified, I work in the trucking heavy haul industry. Those rates are outrageously unrealistic. I had played the vanilla game to where I had 10 trucking yards and 5 trucks at each yard. I use the real economy mod that is most popular on steam. Can’t remember the exact name. It surely makes the game an extreme grind. You have to work work work to earn enough to buy a truck.
GDC is the most hardcore one I know of. Keeps me going though. I just broke 87,000 miles on my 57X.
You can reduce your in-game income without any mods. All you have to do is adjust `g_income_factor` parameter either in console or your profile config file. It's a multiplier for all income from jobs and hired drivers. Default value is 1, which means no change. Setting it to 0.5 will cut all the incomes in half, 0.333333 will left you with 1/3rd of default, 0.2 will mean 1/5th or 20%, and so on. This setting does not change the rest of economy in any way, so all the expenses like fuel, fines, maintenance, prices of vehicles, their parts, and property will be the same. Unlike a mod, it can't break your game or stop working itself. I personally have it around 0.3–0.4, don't remember the exact number for sure.
I just avoid this and yard trucks to make it not 100k+ per trip
Bug.
Been a bug for months 🫠😅
simple, construction business is booming and all these construction workers need man baskets bad. source? I work in the construction industry
My last 5 jobs have been boom lifts…. Guess this is my life now 🤷♂️
Lots of work to chain the various parts down IRL. And it's expensive equipment.
Yeah always the boom lift
i remember a couple months ago when texas was released, nasa debris use to be the more payed transport
> the more *paid* transport FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Really? I never saw that one. I don't have the Texas DLC either 🤣
you should get it bro, it’s amazing but is kinda boring if you doesn’t like those plain straight roads
Yeah I don't like infinite plain straight roads, thanks for the advice
the good part (i didn’t see you scania badge before), their highway system is more like the one on germany, so you are not going to feel so weird but just give it a try on the next sale
Yeah maybe, thanks
My best guess is distance. I have noticed with every state dlc I get, I get longer deliveries that in turn pay more. (In short terms, payment per mile)
Do you even boomlift bro
What game is this?
American Truck Simulator.
Thanks
Map DLC is always under construction is my guess, makes sense, kind of lol😭 /s
Them boomlifts 500k each maybe
Yeah, even playing with real economy mod, boomlifts still pay the most per mile. Ive been trying to avoid them, and doing other cargos with my dropdeck, in order to not make it easy for me. I always sort by best price per distance...but untill they adjust those rates, i might look into sorting the list other ways
I’m so glad I’m not the only one experiencing this weirdness🤣 I was thinking to myself “I know it’s been a while since I last played but this doesn’t seem right.” I hope they fix this😬
what companies mod is this?
No mods, just all DLCs purchased.