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Early Experimental Preview of Career Concept

Discussion in 'Microblogs' started by tdev, Sep 19, 2022.

  1. VolvoB10M

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    Is there an algorithm to what vehicles appear in the dealerships? I recall seeing a 4 wheel Pigeon pickup and a Burnside Special as well as Miramars appear on the dealer portal before but since buying a largely Gavril fleet I have not seen any come up for sale. But I am at the point where I have figured out how to make a lot more money after buying vehicles that can carry XL cargo boxes (focusing on 128 slot packages is more profitable than loading up with smaller items) and I want to buy some cars less practical for delivery runs but more fun (but not the Scintilla, I don't have that much money).
     
  2. krallopian

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    Heya @Hermel9n thanks for the feedback!

    Regarding the Parts Inventory and Parts Selector issues, I completely agree with you and we're fully aware that it is very clumsy at the moment! What is currently available in Career Mode is basically the system from Free Roam with a different look applied. These are massive features that require a complete overhaul of much much more than just some basic UI tweaks, and as such have remained on the "list of things to do" so that when the appropriate teams have the time to get to them, they will! We've decided to at least include it as it is so that players have SOME way of modifying their cars, but again we're very aware that at the moment it's less than ideal and can be quite frustrating. Hold tight, we're going to improve this for sure.

    Labeling buildings is another task that I'm excited for, and just recently spent a bit of time on the side doing this for the new Shuffleboard Logistics area I was working on. I'd love to see a lot more "lore" starting to show up around the world, to give facilities and locations much more meaning, and we're starting to move that way now!

    Finally, the car parts shop is something I just mentioned in a meeting a couple hours ago. We currently have the original locations, "Torres Tires" and "Exhaust Shop" among others around the map, and I hope that we'll be able to go there and do exactly what you're requesting!

    Thanks again for the feedback, glad to see it aligns with what we're aware of, currently working on, and looking forward to tackling! *Cheers

    There is certainly some coding for which types of vehicles show up where and how often, but there is also coding for blocking specific vehicles - if certain ones aren't showing up at all, ever, anywhere, either they have been black listed or there is an issue! I'll mention this to the team and see what they say, thanks for the report! Glad you're branching out and trying more than just a basic D-Series to get some deliveries done, a Scintilla sounds like a sweet delivery vehicle for sure haha!
     
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  3. VolvoB10M

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    Is there a way to unblock them for now? Other than the mod that adds dealers for every vehicle in the race track car park.
     
  4. mustangporsche67

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    Just thought I'd kinda bounce off what Volvo said, I'd love to see a purely classic or super cheap older car dealership where you can get an old beater-type car with stupid high mileage. Come to think of it, what are the chances we could see a junkyard eventually? (new to this thread btw, I assume someones already mentioned this but I just thought I'd ask for myself too)

    A̶l̶s̶o̶, b̶e̶a̶m̶n̶g̶ f̶a̶c̶e̶b̶o̶o̶k̶ m̶a̶r̶k̶e̶t̶p̶l̶a̶c̶e̶ w̶h̶e̶n̶

    Edit: I just remembered quarry side existed, ik someone was about to flame me for that
    still, something beyond that maybe, if that makes any sense
     
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  5. Hermel9n

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    Glad to hear these are atleast somewhat in development, but what about the highlighted parts in parts selector. Is it something that was completely removed or can be turned on somewhere in settings. Also, asi I previously mentioned (hope that didn’t sound toxic) were there any discussions on bringing the bus gameplay into the game, since it’s mostly finished, although it might need a rework.
    Thanks for being such an amazing development team!
     
  6. brunifdez

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    Sorry for adding up even more questions to this thread, but as Hermel suggested above me, is there any chance bus routes get added to career mode as a new type of job that you can do? It would also be cool to have them roam around West Coast actually following the bus routes and stopping on each of them, so you could actually ride the bus as a passenger instead of walking!

    Thanks in advance and I wish you the best with 0.33! :D
     
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  7. Musicman27

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    Cant wait for the UI fix (don't forget to enable mirror tuning :p), building labels and parts shop! I also can't wait to see what new career-wise with deliveries and other areas.
    *still waiting for a 2010's+ or 1950's- crap hauler of some type*
    I'm looking forward to seeing whats new in 0.33!
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    Yes Forza "Bid-Wars" in Beam.ng when?

    Seriously though that would be epic, and so would a junkyard.
     
  8. LegThePeg

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    One idea that I've had is street signs and street names. And, if you were adding those, you could also add different variations of signs, such as some on the highway being covered in soot and smog, and others having worn out text.

    (such as this)
     
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  9. Borg Drone

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    would be cool for a widget/app that shows the street names and area like in old NFS games and GTA
     
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  10. krallopian

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    Bus gameplay is currently not being worked on, but it's not lost or thrown out, and is planned for later on! A lot of the core gameplay systems have either been wiped out or replaced with new stuff, and a lot of work needs to be done to really make the bus gameplay fit the polish of the other upcoming gameplay - from the immersion and systems down to the level art and AI behaviour.


    This sort of realistic signage is missing from the game for sure in a lot of places, and I'm always impressed as I go through the WCUSA art files and see the various tricks implemented for signage, very cool to see. I'd love to have signs on every street, with every sort of marking etc, but the memory constraints are what are holding them back at the moment. I am all about the details myself, so just know that I'll always be fighting for this from the inside as well! =)
     
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  11. VolvoB10M

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    I bought two EVs in career mode to see what they were like at pulling and I have noticed a strange humming noise after the charge is started but does not go away until the game is restarted, I assume this is the sound of the charger but shouldn't it stop when the charge stops or I walk away?

    I have also noticed the charge cost is "/%" which seems a little unfair as my Cherier Tograc E has a 150KWh battery pack but my eSBR4 800 (the 796 hp one) only has a 80KWh battery pack so not only does it burn through charge pulling the enclosed cargo trailer with an 800+ KG load doing 113 MPH (which it did coming across the bridge back from Spearleaf), but it gets charged more per KWh.

    Finally I think the charge time is a bit short, I think I should at least have to walk back up to Belasco garage and leave it on charge while doing a few more deliveries with another vehicle while waiting for it to charge to be realistic. Perhaps realistic EV charge times could be an option, so if you didn't want to wait around you can turn it off in the menu or something.

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  12. wlkmanist

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    We need n2o refuiling and non hardcoded simple challenges with random opponents based on "performance class" of current vehicle, like a drag strip, drift events, time attack and so on.
     
  13. krallopian

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    Hold tight, it's all in the plans! Slowly but surely working towards making sure it's executed as efficiently and sufficiently as possible!

    Yup the EV charging was quickly implemented but certainly needs the proper love and attention it deserves, it was a, "We need to AT LEAST support charging" but not yet fully developed. Your list of requests is very much in line with the design plans though, so that's great to see. One of the good things about the EV charging is that they should be charging for free when stored in your garage!
     
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  14. Pr9tkin

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    Automatic leveling? Please. Not this. I've been annoyed with this system since fallout 4.
     
  15. Borg Drone

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    i think hes talking about a system close to the PI system in Forza and Gran Turismo.
    without that, it would be harder to balance things for AI and when its ready, for multiplayer
    thats just my guess
     
  16. LoSboccacc

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    just copy what beamlr is doing for the races, lot of good stuff there
     
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  17. HerbieVW953

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    I know this isn't really a career mode question/suggestion but has anyone considered adding the ability to like "favorite" configs (and maybe cars themselves)? kinda like how it is in career mode i guess but for multiple configs, maybe they show up at the top of the list if you favorite them?
     
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  18. youwerelucky

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    Is it in your plans to implement alternative navigation means (on board GPS for example) to the mission road markers for better immersion?

    It's been suggested previously by me and others but I think you haven't yet answered on that one.
     
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  19. P2FX

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    I think your current delivery destinations should also be marked on the minimap(like on in-car navigator and the minimap UI app). Kinda getting tired of pressing the M key.
     
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  20. M D Gourley

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    Very excited by reading through the posts in this thread and thoroughly enjoying my journey of discovery....so much to do, so much to see....only in BeamNG:D
     
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