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Early Experimental Preview of Career Concept

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

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  1. krallopian

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    Haha, nice ;)

    The license plates actually use a different sort of.. technology, but we'll see what happens down the line! In the past I made my own custom plates from here in Ontario, Canada by replacing the image it uses, so I'm sure it'll be possible to do eventually, but it's not being actively worked on at the moment.

    Thanks for the additional clarification. I now better understand your question, and I believe the current gameplay design already supports this idea. It will become clearer once we have all the skills and branches available to play with.

    One approach I initially considered was making players choose a specific "class" of gameplay, similar to how many first-person shooter games work (for example, Support, Engineer, Recon, Medic). In our game, this would be like choosing between "Labourer, Motorsports, Specialized, Adventurer." The player would start their career by selecting a branch, and their story would evolve based on their choice—whether they become a top law enforcement agent, a track racing master, or a logistics expert.

    However, while testing this concept, I realized it made the gameplay feel too restricted. Sometimes, players just want to have fun, like smashing traffic cars or drifting around corners. So I thought, why not let them? That's why I decided to give players access to all four branches from the start. This way, they can progress through them at their own pace, based on their preferences. This approach offers the fullest experience to a wide variety of players.

    Of course, there are still some issues to work out. For example, why would a food delivery person suddenly switch to being a police officer, then go do stunts for a movie studio, and later race at a championship track? But at the same time, why not? It's a game, after all, and BeamNG.drive is about enjoying the driving experience. A Career Mode that allows players to drive anything they want, while being challenged and rewarded, while at the same time remaining open-ended, seems like the best solution for everyone, and as such the story will be very loose and revolve more around the world the player is in, rather than the player's story itself.
     
    #1161 krallopian, Sep 5, 2024
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  2. Musicman27

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    Agreed. I'm not sure if everyone would appreciate the "Macgyver" (80's one of course...) style story where he's done everything, and knows everyone.
     
    #1162 Musicman27, Sep 6, 2024
  3. HerbieVW953

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    wait so is it in the game right now or nah (and if so how do you do it?)
     
    #1163 HerbieVW953, Sep 6, 2024
  4. krallopian

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    I apologize, it's actually not there in the current Steam release! My mistake, we must have implemented it directly after our last release. It's been a longer-than-usual release cycle this year, so I lost track of time!

    For my mistake, let me give you a sneak peak of how it actually looks right this moment, with the understanding that it may change before release!

    When purchasing a vehicle:
    upload_2024-9-5_20-10-4.png

    When you own a vehicle, and access it from your garage:
    upload_2024-9-5_20-8-59.png

    upload_2024-9-5_20-12-55.png
     
    #1164 krallopian, Sep 6, 2024
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  5. Musicman27

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    That's awesome.
     
    #1165 Musicman27, Sep 6, 2024
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  6. HerbieVW953

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    Well I for one am very excited for the plates and the new UI
     
    #1166 HerbieVW953, Sep 6, 2024
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  7. simsimw

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    can i make my liscence plate some immature tomfoolery?
     
    #1167 simsimw, Sep 6, 2024
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  8. Musicman27

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    If you can fit it you can have it butnget3.
     
    #1168 Musicman27, Sep 6, 2024
  9. htnv

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    This looks amazing, glad to see this feature. As a creator of license plate mods, I’m wondering if a generation button will be added?
     
    #1169 htnv, Sep 6, 2024
  10. brunifdez

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    That is looking soo clean! Much much better than the square boxes we have rn!
     
    #1170 brunifdez, Sep 6, 2024
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  11. TalksWithNoise

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    I’m not sure if I suggested this yet so sorry if it’s a repeat, but I believe there’s a lot of potential for UI features to be purchasable. For example, instead of pulling up the dynometer from the UI apps users would have to take their car in to get tested for a torque/rpm graph. Thermocouple device for brakes, pitot tube for airspeed, etc. etc.

    Honestly I just love having a price tag tacked to everything in-game. It makes things feel like I’ve worked for them XD
     
    #1171 TalksWithNoise, Sep 6, 2024
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  12. simsimw

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    This is weird but I like it. Maybe not buying it but unlocking it at a certain level
     
    #1172 simsimw, Sep 6, 2024
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    Dynos in general would be cool to see.
     
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    Has the way parts are managed been changed in time for 0.33? That long list is an absolute nightmare to navigate.
     
    #1174 VolvoB10M, Sep 7, 2024
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  15. Hermel9n

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    That looks so good, you nailed it. Can’t wait for 0.33
     
    #1175 Hermel9n, Sep 7, 2024
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  16. Musicman27

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    Please say yes please say yes please say yes...
     
    #1176 Musicman27, Sep 8, 2024
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  17. the questionable one

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    any plans to improve the engine tuning? in my opinion so does it deserve to be more advanced. the current tuning ain't bad so not really any hurry. just something that i think should get better in the future
     
    #1177 the questionable one, Sep 10, 2024
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    I keep getting an issue where the camera keeps falling off and there's an lua error that's keeps showing up and the only way sometimes the camera gets fixed is my driving a bit forward or backwards from where the camera got stuck, during this period i am unable to do anything like opening map etc. And resting lua sends my car to the garage but when driving again the issue recurs
     

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    #1178 Arcozib, Sep 14, 2024
  19. energypolice52

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    I get the first error too, but it doesn’t seem to impact my experience.
     
    #1179 energypolice52, Sep 14, 2024
  20. P2FX

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    Quick question: How do I adjust EV's regenerative breaking level in career mode without access to the radial menu?
     
    #1180 P2FX, Sep 15, 2024
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