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2nd version of the animated tipper trucks. I couldn't resolve the issue with the disappearing meshes (yet) but I worked around it. Now only during the open doors event the issue can still occur, but I feel this at least reduces my annoyance factor to acceptable. The solution is not optimal but does the job it hides the animated, cargo, parts unless opening doors, at all other times meshes regularly attached to the truck are displayed.

The update for the DAF F241 base mod is now available in the download section;

DAF F241 series

Steam will be updated a little later.

The asset has 3 additional trailers that didn't fit in the catalogue anymore hope you'll enjoy and share some images of your scenery!

Zitat von Rico S.

Unless of course you added the dump truck as a custom load.. that's something I've been wanting to try.. then it should work, albeit a little awkward. then the bounding box would have to be defined in the load in order to fix the error

Yes I did make it as cargo so I can prevent the tilting when not loaded. The first cargo level is linked to a mesh that has no animations ;). The actual load is animated to completely disappear with the doors open event. In case of partly unloading, it will reappear with the doors close event.

The bounding box for the cargo is set to 0.1x0.1x0.1m so I wasn't expecting the behaviour I see.

Test drives for the tipper and concrete mixer have started.

The tipper trucks come with and without animations. For the animated ones I used the trick from Rico S. to use open doors for the unloading completely. When no cargo is loaded they will not tip.

It does have a bit of an issue with assumable the bounding boxes, as you see in the last image at certain camera angles/distances the animated parts aren't visible.

It wasn't entirely my intention to create a preview mod for the DAF expansion. After making one more variant I found though that the asset is actually nicely filled now, adding a next truck will add a new line in the selection menu, so hence there is a preview mod after all. It's the only short cab 6meter box truck and also the only one with side lights besides the high volume versions. The animations for the preview are new, they are much more refined, but also take longer. pls let me know if you like them.

The preview is a "Coming Soon!!"

The livery is for Abba Seafood, matching to the Fisch Industrie mods by melectro .

The catalogue for the update part of the daf expansion is ready. These will get added to the base mod.

The description I yet have to amend and I want to let them run a few more trips for testing.

I had this idea before but parked it, however now decided to include it after all. 2 of the high volume combinations will have a 'drive-thru' trailer for easier loading.

Update for the swap bodies is now available. It adds Winner Spedition to the featured companies and comes with the animations needed for the driving trucks,

Swap bodies

For the trucks a bit more testing is needed as well as the model description and catalogue. So that shouldn't be too long to also finish.

Zitat von Katzer

Edit:

Um...a Christmas carol in the background? 😆

Maybe a hint that it will be in the advent calender this year???

Nice nice, I just think the sheep in the manure pit should turn brown

A side step; I've got some fair trucks in mind for the DAF, but then there is little available to fill a square.

Maybe you can already see what model kit this is inspired on.

I fear the animations are going to be hell of a job... we'll see.

Just a short update for the DAF truck expansion. I'm now working on the asset, the basis for the trucks is about done, next the trailers and then the random. I have once again set myself up with quite a bit of work to make all configurations I desire, hope you'll appreciate.

Zitat von Katzer

Whenever I think that the topic of trucks has been exhausted after all, you go one step further and prove the opposite!

By the time truck mods get as divers as train mods I may start to agree, plenty of things to add. I already have more trailer models in mind.

now then;

Had some bad traffic on the road to work this morning and when I noted it was stuck at a roundabout I new I had to get my camera ready ...

sorry I was too quick with the link

Here is already a next "Coming Soon!!"

The swap bodies asset pack is uploaded, as otherwise I will just keep adding more stuff . I have one request though. As I decided creating a catalogue for these is a little bit too much since then I'd need to essentially remake all models just to get a proper screenshot with the model editor. My urgent request to you is for some images that I may use for the presentation on Steam. I bet you can do better than my attempt to quickly create a small DSV site

I did a bit of catching up, being I made a standard version of the modified FAW trucks from my Schwarz Bau pack.

Also a version with my swap body is in the making, that will come as a separate mod a little later.

With a few days off I now had the time to make the asset for the Swap bodies. Features are the usual so of course doors open and studs can be in up or down position. I also added a bit of randomization to show different colours for the studs or even a different door. Most of these will be available with flat and with ribbed side walls. Also added a covered version for which I have two liveries done.

I've progressed this weekend with adding the sattlezug trucks to the asset menu. And been a bit creative with creating more variance, I made more liveries for the swap-bodies but also this, a 4axle tarp truck with the loading crane

The sattlezug variants with the day cab are ready for a test drive.

Not sure if I will add these to the base mod or make it an add-on mod. The con. of an add-on is it will cause users need multiple related mods activated in proper sequence when I release the other trucks...

But next step is at least to separate these from my development mod and then the asset can be done.