[REL] Daniels ETS2 Random Events

[M1GHTYM4VS]

Issue: North of Barcelona coming from France. AI ghosted through one instance of the events with a large firetruck as there's no colision. I've taken the detour which was just right with the large Parking Area, some AI cars took it further right off map, but I've seen atleast one car going straight through the crash site like it wasn't there. Maybe the traffic has an exeption here.

[Wolli2017]

Thanks for the update. It's a must have mod in my opinion.
Great Work again.

[danbywinby]

@M1GHTYM4VS sounds like you are talking about a detour event, this mod does not do anything with detours so that would be a bug with the actual detour system.

Thank you very much for all the kind words everyone. Glad to hear so many people enjoying the new version.

[abasstreppas]

Some ideas:

Is it possible to place a vehicle close/beside/under a bridge (viaduct) or even a traffic sign arch on the motorway? Just thinking about adding a "skylift" (we weirdly have an English name for it in Swedish, but the term/name for it doesn't seem to exist in English ) and some workers fixing/repairing sign/bridge/lamp
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Another thing to could be an "after the accident scene" - no crashed vehicles or recovery trucks, only some workers sweeping and a service van

How about small stuff like more debris, like cardboard pieces, an old mattress etc, stuff that people tend to drop because they don't know how to secure stuff on their roof rack or trailer. There are some stuff in the vanilla version, I know, just thinking that particular motorways are a bit too clean in the game.

Cheers

[danbywinby]

@abasstreppas Some excellent ideas there that I like and agree with, unfortunately some of the ideas come with issues.

I believe that here in the UK atleast that vehicle would be called a cherrypicker. A vehicle model very similar to that already exists in the game and is actually already part of one of my city roadwork event variations i believe. Unfortunately though the city events are very rare to spawn even though I've set a very high weight number for them. Unfortunately I am unable to specify areas for events to spawn beyond 'urban/city' and everywhere. This is really frustrating because this would allow for so much more. Potentially I could manipulate some of the rules in 'traffic_rules.sii' and add in some more area tags to existing rules but this is clutching at straws. ATS does have a version of this vehicle with the basket extended so I have thought bringing that model across but with no way to make it so that it can always spawn in an appropriate area there's not really any point.

These types of scenes i already have planned. I did actually have a scene like this in my previous version however I havent gotten around to making it able to be dynamic yet so its not currently active. But dont worry this is definitely coming.

Debris/litter/rubbish is certainly something I could do. Not sure about an old mattress though as that would have to block a lane and with no warning that would be catastrophic. Partially realistic yes but not a good idea in this game I dont think. Small stuff like cardboard boxes could certainly be done and could even allow for a lorry further up the road that has partially lost its load, if there is a model in game that I can use for this, I think there is but I'd have to double check.

[yaumeister]

Speaking of suggestions, I don't suppose we can incorporate ideas from this abandoned mod?
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[Benouyt]

Hello, stupid question maybe but, sometime in the game there is a random event who look like police controlling car/truck. Does this still happen with your mod ?

Thank you

[TheRanger2604]

Hi @danbywinby ,

Not sure about an old mattress though as that would have to block a lane and with no warning that would be catastrophic. Partially realistic yes but not a good idea in this game

I personally think that would be a realistic scenario. Isn't it possible to make the traffic slow down in front of it, like in front of a construction site but without warning vehicles?

Small stuff like cardboard boxes could certainly be done and could even allow for a lorry further up the road that has partially lost its load, if there is a model in game that I can use for this, I think there is but I'd have to double check.

That would also be very very nice, it's to less litter on the roads in my opinion, when listening to the traffic reports on the radio you can hear often "a tire (part)", "a ladder", or even "a pipe" or "a wooden peg" or whatever lying on the roads XD Would appreciate more diversity for that. And as you already said, you could even combine this with an dditional situation where a truck lost his freight.

Anyways, your mod is a Must-Have for every ETS2-trucker in my opinion, and I'm very happy about it ^^

[danbywinby]

@yaumeister Those actually already exist in the game as default events however they have an extremely low spawn rate and are only allowed to spawn on 'local' roads. See screenshots below:
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@Benouyt i apologise but i have no idea what you are referring to, do you have a screenshot of this event at all? I know there are events where police have pulled over cars / trucks, these are default in the game.

@schulzkr2604

I personally think that would be a realistic scenario. Isn't it possible to make the traffic slow down in front of it, like in front of a construction site but without warning vehicles?

The problem is that in ETS2 the traffic won't slow down gradually they will slow down suddenly. So you'll find yourself crashing in to the vehicle in front because they have suddenly come to a stop because the vehicle in front of them has come to a stop because there is a mattress or something in the road. What i could do is what i have done for the broken down vehicles have it so that sometimes you have a police car in front or a VMS sign to give you warning that there is something up ahead.

[Benouyt]

Hello, yes sorry its what i meant (for me it seem to be a control) does simple events like this still happen with your mod enabled ?