& Components Delivery
Script name: Trucking Script
Script author: TomsonTom
List of Job Ranks | List of Vehicles | List of Industries
Spoiler: show
Map of locations: http://ls-rp.com/truck/trucking_map_new5_hd.jpg
Diagram: http://ls-rp.com/truck/
Wanna replace your in-game map with this one? See this tutorial (by Meir Peretz).
Diagram: http://ls-rp.com/truck/
Wanna replace your in-game map with this one? See this tutorial (by Meir Peretz).
Summary
Don't have time to read it all? Here's a short summary of the most important things!
- Truckers may choose what to transport, where from and where to transport it,
- which means that realistic convoys are now possible!
- It also means that trucking isn't just the "drive from A to B" boring job anymore! You now have to plan wisely!
- Businesses now depend on truckers and their cargo,
- which means that truckers will influence the LS:RP business economy,
- which means no more infinite fuel in gas pumps, no infinite drinks in bars and no infinite meals in restaurants!
- This also opens the way for contracts between business owners and trucker factions!
- You can now rob truckers and steal their cargo,
- which opens the way for bootlegged products in restaurants, bars, 24/7s, etc.,
- and which should bring new roleplay opportunities to truckers, mafias and sheriffs!
- You can now do trucking with your friends, who can help you load and unload the crates from your truck!
- Official factions can order a Forklift to speed up the (un)loading process.
- New factions (such as the Ocean Docks Labor Union) may be created and help truckers!
- No more free trucks! You wanna work as a trucker? Join a faction or buy a truck yourself!
- This should get rid of people who crash everything with their free trucks.
How to become a trucker in 10 minutes?
Find out here!
Introduction
For a long time, LS:RP lacked of a trucking job where people could drive a truck and transport different types of cargo all through San Andreas. It changed in 2011 when Damian introduced the Trucker Career. It has offered us a new way to earn money legally while having fun doing so. It has also brought us a new official faction! However it is not a secret that the trucking career is basically just about driving mindlessly from one checkpoint to another. You don't even need to care what you are transporting, because the script does everything for you. Isn't now the right time to do something about it?
With the new Vehicle System incoming, it is the right time to implement something like a new version of the trucker career script. It is going to offer much more entertaining activities, including loading cargo with your friends, robbing truckers and stealing their goods, planning the right route to pick up and sell all the cargo and much more! And the trucker career is finally going to be connected to the Business Script, allowing business owners to order components from truckers.
Cargo Transportation
What do truckers get money for? For transporting cargo from one place to another. Yeah, you got it right: this is the most important thing about this script. Let's dive into it and see how it works!
There are several kinds of commodities that can be transported. Some of them are stored in crates (boxes). Crates can be picked up by a player and moved on foot. They may be placed in a truck and transported. You may also put them on the ground and let someone else pick them up. Crates are bought in an industry and should be sold to another industry or a business (depending on the commodity).
Some of the commodities are however not stored in crates, but rather transported directly on special trucks. This includes wood logs on DFT-30 truck, vehicles on a Packer, scrap metal in a dump trailer, fuel in a tanker, etc.
There is one important thing to be noticed. The cargo is now linked to the vehicle, not to the player that is driving it. This means that if your game (not the server) crashes while driving a truck, nothing gets removed and you may continue doing your job after re-connecting. This however does not apply to crates that are being held in one's hands. They get removed if you crash. Crates placed on ground get automatically removed after approximately 5 minutes.
This change is also important for players who would like to roleplay robbing truckers and stealing their goods. As it is now possible to pick up crates from unlocked vehicles and put them to another one, players may attack truckers, block the roads and steal the cargo. It should bring new amazing roleplay opportunities to both truckers and illegal factions, but also to our police departments and security agencies.
Not every vehicle is capable of transporting cargo. Crates may be transported in pickup trucks, vans and article trailer. Wood logs may be transported in a DFT-30. Vehicles in a Packer, liquids in a Tanker, loose commodities in a Dump Trailer, etc. To see the full list of trucker career vehicles and what they can transport, see List of Vehicles.
For more information about how to use the script, see the Commands section.
Industries
Industries are where you may sell and/or buy commodities. That depends on their economic sectors. In real life, the usual breakdown of economic sectors is following: primary, secondary and tertiary. Sometimes we also speak about quaternary sector, but that is not important for LS:RP. The primary and secondary sectors in LS:RP are represented by the industries. The tertiary sector is represented by businesses.
Primary industries produce raw materials, such as wood logs, meat and milk. They do not need any commodities to work and so they do not accept any cargo from truckers. However the truckers may buy commodities from these primary industries. They are usually cheap, because they are raw. Some examples of the primary industries would be farms and forests. In LS:RP we also include a refinery, a chemical plant and a federal mint in primary industries.
Commodities from primary sector are usually sold to secondary industries, which transform the raw or intermediate materials into goods. These industries require materials to produce goods! This means that truckers must sell primary commodities to secondary industries. Only then these industries will produce secondary commodities.
To help you understand which commodities are wanted or for sale, there is an information dialog for each industry. Every industry has got one or more storages. Each storage has got a limited capacity. In the screenshot below you can see that the industry is selling food. There are 26 packages (crates) of food available and every package costs $400. Every hour, some of the input commodities are transformed into food. On the screenshot you can see that the industry accepts 4 different commodities. You may sell them to the industry until the appropriate storage is full.
For example (screenshot above): Right now, you may sell up to 3 tons of grain to the industry (22/25 tons are already in the storage). You would get $250*3 = $750 for that. Every hour, 5 packages of meat, 5 packages of fruit, 3 tons of grain and 500 liters of milk are consumed (removed) and transformed into +5 packages of food each. In this case, as there are enough of all 4 commodities available, 4*5 = 20 new packages of food would be generated next hour.
In case you accidentally buy something from the storage, you may sell it back to the same storage and your money will be returned.
If you're buying or selling a commodity that is stored in a crate, you must buy/sell it on foot. You cannot just drive your truck to the arrow and think that some magic dwarfs are going to (un)load the cargo for you. However, if you're buying or selling a liquid, wood logs, etc. then you just drive your vehicle to the white arrow and use the same commands. Be aware that it takes some time to (un)load such cargo.
Businesses
Businesses are places such as restaurants, bars, 24/7s and fuel stations. All of them have always needed components to work. Until now components were delivered in special vans, but many business owners just asked an admin to refill their businesses. No one really cared about it. Those components were then automatically transformed into products after a certain amount of time. This is going to change! Businesses now won't have components and products, but only products.
All businesses are required to have products to operate. And it is truckers' job to refill them. Commodities bought from secondary industries are delivered to businesses and sold using the same commands. If a business' product price is higher than $0, it means that the owner is buying products and truckers may sell them to the business to refill it. If the cargo price (/cargoprice) is set to $0, the business is not accepting anything. It should bring new roleplay opportunities to business owners and truckers. Businesses are now going to depend on truckers.
How does it work? Every business has got a product storage of a limited size. By selling a cargo crate to a business, a specified amount of products is added to the business. The amount of products from 1 crate / commodity can be found in the table below. Note, please, that products are necessary to be able to /enter the business!
Business Type Gas Stations Ammunations 24/7 Vehicle Dealerships Car Modding Shops Pay & Spray Clothing Shops Bars Restaurant Furniture Shop Advertisement Center Bank Other Businesses . |
Accepted Commodities fuel weapons appliances vehicles car parts dyes clothes beverages meal furniture paper coins nothing . |
How many products are generated from 1 unit of cargo? 10 10 5 3 10 3 5 5 5 10 20 100 nothing . |
Ship
The ship docks in Ocean Docks for 40 minutes and then leaves for 5 minutes 40 seconds. After that time interval, another ship arrives with empty storage. Note that you must take the cargo on foot to the white arrows on the ship! However, if you are selling fuel, you DO NOT drive the truck on the ship, but you use a special place on the port.
DO NOT DRIVE VEHICLES ON THE SHIP (the only exception is Forklift)
Commands
Here is a list of commands you may use.
/cargo list
Shows you a menu with a list of cargo loaded in the nearest unlocked vehicle.
Note: By selecting cargo in the menu, you may pick it up from the vehicle.
/cargo place
Places the cargo you're currently holding to the nearest unlocked vehicle.
/cargo fork
Works only when you're in a Forklift!
Enables you to select which cargo you want to fork (load on your Forklift) from the nearest unlocked vehicle.
/cargo putdown
Places the cargo you're currently holding on the ground. (max 2 crates per player, 60 crates per server)
/cargo pickup
Picks up the cargo that is laying on the ground.
/cargo buy (on foot)
Use this command when you're standing in the white rotating arrow. You'll buy 1 unit of cargo for the storage price. You can then put this cargo to your vehicle or sell it back to the storage using /cargo sell.
/cargo buy (in a Forklift)
Works same as on foot, except the cargo is not put in your hands, but in your Forklift.
Max: 3 crates / Forklift
/cargo buy (in a truck)
Works same as on foot, except the cargo is loaded on your truck. If you're loading a liquid or a loose cargo, it will take some time to load the cargo in your truck. During this time, you MAY exit your truck and roleplay connecting the trailer, etc.
/cargo sell
Works same as /cargo buy, except you're not buying the cargo, but selling it.
This also works next to an entrance to a business that is buying components from you!
/tpda
Opens a Trucker's PDA system. Here you can find a list of all industries, ship information, list of businesses that are accepting cargo and information about vehicles.
/industry
Shows information dialog about the industry you're currently standing at.
/trailer [...]
Those commands can be used when driving a truck with an attached trailer.
List of Job Ranks
Only truckers may drive vehicles while there is cargo in them. The amount of cargo that can be loaded in a vehicle is defined below in the List of Vehicles. You may drive whichever vehicle you want if it is empty. But if there's cargo loaded in it, you're restricted by your experience (rank). You can get higher rank by waiting and working.
Note: Bricks loaded on Yosemite take 6 slots.
Courier Trainee
Hours required: 0
Can transport cargo in: Picador, Sadler, Sadler (shit), Bobcat, Walton, Yosemite
Courier
Hours required: 12
Can transport cargo in: same as above + Pony, Topfun, Burrito
Professional Courier
Hours required: + 24 more
Can transport cargo in: same as above + Rumpo, Boxville
Trucker Trainee
Hours required: + 32 more
Can transport cargo in: same as above + Benson, Mule + DFT-30 + Packer + Securicar
Trucker
Hours required: + 48 more
Can transport cargo in: same as above + Yankee + Flatbed
Professional Trucker
Hours required: + 48 more
Can transport cargo in: same as above + Article Trailers, Petrol Trailer, Dump Trailer
List of Vehicles
There are many vehicles that may be used for trucking! But not all of them can transport everything! There are two important things. The first one is the capacity. Every truck has got a storage of a limited slots. One slot is taken by 1 crate of something or 1 cubic meter of liquids or 1 tonne of loose material. The second important thing to notice is what the truck can transport. Most of the trucks can only transport crates! But there are other important commodities such as wood logs, vehicles, fuel, milk, etc.
Transporting Crates
The following commodities are transported in crates:
gunpowder, steel shapes, clothes, wood planks, beverages, meal, car parts, appliances, fruits, meat, eggs
Picador Can transport: crates Capacity: 2 slots |
Sadler Can transport: crates Capacity: 2 slots |
Sadler (shit) Can transport: crates Capacity: 2 slots |
Bobcat Can transport: crates Capacity: 3 slots |
Walton Can transport: crates Capacity: 4 slots |
Yosemite Can transport: crates, bricks* Capacity: 6 slots |
Pony Can transport: crates Capacity: 10 slots |
Topfun (RC van) Can transport: crates Capacity: 10 slots |
Burrito Can transport: crates Capacity: 10 slots |
Rumpo Can transport: crates Capacity: 12 slots |
Boxville Can transport: crates Capacity: 12 slots |
Benson Can transport: crates, bricks* Capacity: 16 slots |
Mule Can transport: crates, bricks* Capacity: 18 slots |
Yankee Can transport: crates, bricks* Capacity: 24 slots |
Article Trailer 1 Can transport: crates, bricks* Capacity: 36 slots |
Article Trailer 2 Can transport: crates, bricks* Capacity: 36 slots |
* 1 pallet of bricks = 6 slots
Transporting Liquids
The following commodities are liquids:
fuel, milk, dyes
Petrol Trailer Can transport: liquids Capacity: 40 slots (40 m³) |
Transporting Loose Material
The following commodities are loose:
scrap metal, cotton, cereal, malt, aggregate
Flatbed Can transport: loose Capacity: 16 slots (16 tonnes) |
Dump Trailer Can transport: loose Capacity: 30 slots (30 tonnes) |
Transporting Wood Logs & Transformers
DFT-30 Can transport: wood logs, transformers, bricks Capacity: 18* slots |
*18 slots = 1 wood logs; or 1 transformer; or 3 brick pallets
Transporting Vehicles
Packer Can transport: vehicles Capacity: 2 slots |
Transporting Expensive Cargo
The following commodities are expensive:
weapons, coins
Note! You'll need a special permission to transport these commodities!
Securicar Can transport: crates, strongboxes Capacity: 16 slots |