[DEVBLOG#258] Vehicle upgrades - Mule (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

The day of my move is approaching fast - in fact, tomorrow I'm packing up my laptop and the day after I will be on my way.

That being said, I know I'm your favourite workaholic, and I have been hard at work coming up with cool upgrades for a different vehicle: Mule.

Mule is a great way to deliver resources early in the game, but it suffers from the fact that it's terrible when it comes to off-roading, it has very little armor, it has very little fuel capacity, and the acceleration is absolutely horrible.

The upgrades I have planned out for the Mule fix these issues!

OFFROAD TIRES

• Label: offroad tires
• Description: Replace the tires with deep threaded tires that provide more traction and will allow the vehicle to move significantly faster offroad.
• Effect:
  • Set Off Road Path Cost Multiplier to 0.80
  • Set Winter Path Cost Multiplier to 0.80
  • Set World Speed Multiplier to x1.10
• Cost: 4x VVE_Wheel, 40 steel, 40 chemfuel
• Work cost: 2000 ticks
• Uses vehicle colors: False
• Visuals added: Add the layer called Tier1_Hauler_UpgradeTires to the vehicle rendering.

EXPANDED CARGO SPACE

• Label: expanded cargo space
• Description: Increase the amount of cargo that can be hauled by this vehicle, and add two additional passenger slots.
• Effect:
  • Increase CargoCapacity by +200
  • Add 2x Passenger slots
• Cost: 60 Steel, 220 Cloth
• Work cost: 3200 ticks
• Uses vehicle colors: False

Visuals added: Add the layer called Tier1_Hauler_UpgradeCargo to the vehicle rendering.

EXTERIOR ENGINE

• Label: exterior engine
• Description: Elevate the engine to improve its efficiency at the cost of exposing it to damage.
• Effect:
  • Engine is no longer set to Internal
  • Fuel consumption rate reduced by 2
  • Acceleration rate increased by 0.02
• Cost: 40 Steel, 2 Component
• Work cost: 3200 ticks
• Uses vehicle colors: False

Visuals added: Add the layer called Tier1_Hauler_UpgradeEngine to the vehicle rendering.

REINFORCED ARMOR

• Label: reinforced armor
• Description: Weld a layer of reinforced steel plating to the vehicle, increasing its armor value at the cost of increasing vehicle mass and lowering acceleration.
• Effect:
  • Increases ArmorRating_Sharp by +0.12 on all vehicle components.
  • Increases ArmorRating_Blunt by +0.08 on all vehicle components.
  • AccelerationRate decreased by 0.01
  • Mass increased by 40 kg.
• Cost: 120 steel.
• Work cost: 6000 ticks
• Uses vehicle colors: True

Visuals added: Add the layer called Tier1_Hauler_UpgradeArmor to the vehicle rendering.

BIG CHEMTANKS

• Label: big chemtanks
• Description: Attach two big chemfuel canisters to the bottom of the vehicle to allow it to travel greater distances without the risk of running out of fuel.
• Effect:
  • Fuel capacity increased by 160.
• Cost: 60 steel.
• Work cost: 2000 ticks
• Uses vehicle colors: True

Visuals added: Add the layer called Tier1_Hauler_UpgradeChemfuel to the vehicle rendering.

All in all, a fully upgraded Mule should look something like that:

That's it for this quick devblog. You will hear more from me next week! Oskar Potocki, signing out!