WishYourLife   6 Posted October 13, 2022 Hey all 👋 Now that the vehicles are on a good journey to being fixed, I propose to add another (optional!) component to cars. My idea is that vehicles will require an alternator belt if you want the battery to be charged. In real life the cooling pump is also connected on some cars so realistically the car would overheat without one, but I feel that would be too much. My idea is simply that if you do not have an alternator belt, your battery will slowly drain from simply having the car turned on -due to the sparkplugs doing their job- and also if you have your headlights turned on and such. This would be done in a way where it's not totally obnoxious, just something to think about looting if you don't have one and would like to keep your car without having to charge the battery once in a blue moon. Which also brings me to my next advantage; The battery charger actually getting some use. When have you ever used a battery charger ? I once had to use one due to a bug, that is about it. Now if the vehicles slowly discharge their battery during driving without the alternator belt, you'd have to charge it sometimes, or bother finding the belt. The vehicle could even spawn with the alternator belt if you're lucky. Of course you could also always find a new battery, as they aren't too hard to find in case your battery does actually die after a fair amount of time. I know making the cars more complicated isn't everyone's cup of tea, but this is why this component would be optional. The battery drain time would be done in a way where it's not annoying, but still something to think about. The cars will fully function in this state and the component is absolutely optional, yet if you'd like to keep using your car for more than a trip to Tisy, find an alternator belt so the car will sustain itself with power without you having to do it yourself in your base after extended periods of driving the vehicle. 🙂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parazight   1599 Posted October 13, 2022 In the same vein, we should be able to pop the clutch to start a manual transmission, right? They should bring back motor oil. And belts. Both were in the game previously.  May as well code Junkyard Dog mod right into the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
