David [BR][pt/en] Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Suggestion Name: Job Offer (Freight Market) Synchronization between players Suggestion Description: What it says on the tin. Provide a way for players to pick up the same jobs, so that it gets easier to organize convoys without people having to pick up dummy loads just to follow along. Why should it be added?: I developed an app that does this, but I was never quite satisfied with the results. It works, but the sync process is cumbersome and error-prone. It would be better for the user if the synchronized jobs could be injected directly into the freight market instead of requiring the user to change the save format to text (it used to work on binary saves as well, but small changes to the format were made in ETS2 1.25 and I haven't been able to reverse-engineer those), save the game, run an app to inject the synchronized jobs into the save, load it, and revert the change to the save format. I don't have the time or the technical expertise to inject code into the game process to do that, and the TruckersMP client already does that. Not knowing the internals of the game and of the TruckersMP client I don't know how difficult it would be to implement such a feature, but if it's not too hard I think it could be a nice feature to have, and the TruckersMP client could provide a smoother user experience, one I never would be able to provide with my app. Even a new feature that has been requested to me would be better suited for TruckersMP, namely the ability to share one or more jobs generated by the user's game, or maybe even for the user to be able to create a job to share. That's something I could do with my app, but it would require a website where users would have to register so that they could be associated with the jobs they shared. This whole user registration process and the infrastructure to host it is another thing that TruckersMP already has. I'm not being lazy, or trying to get TruckersMP to do my job for me. I just think this feature fits with the purpose of TruckersMP and if implemented in the client it would work a lot better (simpler, easier, faster, better integrated) than anything I could make from outside of the game. Here's my repo, where you can see the 17-step process users have to follow to be able to sync jobs using my app (as well as the code behind it—not that I think it would be of any use to you, but in case you're curious):https://github.com/davidsantos-br/ETS2Sync-Helper-4 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Hi there! You might want to take a look at this existing suggestion: I'm not going to close this one as it's not exactly the same, but it might give you a few ideas. Current Status: Waddle On! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David [BR][pt/en] Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Ha! Thanks. I did do a search but apparently it was limited to the New Suggestions forum so nothing came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckersNEW-Hao Nan Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I like your suggestion. 1 To do a sacred thing, one must work hard, and I know some rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TgEmma Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 something like this would be a great addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrax737 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Umm, what's wrong with WOTR? It does everything you described if i understood everything. It just doesnt let you drive over 90kmh/65mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSilentTrucker Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 ets2 sync is a really goo one when i was in trucking united we used it all the time and it never failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vrobcio Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Virtual Speditor can be a solution, because with it you can create your own jobs. But build-in sync would be greathttps://forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=199114 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David [BR][pt/en] Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 5:44 PM, antrax737 said: Umm, what's wrong with WOTR? It does everything you described if i understood everything. It just doesnt let you drive over 90kmh/65mph. Last time I tried to use it for that, which admittedly was a long time ago, the server had only one instance of each job. As in, if one person picks a job, it disappears from the list of available jobs, so other people can't choose the same. I don't know if SCS changed that behavior since then (I haven't been playing all that much), but I saw people complain that during the Christmas event they were having trouble finding those Gifts jobs, which would lead me to assume they didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigzd Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I believe you are correct, if you want to do a WOTR job with someone you have to select it at the exact same time otherwise it disappears. Therefore I'll +1 this idea, having been director of events at a couple of different VTC's we've used your synch program over anything else, it's a lot easier to install and use than virtual speditor or other such programs, but I'm frequently responding to issues with installation. If this was integrated into MP it would be a lot simpler not just to drive with people (which is surely the whole idea of TMP) but also to do convoys and large scale events. I can see the point which is the sync program already exists, as does Virtual Speditor so why does this need to be incorporated into TMP itself? Well, as I alluded to some people struggle to install this kind of software, or if you're new and you find someone in game to hang out with you're not going to want to be told 'go install this software so we can get the same jobs together'. I think it'd be a shame to turn a blind eye to such great software that makes it a lot more user friendly and as David says; surely is in line with what TMP's whole goal is. The long and short of it is +1, good work as always David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrax737 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) The trick with wotr is: you all click on wotr jobs in-game, now because you did it at almost the same time 10sec-/+, you all should have the same jobs. Now if you refresh the job list some of the jobs will disapear, but only for the guy who refreshed, if you all refresh at somehow the same time you'll all have synced jobs again. If you close job browser and then re-open it the same will happen as with refresh. I am doing wotr jobs with my friends all the time, we all have the same jobs all the time, i dont know why u wouldn't. You can open wotr job browser go afk for 3 hours and when you'll come back you will still have exactly the same jobs as 3 hours ago, in reality those jobs are long gone, taken by other truckers, wotr job list in game does not refresh itself, you have to refresh it by clicking the refresh button or close and re-open the job browser, therefore once you open the job browser you can spend 15 minutes figuring out where you'd want to go... I'm using virtual speditor too, but not for convoys with friends, it takes too long even tho it's really easy, wotr is faster because we got it all already synced. Try it you won't regret. Edited January 18, 2018 by antrax737 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGF MD Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 +1! The players don't need WOT if TMP implement this. Also you can drive faster than 90 km/h with a freight! (If you want so) I like the idea and would definitely use it with my friends! ---------- Former Support - Appeal - TruckersMP Rules - Feedback - Report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RequieB Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 nice idea, but not everyone agrees. However, I think the number of WOT job areas too much. RequieB Game Moderator of the Year 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game Producer Smoky Posted October 8, 2019 Game Producer Share Posted October 8, 2019 Accepted, as in the (far) future, we'll have something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Hello, Introducing our new 'Truck Job Dispatcher', where you can take the same job as your friends or even create your own job! Find more information here! Kind regards, JamesS014 TruckersMP Community Manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 /Moved to Done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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