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SAVTec T6 Mk3 Y.O.U.T.W.A.T (Re-upload)

Re-uploaded due to a major bug with the Steam copy of the blueprint.
If you're subbed to the original, please unsub from it and sub to this version instead. The old one is broken - some of the features are missing from it.

For reference, the original workshop page can be found here...


Inventing rude new acronyms for innocent things since 2013!
You know you love it!

• 100% mod-free
  
• No scripts. Build uses a complex but tested-safe rotor based 5th wheel trailer hitch and 2 very stable pistons.
  
• Nice neat control panel - everything named, grouped & hidden where appropriate
  
• Pre-configured hotbar for drivers cockpit (right hand drive of course!)
  
• Ideal 3rd stage upgrade to your wheeled transport fleet
  
• Can pull any trailer with a compatible hitch
  
• Requires advanced knowledge to build in survival but it can be done!
  
• Practical & fun for new players & seasoned veterans alike!

The T6 is, like its designation suggests, a 6x6 transport chassis. It can be configured to any number of specifications and used either as a tractor for pulling trailers or on its own as a 6-wheeled cargo / utility truck.
Y.O.U.T.W.A.T is exactly what you'd expect.... A "Yellow Ordinance & Utility Tractor With Articulated Trailer" or simply "Tractor With Articulated Trailer" (T.W.A.T) for short.

The list of builds that are compatible with this truck is now too long to fit in the description, so I've moved it to the discussion section. For the full list, please click HERE

No T.W.A.T would be complete without "A Trailer"... it would in fact just be a "T.W", and that wouldn't be fun at all.
For this reason I've included the standard model trailer, which is a fairly basic cargo carrier.

I'll probably knock out several more T.W.A.T's in the future to showcase different types of trailer, some examples being a Hydrogen Tanker, Survival module, flatbed, weapons platform, mobile generator, etc.
I have lots of ideas for trailers and when the Survival update rolls out, I also intend to release a Hydrogen Engine version of the tractor.

In the meantime I encourage you to design & share your own "A.T's" for use with my "T.W's".
Together we can make many complete T.W.A.T's!

T.W.A.T's have a number of cool & useful features, not limited to the obvious ones. Here's the scabs & cheese of the matter...

• The articulated hitch pivots on all 3 axes - pitch, yaw and roll, ensuring as many wheels as possible stay on the ground at any one time & hence keeping the vehicle stable & gripping the terrain.
  
• Detachable trailer - the T.W.A.T can pull any compatible trailer you design for it.
  
• Artificial mass for use in augmented gravity, like on the moon
  
• Handy external button controls for lowering the parking legs, detaching the trailer, etc
  
• Built-in stone sorting & ejection for the trailer
  
• Remote control + 3 cameras (1 forward, 2 reverse)
  
• Beacon for the trailer so you don't loose track of where you left it
  
• Twin small reactors plus backup reactor and 2 pairs of batteries (2 on the truck, 2 on the trailer)
  
• Emergency solar charging
  
• Air "intakes" for use on planets with atmosphere
  
• O2/H2 Generator for use on planets without atmosphere
  
• Dorsal Connector for loading the tractor with ice & Uranium fuel (or later, Hydrogen when we get Hydrogen Engines)
  
• Dorsal Collectors on both tractor and trailer for easy loading, plus a rear-facing Connector on the trailer for fast unloading.

T.W.A.T's aren't difficult to control but it's a thankless task and someone's gotta do it.
If the responsibility of stepping in to control a T.W.A.T falls to you, just remember the 3 cardinal rules and you'll be fine...

• Hotbar 1 operates the main tractor systems
  
• Hotbar 2 operates the main trailer systems
  
• You can't drive Y.O.U.T.W.A.T..... unless you're in the correct cockpit. She's right-hand drive.

If you design & use your own trailers, you will of course want to reconfigure some of the controls.

Be aware that detaching one trailer & attaching another may break certain hotkey commands & control groups if you later re-attach the first trailer. This is an inherent flaw with how merged / unmerged grids handle hotkeys & control groups and there's nothing I can do about it except tell you that it might happen so you know to watch for it.

• Always try to have the tractor & trailer in a straight line & on a level surface before un-hitching the trailer. This will make it easier to hitch up to another trailer afterwards.
  
• Always lock the hitch rotors before disengaging the merge block on the hitch. This will prevent the hitch mechanism from dropping down & mean that you don't have to fart around with the rotors to get it to go back straight & level.
  
• Weird things will happen if you paste the truck into space. This is due to how the hitch rotors are assembled. In any kind of natural gravity the truck will work just fine but in space it'll try to spin.

T.W.A.T's are by no means easy to build in Survival mode, owing to the complex nature of constructing the hitch mechanism.
It CAN be done however.
To do it you'll want to first paste the blueprint into a Creative mode world and detach the two rotors called "Hitch Tilt Rotor".
With these rotors detached, move the tractor & trailer apart and take separate blueprints of them.
To construct in survival you should built each separately. Once they're complete, move them into position & line up the rotors, then hit "Attach" to join the hitch together.

If you want to build your own T.W.A.T in Survival mode and need more tips / instructions, please leave a comment & I'll do my best to explain it further.

Park your T.W.A.T in visual range of your friends.
Beep the horn.
Works every time!

Try driving one around on the moon. Increase the max velocity on all the wheels and hit some nice jumps. The truck has its own gyroscope, so you can use the mouse & pitch / roll keys to climb insanely steep slopes and pull off some really cunning stunts! Honestly, this thing is amazing fun on the moon!

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Comments / questions / suggestions / constructive criticism all very welcome.
I've even been known to do the odd request-build from time to time, so if you have an idea, drop me a line. If I like it I may build it.

If you like this build & want to see more, please check out my workshop pages
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198064838288/myworkshopfiles/

For the ever-expanding SAVTec Industries collection click here...
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1451430759&savesuccess=1