I was wondering, wouldn't it be possible to use the same rendering (or whatever) system that is used to rope animals to render a rope/chain to the car?

not compatible with tow in car

Just experienced a bug. I towed a car with a rope, the rope disappeared and the car didn't move. Then the character said I need a rope or something. So the rope just gone without towing the car.
Then I took another rope and towed the car again. This time it slightly moves at first but then it stopped as well. So two ropes just disappeared

Hello and thank you for the mod.
we have a dedicated server B41 and the rope disappears after towing a car.
once you detach the cars the rope disappears

also doesn't work with modded cars

@WhiffMaster | Beatbox not compatible with the mod that allows you to hook the trailer from inside the car

Yeah that's my problem too, I've spend so much time just trying to replicate the issue, to no avail.
Maybe I'll add something in the description so people can try to quit and rejoin, I'm happy even if it helps only one player out.
In any case, thanks a lot for the time your already spent on this, it's highly appreciated!

I went to test a bit more but now I can't seem to make the rope disappear no matter what I do. I hook it on and off on the same place without moving the cars, I moved the cars with the rope on, I drove into far away to hook a new car and drove it back to unlode the chunk. I have seen it disappears before so I really dont get why it doenst get removed at this point. I will give some more feedback if I find out something new :)

Interesting, thanks for the feedback! Out of curiosity, when the rope disappears, are you able to tow another vehicle with the seemingly inexistant rope? Maybe it’s only a display issue but the rope is still there, looks like it.

After a bit of testing then I found out that you will get the rope/chain back by quiting the world and joining back ind again but you will lose it if you dont log out first

I keep losing the rope

Thanks, Whiff. Maybe if I have a chance I'll look into a patch to fix the towing when using a chain.

Thanks ChipR, I’ll look into it!

@Tnaz.v, it’s compatible but not needed.
@Viruana, no, towed vehicles behavior are not altered.

For the rope disappearing, it’s a long lasting issue that I have not yet been able to replicate. I’ll have a look into it again but no promises.

Hi there, when attempting to attach the tow and then canceling the action then attach the tow again, the rope seems to be stuck on your primary slot and when you try to unequip it, it seems to give you a crash message
and also when you try to tow a car without a rope, the mod seems to conflict with "add sound mechanic mod"

Is your mod needed to hitch a trailer to a car?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2282429356

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3330403100

Does this make it less annoying to tow vehicles when using a chain?

how do you tow

Hey loving the mod, just wanted to let you know that i had the rope disappear after untowing a vehicle as well recently, i don't use inventory mods. Hope you can get it fixed eventually!

thanks for the quick reply

I play B42

Damn, this issue keeps happening to some people. It should work fine with inventory Tetris, it did for me in build 41, maybe something changed in the build 42 version but I don’t think I’ve seen it happening. I’ll check it out again, thanks for pointing it out.

My rope disappears after I unhook the car. Maybe the problem is that I'm using the "Inventory Tetris" mod.

Yeah, that's what I figured so I added it to the description and replied to you after that. So don't worry, you're not blind haha

Oh okay, I was reading the description and thought it was just the chains from The Workshop mod. RIP. Anyway thanks for responding. :D Appreciate it.

It's already in the mod :)

Possible to make the vanilla chains that were added an option other than rope? (Not sure if anyone else suggested this)

No worries. If it is possible, great. If it isnt, oh well.

Thanks for pointing it out, I didn’t go that far down the description.
It involves 3D modeling tho, something I’m absolutely not competent at.
I’ll check it out but I can’t guarantee anything.

Its close to the end of the mod page

Keep going down the mod description. It doesnt just add a tow truck. Going down it adds a visible rope and a fixed towing (tow bar)

It’s not really similar, the mod affects towing mechanics, it forces the car at a specific position to more or less match the tow truck hook. It doesn’t dynamically adds a visual element attached to the cars which, if possible, brings quite a bit of complexity that I’m not sure I want to spend more time on to be honest

Hum... I was looking on google because i remembered there is a mod on b41 that adds it, i found it. Idk how he did it
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2241990680

Hey @Rachel L, I did, a little bit. It seems like the vehicle attachments system could have been an option but I don’t think it can manage multiple vehicles. Unless they add an interaction manager (like with dragging corpse) for vehicle, I don’t think there is a reliable way to do it.

Have you looked into making the rope/chain visible?

I just released an update that should hopefully fix the issue with the rope disappearing.
Support for Heavy Chain and Heavy Chain with Hook has been added for build 42.

Also seeing the rope be consumed in B42. And +1 on the idea to include heavy chain as a towing option!

Tsars auto's and some of K15's vehicle packs, also the Patyar build form Auto Tsar's
The super dozer, and a bunch of fixes for known issues with build 42

@Thank you both for your feedback. I suspect it's a mod incompatibility since I've never been able to replicate the issue. Do you have other mods related to vehicles?

Yep running into the same problem the rope does not return back to the players hand after the towing is done. sorry for now i cannot be bothered by this small immersion mod if it does not work correctly.

me too, rope is gone after detached a car i towed a few meters, now i have a mod to make ropes so that dosent bother me any more, looted half a town no ropes found ^^

Ok, thanks for your time. I'll look into it further

nope. nothing special

Huh, have you done anything special between the moments your attached and detached the towed vehicle? Like restarting the game, leaving the area, towed other vehicles, ...?

Also, i can confirm, the rope is being eaten by the game when we remove it. I having it happen on with debug mode and fast actions. I have many other mods but i think its something related to debug mode and probably fast actions

That’s an idea. I’ll see what I can do!

That is true, but a chain would be less stretchy than the rope. But maybe, what if the Chain is needed to pull heavier vehicles?

I think it would be better to do it with the tow bar mod. A chain wouldn’t do much regarding vehicle position, while a tow bar definitely would.

Maybe the heavy chain could make ti so the vehicle move less and stay mostly still behind you?

Sure, I’ll try to add that. It has been introduced in build 42, right? Haven’t played much on it so I didn’t came across it yet

the game has its own "Chain" why not use it "Base.HeavyChain and Base.HeavyChain_Hook"