New jacking system explained

Game Talk The Bunker
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I became fed up with not enough info being available on what jack lifts what so i delved into the jsons to get that info.

In short, to lift anything you either need the required strength, or something with jacking quality. I did not delve into the lifting formula, but thats not the important thing here. What is is important is what jack can lift what part:

Solution: Just assume that Jacking quality of 1 equals lifting of 500kg, and do the math for all the jacks following.

Jacks in Item format:

{
    "id": "jack_makeshift",
    "name": "makeshift jack",
    "description": "A poorly constructed improvised scissor jack rated to lift 500kg if you're brave enough to use it.",
    "qualities": [ ["JACK", 1 ] ]
  },

{ "id": "jack_small", "name": "scissor jack", "description": "A small scissor jack rated to lift one metric tonne.", "qualities": [ ["JACK", 2 ] ] },

{ "id": "jack", "name": "bottle jack", "description": "A portable hydraulic bottle jack rated to lift 3 metric tonnes.", "qualities": [ ["JACK", 6 ] ]

Jacks in vehicle part format:

{ "name": "boom crane", "item": "cantilever_medium", "qualities": [ [ "LIFT", 4 ], [ "JACK", 12 ] ], } 

  {
    "name": "telescopic crane",
    "item": "cantilever_small",
    "qualities": [ [ "LIFT", 1 ], [ "JACK", 3 ] ],
  }

Afaik, vehicles cap at 6000kg when determining if they can be lifted, so the boom jack suffices for all vehicles.

Hope it helps.

2

thanks

3

VERY VERY helpful, thank you!

Any idea on what the “LIFT” quality is for?

4

LIFT quality should “allow installing heavier parts without lifting equipment”.
This means everything other than wheels.
The weight/quality should be the same (500kg per level)

EDIT
This ain’t clear enough.
What i mean is that for every veh. part installation, we need to lift the part. If its too heavy, we need LIFT quality.
If we also need to change a wheel, we have to lift the vehicle too. This is where JACK quality comes in.
As i said above, quality levels translate to 500kg per level for both types.

5

Thanks! I was missing the description on the vehicle parts.

6

Sorry, this isn’t 100% thread-relevant, but what is this “The Excavator” vehicle. Why does it have a single-tile “boom crane” on the front? Why is it so tiny? Why does it have no alternator? Why is it the vehicle of choice on a farm? I looked up wheeled excavators on google, but I can’t seem to find anything that really resembles this. I could understand it being a generic interpretation of such a vehicle, limited by game mechanics, and then also altered a bit for more usability, but it still doesn’t seem to fit.