Vehicle repairs
| Vehicles |
|---|
| Driving |
| Repairs |
| Installing and removing parts |
| Construction |
| Parts and components |
Vehicles are damaged by colliding against obstacles, by environmental damage (such as acid and fires), by the type of terrain you're driving over or just by simple use.
The damage suffered by your vehicle is locational. For example, by crashing the front right part of your vehicle against a building you would damage mostly just the front right wheel, front right frame, and any accessories located in that area. If the damage was high enough, it would propagate further and possibly destroy other components.
If the current speed exceeds the indicated safe speed (which you can check by examining your vehicle), the chance to damage the engine grows. You'll know if you're exceeding it if the current speed display turns yellow.
Note that you can still drive a vehicle with more than two wheels (such as a car) even if some of them are broken or missing. You can check its mobility status by examining it.
The damage of each part is displayed using a color code:
- Undamaged
- Slightly damaged
- Damaged
- Very damaged
- About to break
- Broken
General repairs
Tools needed (in your inventory or nearby):
examine the vehicle and use the arrow keys to select the part you want to repair.
If a part is colored gray it means that it's broken and you can't repair it, only replace it.
Finishing a repair grants [part difficulty + 2] * 5 + 20 practice points to mechanics skill.
Changing tires
Alternatively to repairing an installed wheel, you can simply change it with another one.
Tools needed (in your inventory or nearby):
- A replacement wheel of the same type as the broken one (of any size, although the same size is preferred)
- wrench or integrated toolset
- jack
examine the vehicle, navigate to the vehicle section where the broken wheel is and change the tire. You can now select the type of wheel in the list displayed in the bottom right and press RETURN.
Changing a tire doesn't require any mechanics skill and, better yet, doesn't waste any of your precious welder batteries.