[GUIDE] Trucking

[Soup]

Trucking

The trucking industry in GTA:W is popular, offering generous pay as well as the opportunity for development in your character's story. There's a lot of questions asked in regards to this industry, so here it is, a guide covering the job as a whole.

 

The Basics

If you're a newcomer to the server, the trucking job cannot be started independently or with an established company until you have reached a minimum of 20 hours on the character you're wanting to take up the job on. This gives the player a bit of time to explore the server, meet and interact with the community and acquire a general perspective on the do's and the don'ts.

 

There are three ways of going into business as a truck driver, those being Independent, Rental and Company. All consist of the same work with some differences to pay and a few other aspects to note.

 

Independent Trucking  solely relates to the player buying their own delivery vehicle and delivering components requested by businesses in need. This offers the driver full pay whilst delivering, yet can lack IC interaction seen as you're in it by yourself. There is obviously the interaction with other drivers, but most would be seen to be getting on with their work, or communicating between themselves with respect of them being employed within the same company. A tax rate of 20% applies.

 

Rental Trucking provides the character his/her own vehicle to delivery requested components with a tax rate of 30%, meaning the driver will receive 70% of each delivery total. Again, with the same points to note above. Rental vehicles usually consist of a black color, and are unable to be changed. However, depending on your experience, the rental service will offer you vehicles suited to such. A Junior Trucker would be able to rent a Mule, as a Trucker would be able to take out a Benson and so on.

The rental company for Trucking on GTA:W can be located at Buccaneer Way Terminal, shown as an orange clock icon.

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Upon arrival, approach the door to the rental company and type the "/startshipment" command to bring up the list of vehicles that are rentable through this service. What vehicle your character has eligibility to rent and use will be displayed clearly so there is no confusion.

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Company Trucking is the most immersive when it comes to delivering and general RP. If you are new to the server, you will commonly find Logistics companies being advertised daily. The employer is directly responsible for supplying delivery vehicles to their employees, and rate-of-pay will be decided by said employer as well. Usually commission rate will be advertised at 90%, meaning that 90% of the total delivery earnings will go to the driver with the 10% being paid into the company.

The commission rate isn't always the same with every company with some offering more and some, less.  

To join a trucking company, look out for advertisements and call the number provided which will direct you to the company's HR team who will lead proceedings from there.

Often, you will be invited down to their building where an interview will be conducted. 

Companies offer a lot more when it comes to trucking roleplay. Positions as HR reps, Security, Supervisors, Fleet Technicians etc. to better suit what the player is looking for in terms of progression and development.

 

Trucking Experience relates to how many deliveries said trucker has done over the course of their employment into the industry, either through a company or independently. As the total number goes up in correspondence to your deliveries, more vehicles will be given permissions for as well as giving you a new rank. These ranks are shown below:

 

-Van Driver-

Vehicle(s): Rumpo/Burrito/Speedo (x5 crates)

Deliveries: 0 - 25

 

-Trainee Trucker-

Vehicle(s): Boxville (x8 crates)

Deliveries: 25 -100

 

-Junior Trucker-

Vehicle(s): Mule (x12 crates)

Deliveries: 100 - 250

 

-Trucker-

Vehicle(s): Benson (x15 crates)

Deliveries: 250 - 500

 

-Experienced Trucker-

Vehicle(s): Pounder (x20 crates)

Deliveries: 500 - 1000

 

-Senior Trucker-

Vehicle(s): N/A - Reserved for trailer implementation.

Deliveries: 1000+

 

Note that, if you haven't acquired the total amount of deliveries needed to rank up and gain permissions to use the bigger vehicles, this applies whether you are an independent trucker or working for a Company. Buying your own Pounder will not allow you to use it if you are below the 500 delivery total necessary to drive it.

 

Commands and Bug Fixes

 

The command list is explained throughout the process of trucking via in-game alerts as you approach your destinations, either it be the the supplier or the business. However, as this is a guide designed for new players it wouldn't be right not to include the list so, here goes:

 

/startshipment - Either at the door of the rental company or when inside your own or company owned delivery vehicle. This will bring a list of businesses which are currently requesting crates with additional information such as what components they are, how many crates have been requested and for how long.

Businesses can set their requests to extra pay on this list - if this happens, click the business to see how much extra they are giving for each crate. 

Extra pay is used for businesses which are more out of the way, or are desperate for components.

(Once a destination is selected, your GPS will be automatically directed to the chosen supplier first and then the drop-off destination. No need to worry about that!)

 

/pickupcrate - will be used when you reach the supplier and drive through the large, red blip. Before you begin, make sure that you roleplay your actions, opening doors etc. for a more immersive, realistic feel. 

 

/loadcrate - Will place the crate you have picked up from the supplier into your delivery vehicle. Repeat the process of picking up and loading until your vehicle is full and cannot hold anymore. The GPS marker will change to a new location, step back into your vehicle and on your way!

 

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Upon reaching your destination, you will be prompt by some new text letting you know it's time to unload and deliver.

 

/unloadcrate - Will unload the crate from the vehicle, again, make sure to RP your actions for a more immersive atmosphere. Crates will unload one by one as they are picked up and loaded - the point where the crate is to be delivered to is indicated by a brown trucking icon on the map, usually towards the front door of the premises, but every location is different.

 

/sellcrate - Is the final command to finalize the process of your hard-work; the crate will disappear with cash being added to your hand. Repeat the unloading and selling process until all crates have been delivered, and the total number of deliveries you have done is displayed in the chat box. This is the only way to get the total number of deliveries up, so if you're wanting to know out of curiosity and can't remember - do a delivery! 

 

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With all scripts, there can be the occasional bug here and there. Some common ones are not being able to pick up crates when first arriving at the supplier and/or not being able to unload crates when reaching the business requesting. Usually if you are encountering these issues, and have been prompted to go ahead with your command chain to complete the process via the chat box - the fix will usually be sorted with a quick /changechar and loading back into the game. 

 

Note that doing this will remove your progress, but never fear! If your vehicle did not have any crates loaded into it, and you've relogged to fix the issue with not being able to pickup crates, after /startshipment again you can choose the same delivery location and supplier and the script should register this time.

If you did have crates in your vehicle and relogged to fix an issue of not being able to unload crates outside the business, /startshipment will bring you a list of all businesses currently requesting the same type of component in your vehicle. E.g. If you had 5 vehicle part crates in your vehicle and was delivering to Auto Exotic, when you /startshipment again, it will show you Auto Exotic as well as any other business requesting car parts.

 

If your character has bugged out with a crate in-hand, you can always /loadcrate and /unloadcrate which will fix these types of issues.

 

If you find that the business selection list is empty, this is not a bug - this simply means that no businesses are currently requesting crates at that time. It's been reported as a bug before, I'm here to let you know it's all good!

 

Uniform

 

It's commonly asked, so I'll include. If you are working as an independent delivery driver or through the rental company, the choice of uniform is your own, yet really it'd come down to a realistic perspective e.g. you wouldn't see a delivery driver wearing a brand new suit and tie as its quite the manual, grinding job.

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Shown above is my character's old attire whilst working for a company. Where it was picked out especially for the company itself, something like this would be considered satisfactory in terms of realism. 

Trucking Companies usually have a uniform readied to assign to their employees, so if you are planning on joining a company, chances are that the attire will be sorted out when getting shown the basics. 

 

General roleplay

 

For a long time, trucking has been thought as a script job to grind with minimal RP to gain stacks. It isn't how this, or any job on the server should be perceived.

It is noted as you begin searching for your shipments to roleplay all actions accordingly - this doesn't only have to relate to roleplaying opening your doors, taking crates out, closing them and leaving. This can get very repetitive, which could lead to a lack of interest in the job itself.

The business requesting components is more of less going to be active. It's usually a  nice, fun little twist to sign off your deliveries as you go, getting the owner to sign for said deliveries and notifying if there would be anymore. Conversing with other drivers can also lead into some interested conversations.

Dropping crates you have unloaded, incorporating a scene which isn't possible with the script into your roleplay to make the overall experience more enjoyable for not only you, but those around you. I'm sure business owners love that little bit of interaction they get from drivers, especially when it's diverse and not rushed.

 

That's about it for the guide on the basics of the trucking job here on GTA:W - there are things which aren't included here such as radio chatter and other roles which can be employed into whilst working for a trucking company and that's just because this is to cover the basics in a bit more detail.

 

Hope this helps!

Edited August 24, 2021 by Soup

[effion]

Great guide!

Kudos for including bugs as well, I see a lot of players having an issue with that.

 

For anyone reading, pleaaaase drive realistically!!!

[tomatoz]

very epic guide for truckers

[alexic123]

Very good guide. And I can tell that you make a lot of money with this job. While everything looks good on paper, the reality is:

1. Players just don't drive that realistically and unload and load crate as they should.

2. The vehicle hitboxes are pretty bad. 

 

I guess, if any of you guys can do smth about 2, it would be very awesome.

[Soup]

11 minutes ago, alexic123 said:

Very good guide. And I can tell that you make a lot of money with this job. While everything looks good on paper, the reality is:

1. Players just don't drive that realistically and unload and load crate as they should.

2. The vehicle hitboxes are pretty bad. 

 

I guess, if any of you guys can do smth about 2, it would be very awesome.

Administrator team always work to correct the wrongs in the community regarding poor roleplay and portrayal. This guide was designed for informational-purpose to newcomers who are interested in learning about trucking. I tried to include all of what I believed to be the important information so that it could be used in educating those interested, hope its helpful!

Edited December 14, 2020 by Soup

[alexic123]

1 minute ago, Soup said:

Administrator team always work to correct the wrongs in the community regarding poor roleplay and portrayal. This guide was designed specifically around informational-purpose for newcomers who are interested in learning about trucking. I tried to include all of what I believed to be the important information so that it could be used in educating those interested, hope its helpful!

Yeah and for that is so in depth and so good. I just said that for anyone that might have any troubles with the problems mentioned or encounter them.

[Soup]

18 minutes ago, alexic123 said:

2. The vehicle hitboxes are pretty bad. 

 

I guess, if any of you guys can do smth about 2, it would be very awesome.

Believe this relates to the desync issue commonly known across the server. I'm assuming when 1.1 is released this amongst a lot of other desync issues will be fixed. Hopefully!

20 minutes ago, alexic123 said:

1. Players just don't drive that realistically and unload and load crate as they should.

I urge those finding truckers like this to report them IG - the quicker this is done, the quicker those obviously not here to roleplay can be apprehended in work of creating a truly immersive atmosphere. Big task, for sure. But admins can't do anything if they don't know about it.

[alexic123]

2 minutes ago, Soup said:

Believe this relates to the desync issue commonly known across the server. I'm assuming when 1.1 is released this amongst a lot of other desync issues will be fixed. Hopefully!

I urge those finding truckers like this to report them IG - the quicker this is done, the quicker those obviously not here to roleplay can be apprehended in work of creating a truly immersive atmosphere. Big task, for sure. But admins can't do anything if they don't know about it.

Yeah, this is true, I can't wait for 1.1! I get it, that's why I said if you guys can do anything about it.
And I was always reporting people and I encourage everyone do it too, if they see something that should not be there.

[Jai.]

Bravo brother, awesome guide!! 🤘

 

 

[DrowsyElephant]

Great in-depth guide!