Topics > Features > Transportation > Vehicles > Autopilot

August 27th, 2024

• Q&A: Will any work be done on Trains? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2spyHWRaTtc

August 13th, 2024

• Q&A: Trucks are hard to corner, will there be any improvements there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhnOa-IqpE0
• Q&A: Train Pathing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql3Xp96byRw

January 30th, 2024

• Q&A: Will there be more work done to Vehicles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUZUzwd7dxA

September 5th, 2023

• Q&A: Is there anything planned to improve Vehicle deadlocks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knqJ409VRm0

June 20th, 2023

• Q&A: Will Trucks get more-intelligent Autopilot? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XcQKvZJTho

March 24th, 2023

• Autopilot https://youtube.com/embed/dY__x2dq7Sk?autoplay=1&start=975&end=1013

February 21st, 2023

• Q&A: Anything planned to altering routes/waypoints other than deleting single nodes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XABEHCVMvn8

September 27th, 2022

• Q&A: Any plans for fixing AI putting you and your Vehicle into the skybox? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFpU3tvqPs

May 3rd, 2022

• State of Dev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBdLi32e74Q

March 29th, 2022

• Q&A: Can you add the ability to ride a Truck in Autopilot? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ1TStNUY7A

February 22nd, 2022

• Community FYI: The second seat is for the Autopilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqCM_w-4INk

November 5th, 2021

• Snutt & Jace Talk: Satisfactory Update 5 Patch Notes vid commentary (Part 31) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gND0YVdujU8
• Snutt & Jace Talk: Satisfactory Update 5 Patch Notes vid commentary (Part 32) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvJr2UFkIa4

October 26th, 2021

• Snutt & Jace Talk: Wager on releasing Golf versus Dedicated Servers (Part 5) https://youtube.com/embed/QfaReoks6OM?autoplay=1&start=382&end=404
• Snutt Talk: Huge Update to automated Vehicle pathing & surrounding systems https://youtube.com/embed/QfaReoks6OM?autoplay=1&start=403&end=438
• Jace Talk: Save & Load Vehicle Paths https://youtube.com/embed/QfaReoks6OM?autoplay=1&start=437&end=461
• Rasmus & Jace Talk: Improvements to Vehicles in Update 5 https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=4456&end=4634
• Rasmus, Snutt, and Jace Talk: Improving reliability of Vehicles https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=4909&end=5037
• Q&A: Does Vehicle Ghosting or getting stuck contribute to Fuel consumption? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5036&end=5121
• Q&A: What happens if a Vehicle is refueling at a Truck Station and another Vehicle comes along? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5120&end=5375
• Rasmus, Snutt, and Jace Talk: Vehicles will be more aware of other Vehicles https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5374&end=5525
• Q&A: Can you program the Cyber Wagon? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5524&end=5527
• Rasmus, Snutt, and Jace Talk: You can automate Factory Carts as well https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5537&end=5620
• Q&A: Does every Truck need a Fuel supplier? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5619&end=5758
• Q&A: What if you manually jump into a Vehicle and disrupt the autopilot? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5757&end=5835
• Q&A: Does queuing only work in one direction, or does it work bi-directionally? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5868&end=5926
• Q&A: When can I record track with jump? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5932&end=5995
• Q&A: Is the change to the closed-loop system a design decision or a technical decision? https://youtube.com/embed/Rumqu_lyapg?autoplay=1&start=5994&end=6075

October 12th, 2021

• Q&A: Will there ever be Rail crossings and will they interact with Truck autopilot? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBHxLQCXYNk
• Q&A: Will Trucks queue up behind a station if another Truck is there? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIQ0Lzb4DZ8
• Q&A: Will Truck Stations pick up stuff from another Truck that goes through the Station? (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeH9sho3lBE
• Q&A: Will Truck Stations pick up stuff from another Truck that goes through the Station? (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v6NSRXOgrI

September 21st, 2021

• Q&A: What happens if an automated Vehicle runs out of Fuel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RalQ17zg3tc
• Q&A: Will the spline be visible to players or only limited to the way points? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_71h_WKygcg

September 14th, 2021

• Snutt & Jace Talk: Pathing for Vehicles has changed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXAqkPVgH2o
• Snutt & Jace Talk: Vehicle obstacle handling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p_gLzGc3WI
• Snutt & Jace Talk: Truck Station Fuel calculated per-route https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwzZF04gWuk
• Snutt & Jace Talk: Save & Load Autopilot Paths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW0BIDJgS0U
• Snutt & Jace Talk: Truck Stations can be added to existing paths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VolpA3rbIac
• Q&A: Will obstacles make Vehicles run out of Fuel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgHmr6Fp-A
• Q&A: What happens if a Vehicle arrives at a Truck Station that doesn't have enough Fuel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMt6mEDYuCk
• Snutt & Jace Talk: You can no longer delete Autopilot path nodes (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxIDYdXp5jM
• Q&A: What if I use Jump Pads now, though? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRnGOwOwMaM
• Q&A: Are the calculations done before a Truck does a route or is it an average, or... ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KviSQmC0sr8
• Snutt & Jace Talk: You can no longer delete Autopilot path nodes (Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOclHeWo2Mk
• Q&A: Do we need to re-do Vehicle path recording? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4s0bj4m6gk
• Snutt & Jace Talk: All previously-recorded paths will still work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHQfZxqZsps
• Q&A: Do Vehicles have collision detection for other Vehicles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRZ4jKy9i3c
• Q&A: Can Trucks get stuck if they use more Fuel than expected? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7PY6CVBSnA

References

• Q&A: Will a Truck Station supply enough Fuel for a return journey? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bySSNawmTXc

September 10th, 2021

• Jace Talk: Changes to Vehicle Automation https://youtube.com/embed/kh3lVrBdjFE?autoplay=1&start=98&end=198
• Jace Talk: Changes to Vehicles obstacle avoidance & getting stuck (ghosting) https://youtube.com/embed/kh3lVrBdjFE?autoplay=1&start=197&end=308
• Jace Talk: Save & Load Vehicle paths https://youtube.com/clip/Ugyw-VIU_ASNmQxElRN4AaABCQ
• Jace Talk: Distant Vehicle smoothing https://youtube.com/clip/UgxWeK-t2NCv-imZmYx4AaABCQ
• Jace Talk: Adding Truck Stations to a previously-recorded path https://youtube.com/clip/Ugzkf2Qp5gQgz7c0TNJ4AaABCQ

July 13th, 2021

• Community FYI: I kind of like riding on top of automated trucks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95mNYrm4XZY

March 23rd, 2021

• Do you plan to integrate an automatic path travel for Trucks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1cimOkbLHs

March 9th, 2019

• Q&A: I don't understand the autopilot for the Tractor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7BwnNzG8I0
• Q&A: I've activated autopilot but it doesn't run? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhYoMChQ6Q
• Q&A: Why is Coal so rare? It's almost impossible to find a good Coal spot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwhXtnyk8YE

July 19th, 2018

• Vehicle Autopilot https://youtube.com/embed/IxoCzb2M0vQ?autoplay=1&start=130&end=250