Advanced Damage System mod with throttle on keyboard and MR compatibility

[nihues]

Hello guys, I would like to inform that a new version of ADS came up and for us that play on keyboard it includes a new throttle function (IE you can limit to a % of pedal apply on the acceleration / W), or you can go full throttle on W+shift. On ADS going above 80% power will reduce significantly the engine longevity (I was managing manually changing cruise speed to keep around 80%). I would say that this feature changed to be more nicer to ride JD 3650 for example (it's too fast to change gears until we go to II3/II4, and reducing throttle helps a lot smooth it), also hitting the full throttle feels nicer on a hill to get that extra momentum to change gear.

I've been playing with MR+ADS for ~150h and made a comment there that helped a lot balancing/fixing some problems I've found and the result is that It's more compatible with MR. Now I'm helping test further on ADS+MR when needed.

I think both mods work nicely together as an additional realistic behavior (ADS focused on maintenance and don´t do stupid things while driving and MR on realistic physics behavior). I would like to thank quadural for keeping MR going on and making it an example as how it should has been on a Simulation game (at least what can be done with the actual engine).

https://github.com/id577/FS25_AdvancedDamageSystem

Just an additional note, throttle is not working with cruise speed ON, it's already been patched on a test version to work, when a new version comes it probably works with cruise speed on.

Also if more players already use ADS+MR feel free to comment/help on balancing/bugs found.

[QuenoGames]

I've been meaning to try this mod along with More Realistic, but I was concerned about compatibility issues. Does Advanced Damage System work fully with MR?

[nihues]

Hey QuenoGames,

I've played 150h with ADS+MR and the biggest issue is maintain motor/throttle usage at 80% or near it, if you can reduce throttle or acceleration at around 80%, the engine will be much less impacted.

Other issues are subjective as how you drive, if you go like crazy max speed everywhere, sharp turns etc... it will generate problems after a while for ADS (the tutorial will give hints on possible bad behaviors), but if you play more relaxed/realistic, it will be more forgiven. Try to stay below 40km/h if not on asphalt, and try to stay below 80% max throttle, that will not give much problems on ADS, always got to maintenance on time (it will give an orange sign if needed, any orange sign on dashboard go to maintenance/inspection asap).

Other than that, I think both mods are complementary to realistic play style and both devs are very good at what they're doing (ADS is very polished in game with tutorial and options to disable/reduce the effects if need more relaxed game, MR I don´t need to tell how good quadural is). After the new update with some compatibilities fixed I'm back to 100% stress rate, but was playing with 70% before because it was too harsh with MR, now I'm trying at 100% to see if things goes less harsh on hard mode as there where some incompatibilities fixed by devs.

If you want some interesting gameplay try buying an used tractor with ~30h of use and play for a while =D.