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Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

TJ Pose

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by TJ Pose » Sat, 08 Mar 2003 08:15:40

Has anyone got the cheat for lisences to work? Please email but its ok
if you post here.
Jan Verschuere

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by Jan Verschuere » Sat, 08 Mar 2003 08:29:09

Eh? -use the money cheat for $25,000 (or whatever) and buy one, I'd say.

Jan.
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GMpartsgu

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by GMpartsgu » Sat, 08 Mar 2003 09:35:58

I can only pray we are talking about a video game, right ????? ;)
Jan Verschuere

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by Jan Verschuere » Sat, 08 Mar 2003 10:22:31

Of course...

http://www.valusoft.com/products/hrdtrck18whls.html

It's one of those games which has "a certain something", despite it's many
flaws. -I quite like it.

Jan.
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TJ Pose

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by TJ Pose » Sun, 09 Mar 2003 01:56:09


> "TJ Poseno" wrote...
> > Has anyone got the cheat for lisences to work? Please
> > email but its ok if you post here.

> Eh? -use the money cheat for $25,000 (or whatever) and buy one, I'd say.

> Jan.
> =---

Ok, where do you but them? Ive been to the weight stations, Ive bought
one "HC" and I have a lisence from Denver to Cheyanne. Do I need to go
to the other weight stations and buy them or what? I dunno.
TJ Pose

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by TJ Pose » Sun, 09 Mar 2003 01:56:24


> "TJ Poseno" wrote...
> > Has anyone got the cheat for lisences to work? Please
> > email but its ok if you post here.

> Eh? -use the money cheat for $25,000 (or whatever) and buy one, I'd say.

> Jan.
> =---

Ok, where do you but them? Ive been to the weight stations, Ive bought
one "HC" and I have a lisence from Denver to Cheyanne. Do I need to go
to the other weight stations and buy them or what? I dunno.
Jan Verschuere

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by Jan Verschuere » Sun, 09 Mar 2003 03:48:36

No, that's a HC _certificate_. I messed up the terms, sorry.

The normal way is to deliver ad-hoc jobs on time until your rating is high
enough and then look for the recurring jobs from the weekly overview. Time a
load so you're around and rested to drive that route, deliver it on time and
in reasonable shape and you're awarded the license for that route. Once you
have the licence you can put the contract drivers on the route and make a
million bucks.

I'd never actually used the licence cheat before, so I tried it. I started a
midwest game and cheated myself a 4 star skill rating as I figured I'd need
that.

Now the cheat mentions something about it only acting on the selected route
in the management screen, which is strange as it doesn't appear to work
while one's actually at the management screen.

It does work from the driving position, but only on the 1st route (or
perhaps one does need the HC licence to be awarded the other routes, haven't
tested that). The trick is to not type a space between the two numbers. so
"cheat contracts flow 14" gives the 1st route at skill level 4.

Hope this helps,

Jan.
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GMpartsgu

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by GMpartsgu » Sun, 09 Mar 2003 13:05:47

I know Jan ;)
 Although, i do wonder. in the game, does it take as long to drive to
destinations as it does in the real world, or is the game world more
"compressed" in distance ??
 Probably worth the 10 or 15 bucks just for the carnage 18 wheels of death
could cause <VBG>
Jan Verschuere

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by Jan Verschuere » Sun, 09 Mar 2003 22:59:35

Distance between pick-up / drop-off areas is compressed. Time compression is
fixed at about 1 second per game minute. This has some rather unfortunate
gameplay consequences as time runs at 60x normal speed when you're waiting
for a red light, pumping gas or backing up in a yard too. Would be better if
the time compression took hold at on- and off ramps or was speed dependant.

Not really. Collisions are unrealistic and unspectacular (e.g. running into
the back of a motorcycle stops the 18 wheeler dead).

But it is fun to play. An ideal unwinding game.

Jan.
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TJ Pose

Hard truck 18 wheels of steel...,.

by TJ Pose » Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:54:11


> Has anyone got the cheat for lisences to work? Please email but its ok
> if you post here.

Does anyone have a savegame for this with all the licences? I cant
seem to get them with cheats, or without, the save games on the
internet are all just for money.

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