Thread: Truck support in NG versions

Originally Posted by osiris4isis

Case 1, you have a planned route and you deviates from it (because of accident or you didn't follow direction), proggy should tell you how to get back on the route. This is the arrow direction and distance shown in alert icon area of cockpit.

Case 2, you have a planned route but got redirection because of traffic, you should see notification in cockpit. I don't know if you tested this case yet.

Case 3, you don't have planned route, you don't get any notification nor alert for restriction. Like I said, if you see restriction signs (that doesn't rotate nor have distance), it's most likely from turn_restriction.zip

If you're talking about using truck.zip so you get alert icons in cockpit, proggy knows and report the necessary data in variables used in truck.zip (look at the codes for those variables)
The routing engine flagged truck restriction and the mapping engine will populate those variables to be used in truck.zip This is the reason why I wasn't sure if it was working or not (because I can't test it when driving). Those variables will only get flagged if the conditions are correct.

Case 1 - I think I did this test with bridge height scenario I described earlier. So, in this case navi tried to reroute me on different road, but I still followed my route and I got the warning window.

Case 2 - unfortunately, I live in Bulgaria and we don't have TMC here. But, I think if the programm is capable of rerouting with truck restriction in mind, there is no matter what the reason for rerouting is - TMC message, drivers wish to not follow the road or any other.

Case 3 - I do driving mostly without planned route, so I constantly see the blue signs with distance. Never tried turn_restriction ux, so I don't know what kind of notification it should provide, but I think it should be something similar to "simple" drivers alert (e.g. "Overtake forbidden" or "Pedestrian crossing").

Originally Posted by Ludo Palinckx

Just to be clear, i deleted this version with Pongo skin, and gonna test monday with a fresh instal of Gift without skin and licenses and with truck(world)ux

@Ludo
BTW, what kind of navi/radio is in your SCANIA? Is it ANDROID based? How it updates maps & files? Is it network connected - cellular or something else?

Regarding the restriction data, I still think that there are some road segments in the maps, that miss this information or it is incomplete or (worst case) wrong.
For example, because Bulgaria is a small country and is outside of the scope of the map makers (Here & TomTom mostly), there is a lot of wrong data in maps - wrong speed limit, for example, or turn restrictions or embeded POI in the map. I drive every day near POI of a petrol-station in the middle of nowhere and I know for sure that there was never ever been a station there. Just imagine a drivers confusion, if he/she relays on this station, because in a circle of 10-15km there is no other. Maybe same with truck-data in The Netherlands?

Regards.