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X3 Better Vehicles & Drones

by Acxd · for Satisfactory

Better Vehicles is a mod with multiple type of vehicle and stations modified available in Tier 3

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3 yr agoLast updated
>=264901Latest game version
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About X3 Better Vehicles & Drones

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Better Vehicles is a mod with multiple type of vehicle and stations modified available in Tier 3

No longer maintained

★ Use Industrial Evolution as a drop-in replacement for this mod ★


NOTE: USE MK1 WAGONS & DRONES WITH MK1 STATIONS, MK2 WITH MK2, ETC. (DON'T MIX THEM) MULTIPLAYER MAY HAVE SOME ISSUES, THERE ARE GENERAL PROBLEMS WITH MULTIPLAYER IN THE GAME


CONTENTS

  • 01 / DESCRIPTION
  • 02 / VIDEOS
  • 03 / INSTALLATION / USAGE
  • 04 / WORKS GREAT WITH
  • 05 / UPDATES
  • 06 / KNOWN ISSUES
  • 07 / QUESTIONS? BUGS? CONTACT ME VIA
  • 08 / WANT TO SUPPORT ME? (DONATIONS)
  • 09 / YOUTUBER / STREAMER?
  • 10 / CREDITS
  • 11 / SCREENSHOTS

Just search for the number with the slash to find your topic (Ctrl+F and "03 /" for example).


01 / DESCRIPTION

Better Vehicles is a mod for starting very early with (improved) vehicles.
The main idea was to build "cities" and transport the produced items between these cities, on roads and highways (see my other mod).
You can open the vehicle menu with F1 while in the vehicle.
Note: Belts will ALWAYS be more efficient than any vehicles, but for me vehicles for long distances are more realistic and more fun than 1,000 meter belts.

The Highlights of this mod are:

  • Multiplayer-Support (needs some more tests, please give feedback)
  • Start with Trucks and Trains at Tier / Milestone 3
  • Drones with built in (rechargeable) batteries
  • Electronic Trucks with built in (rechargeable) batteries
  • Reduced build and power cost - it's more fun now to build vehicles instead of belts
  • ~~Crash Prevention - autopiloted trucks will brake for eachother~~
  • ~~Trucks can now brake on Ramps - no more driving too far because of the bad autopilot~~
  • ~~Waypoints per Click - no pause needed (via F1 Menu and then middle click)~~
  • ~~Waypoint Export/Import - share your path with multiple trucks, instead of capture all one by one (Waypoints can be edited in the export text)~~
  • Camera arm with collision - no more clipping through walls with the camera)
  • License Plate to name your trucks
  • Camera Zoom by mouse wheel
  • ~~Reduced Pickup Zone for Truckstation - no more loading the wrong trucks~~
  • Reduced Clearance for Truckstation and Trainstation - you can build walls "into" the stations
  • ~~Traffic-Stop, you can stop the AI Vehicles by placing a barrier on the road~~
  • Trucks, Trains, Drones & Stations have multiple tiers (mk1 - mk3)

These are the buildables (all derived from the vanilla ones):



X3-Trucks & X3-Truckstations (Click here)

X3-Truck Mk1

  • Controls: Open menu with F1 while in vehicle (you can add waypoints with + / middleclick after closing the menu)
  • Milestone: 3
  • Capacity: 48 Slots
  • Build-Cost: 3 Modular Frames, 30 Iron Plates, 20 Iron Rods, 20 Wires, 10 Cables, 3 Rotors
  • Fuel: 25/s (vanilla: 75/s)
  • Extra: No collision with other trucks, while autopiloted (because Satisfactory teleports trucks out of view and they like to get stucked in eachother)
  • Extra 2: Camera Zoom (mouse wheel) with camera arm (no more clipping through walls)
  • Extra 3: If the truck waits for 20-30s (random), it will drive and ignore all other trucks for 10s (looks ugly when the truck drives through other trucks, but this is to clear traffic jams)
  • Extra 4: When importing Waypoints, the start point will be ramdomized (otherwise Satisfactory would teleport all vehicles to the same point, then they would stuck in eachother)
  • Extra 5: Copy current coordinates from menu (this can help to find a specific point in the exported string)
  • Extra 6: Exit-Offset moved to the left side (sorry british :D)
  • Note: When autopiloted, there is no collision if the truck lands on the side or roof, in this case the truck will clip through the map, but there is a mechanism that will teleport the truck to the first waypoint if it falls too deep (< -30,000)

X3-Truck Mk2

  • Milestone: 5
  • Capacity: 96 Slots
  • Build-Cost: 3 Heavy Modular Frames, 20 Reinfored Iron Plates, 25 Steel Pipes, 25 Copper Sheets, 20 Cables, 6 Motors
  • Fuel: 50/s

X3-Truck Mk3

  • Milestone: 7
  • Capacity: 192 Slots
  • Build-Cost: 6 Heavy Modular Frames, 20 Steel Beams, 30 Steel Pipes, 30 Copper Sheets, 30 Cables, 12 Motors
  • Fuel: 100/s

X3-Truck V

  • V like Ven... ahm no, V like Vanilla! For those who want vanilla prices, but better AI ;)
  • Same as Mk1 but with vanilla build-cost, fuel consumption, capacity and unlockable at milestone 5 (like vanilla)

X3plorer

  • Milestone: 3
  • Build-Cost: 2 Modular Frames, 2 Reinfored Iron Plates, 20 Iron Rods, 15 Wires, 5 Cables, 2 Rotors
  • Note: Just vanilla Xplorer (no better AI etc.)

X3-Truckstation Mk1

  • Milestone: 3
  • Capacity: 48 Slots
  • Transfer-Speed: 120/m
  • Build-Cost: 20 Concrete, 30 Iron Plates, 30 Iron Rods, 15 Cables, 5 Rotors
  • Power-Cost: 4 (vanilla: 20)
  • Extra: Reduced Clearance (you can build walls in/around the station, as seen in the showcase)
  • Extra 2: Optimized DropZone, the loading starts only when the truck is STANDING, see it here: https://youtu.be/sjmRcAF_FBA (Note: The timing is not perfect, you may get +/-2 stacks sometimes)

X3-Truckstation Mk2

  • Milestone: 5
  • Capacity: 96 Slots
  • Transfer-Speed: 240/m
  • Build-Cost: 20 Concrete, 30 Reinfored Iron Plates, 30 Iron Rods, 20 Cables, 8 Motors
  • Power-Cost: 8

X3-Truckstation Mk3

  • Milestone: 7
  • Capacity: 192 Slots
  • Transfer-Speed: 480/m
  • Build-Cost: 20 Concrete, 30 Steel Beams, 30 Steel Pipes, 25 Cables, 2 Computer, 16 Motors
  • Power-Cost: 16

X3-Truckstation V

  • V like Ven... ahm no, V like Vanilla! For those who want vanilla prices, but better AI ;)
  • Same as Mk1 but with vanilla build-cost, power consumption, capacity and unlockable at milestone 5 (like vanilla)


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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Built for Satisfactory >=264901.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3 yr ago.

What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on ficsit.app as “Mods”

Vehicles & ships

Cars, boats, aircraft, ships and other things to drive or fly.

Runs on your server

From source side support

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Compatibility

Game
Satisfactory
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
>=264901

Verified at the source

  • ✓ficsit.appOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorAcxd, as published on ficsit.app
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

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