Version
8.1.0.3
SP/MP
MP (Multiplayer)
What can be done with your idea?
When a Courseplay-controlled harvester is being unloaded by AutoDrive, the harvester currently continues driving while AutoDrive tries to catch up and unload alongside it.
I would like an option for Courseplay to stop the harvester when an external unloader such as AutoDrive arrives or starts unloading.
This would make unloading more reliable, especially with sugar beet/root crop harvesters, large trailers, narrow fields and awkward field layouts. It can also prevent the AutoDrive unloader from constantly trying to catch up with the moving harvester.
If applicable, how would the user interface look like for this enhancement?
A simple setting in the harvester's Courseplay settings, for example:
Stop during unloading
Disabled (current behavior)
Enabled
When enabled, the Courseplay harvester should stop once an external unloader starts approaching/unloading, wait until unloading is finished, and then continue the course.
Keeping the current behavior as the default would avoid changing existing setups.
Is there an alternative?
AutoDrive can currently follow and catch up with the moving harvester, but this is not always reliable with root crop harvesters or difficult field layouts.
I could manually stop the harvester, but that defeats the purpose of automating the harvest.
I could also modify AutoDrive so it does not follow moving harvesters, but ideally Courseplay should have an option to stop its own harvester during unloading.
Screenshots
Version
8.1.0.3
SP/MP
MP (Multiplayer)
What can be done with your idea?
When a Courseplay-controlled harvester is being unloaded by AutoDrive, the harvester currently continues driving while AutoDrive tries to catch up and unload alongside it.
I would like an option for Courseplay to stop the harvester when an external unloader such as AutoDrive arrives or starts unloading.
This would make unloading more reliable, especially with sugar beet/root crop harvesters, large trailers, narrow fields and awkward field layouts. It can also prevent the AutoDrive unloader from constantly trying to catch up with the moving harvester.
If applicable, how would the user interface look like for this enhancement?
A simple setting in the harvester's Courseplay settings, for example:
Stop during unloading
Disabled (current behavior)
Enabled
When enabled, the Courseplay harvester should stop once an external unloader starts approaching/unloading, wait until unloading is finished, and then continue the course.
Keeping the current behavior as the default would avoid changing existing setups.
Is there an alternative?
AutoDrive can currently follow and catch up with the moving harvester, but this is not always reliable with root crop harvesters or difficult field layouts.
I could manually stop the harvester, but that defeats the purpose of automating the harvest.
I could also modify AutoDrive so it does not follow moving harvesters, but ideally Courseplay should have an option to stop its own harvester during unloading.
Screenshots