Reliability and maintainability explainers

[stryker2279]

I'm stunned by the quality of the mod in the brief moment I had to play with it thus far. However, a personal issue I'm having is that the reliability measurement and maintainability system isn't super clear. I imagine that this is on purpose to give you the same type of obfuscation the repair system itself has with the status of parts. What I would like is if there was a way to know what "average" actually means. Like is that a 3/5? I'm assuming that it's legendary, premium, average, budget, low.

Additionally, it would be so dang cool if there was a brief description as to how a piece of equipment earned it's reputation. Like, a krabat and a jd 9rx are both legendary but for completely different reasons. One is super simple and rugged and the other is practically a spaceship.

[id577]

Hi! The base value for reliability and maintainability is 1.0, which means 100%. The values usually range from 0.75 to 1.25, with rare exceptions.

As you already noticed, the exact numbers are hidden behind text labels.

For reliability, the logic is:

< 1.0        Budget
1.0–1.099    Standard
1.1–1.199    Premium
>= 1.2       Legendary

For maintainability:

< 1.0        Low
1.0–1.099    Average
1.1–1.199    High
>= 1.2       Workhorse

Reliability is based purely on the brand’s reputation from publicly available sources. It affects the wear rate of all systems, meaning more reliable vehicles last longer and are more resistant to breakdowns.

Maintainability is also based on the brand, but it additionally takes the vehicle’s production year into account. Older vehicles are generally easier to service and receive a higher maintainability value.

Maintainability affects the duration of service procedures, their cost, the ability to perform repairs “in the field,” and also the quality of a full overhaul.

You can see all reliability and maintainability values in the BRANDS table inside the ADS_Config file. Keep in mind that vehicles older than the year 2000 receive an additional maintainability bonus.