Star Trucker – Weigh Station Trick

September 10, 2024 Volodymyr Azimoff 0

Weigh Station Fine / Item Surrender Avoidance

By Ad-Man-Gamer.

Weight problems in the game

When you enter a system, you might be asked to weigh your ship. If you’re over the weight limit, you have a problem. You can’t throw things away in space or sell them at a shop, or you’ll get a $1500 fine for littering. It’s strange that selling at a shop counts as littering, but those are the rules.

There’s also a game issue where if you’re overweight, the game forces you to give up cargo until you’re under 200kg. This happens even if you have permission to carry more weight. This often costs more than the fine would.

A way to fix it

I found a solution to this problem. The game saves automatically when you reach a weigh station, which is annoying. But I had an idea. The game might not save all the information about your cargo when you manually save.

So I tried something. I went to a shop, sold one fuel container to get under the weight limit, and then manually saved the game. When I loaded that save, the game had forgotten that I was supposed to be weighed at all.

Quick escape from weighing

We can use the fact that weigh stations activate when you get close to them. If your exit from the area is far enough from the weigh station, you can do this:

Line up with the exit gate to the next area
Save your game manually
Load that save
If you’re not asked to weigh in, quickly leave the area

This is useful if selling your cargo would lose you money, or if you have a trailer attached and don’t want to deal with unhooking it.

If the exit is close to the weigh station, this won’t work. You’ll need to reduce your weight instead.

TLDR

Strategy 1: Reduce weight

When asked to weigh in, go to a shop
Sell items until you’re within the weight limit
Leave the shop and save manually
Load that save

Strategy 2: Quick escape

When asked to weigh in, check how far away the exit is
If it’s far from the weigh station, go to the exit
Save your game when lined up with the exit
Load that save
Quickly leave the area

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