Vehicle Auction

Used vehicle auctions · Economy

Early developmentFS25_VehicleAuction

The game's used market is a fixed-price list: whoever sees it first buys it, and there is no haggling. Vehicle Auction turns it into timed bidding. A limited number of used vehicles arrives in scheduled windows and goes to the highest bidder. What you bid is held from the farm balance and refunded the moment you are outbid, and a last-minute bid extends the closing, so nothing is sniped in the final second. You can put your own vehicle up as well, or press Sell now to skip the wait without a trip to the workshop. Everything happens on the game's own hangar screen; there is no separate interface. The server is authoritative, and in single player optional NPC bidders keep the auctions alive.

Status: Early development. The mod is being tested on our own server; the feature list describes the goal and the released version may differ.

Features

What it does

A limited number of used vehicles arrives in scheduled windows and the highest bid wins.
The bid amount is held from the farm balance and refunded the moment you are outbid.
A last-minute bid extends the closing, so a vehicle is not sniped in the last second.
An automatic maximum: leave your limit and walk away, and the auction raises up to it for you.
You can put your own vehicle up for auction, and the panel shows in advance what the sale would bring you.
Sell now: sells the vehicle instantly with a confirmation, without a trip to the workshop.
An optional dealer offer (off by default): Sell now pays a share of the sale value that varies with the vehicle and the day, which makes waiting for the auction worthwhile.
One interface: everything on the game's own 3D hangar screen. A summary row in the left panel, a hint under each selector and only the selectors that do something.
Every action that cannot be undone asks for confirmation: bidding, saving or removing the automatic maximum, withdrawing a listing and putting a vehicle up.
The status box compares what the auction is expected to bring against a direct sale.
Server authoritative: the same vehicle cannot be listed twice, requests are rate limited, withdrawing a listing needs the permission to sell vehicles and notifications go only to the farm concerned.
In single player optional NPC bidders keep the auctions alive.

Setup

How to use it

Not released yet. The dedicated network test and the ModHub preparation are under way.
On release the zip goes into the mods folder of the server and of every connecting player.
The auction is reached from the game's hangar screen and needs no key binding.