True Cargo - Visible Loads and Manual Cargo Arrangement for Project Zomboid

True Cargo displays items from supported vehicle storage as 3D objects on the open cargo bed. It uses the models and textures seen when those items are placed on the ground.

Cargo travels with the vehicle and can spill if it tips over.

Automatic packing

The system places large, heavy objects first, accounting for contents inside bags and containers. Smaller items fill remaining space, while compatible objects form stacks.

Logs and log bundles lie across the bed in rows before stacking. Items that do not fit remain in storage. The inventory title shows how many are not displayed, with explanations available on hover.

Arrange cargo yourself

Select Arrange cargo from the trailer or stored item’s context menu.

• Move and raise objects using translation arrows.
• Rotate them using rings.
• Split stacks into layers.
• Revert changes or save the layout.

Manually positioned items are pinned, so later automatic packing works around them.

Show on trailer and Hide from trailer control individual items. Free mode disables automatic packing and leaves new cargo scattered for manual arrangement.

Cars on the W900 trailer

With W900 Semi-Truck, loaded cars can appear as actual vehicles with their paint and damage instead of covers.

Arrange cars lets you reposition, rotate and tilt them, exchange positions or choose between displaying the car, a cover or nothing.

Vehicle appearance is still imperfect, especially with unsupported car mods.

Options and supported vehicles

Settings include a model limit of 64 per trailer, size-based visibility filters and an option to delay redraws until transfers finish.

Server sandbox options control item spills, car spills and a fallen-car damage multiplier from 0 to 4, defaulting to 1.

Supported vehicles include vanilla trailers and open pickups, Trailers!, selected KI5 vehicles, PZK Vanilla Plus Car Pack, Motorious Zone, the M548 cargo carrier and Daihatsu Hijet trucks.

Cargo is not drawn beneath tall canvas, bed caps, hard covers or M923 gun-truck armor.

Limitations, multiplayer and saves

Some unmeasured models may overlap. Tinted clothing appears untinted, some hats and masks are unsupported, and flat ground sprites such as generators do not appear.

Multiplayer uses server-controlled layouts, but server testing remains outstanding. Thrown-car spills are untested on dedicated servers, with a fallback that places cars beside the trailer.

Requires Build 42.15 or newer. Gamepad arrangement controls are available through the vehicle radial menu. Load order does not matter.

Safe to add or remove mid-save. Layouts save with vehicles; removing the mod leaves stored items in place.