ETS2 and ATS discussion

[Rassva]

It looks pretty cool in my opinion, but the work is going awfuly slow. When is that Actros going to come? Like Christmas 2033?

[CLR-GTR]

From the minimal footage we could see in those videos of the trip to SCS, I'd say texturing should kind of be done by now. No idea when it will come, nothing is known about a new patch in development and I doubt they'll slam it into the Scandinavia DLC.

[Andreas¹]

Are they going to release the DLC one jpg at a time or something?

 

Only just realized? :p As good as the screens look, they've at the final stages for a long time now :wait:

[TIMELESS]

^ agreed

 

Those telemetry addon things sound great though, I'll have to try that "enhanced force feedback" as the FFB as standard is awful :lol:

[CLR-GTR]

Thanks to Mike the topic title has changed, considering ATS is also being discussed in this topic.

 

Our effort to secure official licenses of trucks to put into our games continues, now our focus is on Northern America. Courting the truck manufacturers - getting their attention and reaching the decision makers - is really not easy at all for a small company like SCS Software coming from outside of the transportation industry. The licensing negotiations in some cases take years to complete, and sometimes we are asked to prove that we are really taking this seriously.

 

Here is a little photo report we have just received from our friends at Kenworth/PACCAR. We have created a special demo based off an alpha build of American Truck Simulator for their corporate event, and they also tried to bounce it off the public to see the reaction. We are very excited to hear that both the company executives and the visitors of a science fair really liked the demo!

 

One more important step to give you fully licensed trucks in our American Truck Simulator...

 

 

 

 

 

Source: SCS Software's blog: Corporate Cooperation

[TIMELESS]

That display setup is weird but awesome newses. :p

[CLR-GTR]

Here, have some more Scandinavia!

 

 

Scandinavia is a very different space to work and create in than the territories we have created in the past - it's not just the different sights, it's the fact that the countries are not landlocked like most of the environments in existing Euro Truck Simulator 2 world.

 

 

Our previous post contained a general review of the map that might have given you some idea on the scale of the DLC. The Scandinavia territory in Euro Truck Simulator 2 will feature a total of 14 new ports and ferry locations that allow you to board the ferries directly.

 

 

 

 

 

We felt that ferries are an integral part of Scandinavian transportation and decided to go an extra mile to ensure that ship models and ferry locations in the game closely reflect the ferry ports and ships you can see in real life. We've spent considerable amount of time to recreate this aspect of Scandinavia in great detail - many of the ports in the expansion have the size of entire cities you've seen in current Euro Truck Simulator 2.

 

 

 

 

The sea transportation network will allow you to use alternate connections between locations in Scandinavia and other territories of the map, as the ferries will also connect destinations in Poland and United Kingdom. At the same time, we wanted to avoid abuse of the ferry system that would allow players to just "hop" around the map quickly without the need for much driving, so the ferry network is intentionally not as dense as in the real world.

 

 

 

Source: SCS Software's blog: Over the Seas

[Andreas¹]

 

No ferry between Norway and the UK :hmmm:

[CLR-GTR]

No ferry between Norway and the UK :hmmm:

 

So the line in the lower left goes to Grimsby, USA? :p

[Andreas¹]

No it probably goes to the UK but it goes from Denmark. :p

[CLR-GTR]

Ah yes. Well they mentioned they were not adding in áll ferry lines:

 

At the same time, we wanted to avoid abuse of the ferry system that would allow players to just "hop" around the map quickly without the need for much driving, so the ferry network is intentionally not as dense as in the real world.

[operario]

i want scandinavian dlc

[Ryzza5]

Mr Squirrel takes the plunge and will become a full-time content creator (YouTube/Twitch):

 

[CLR-GTR]

Because scandinavia.... you can never, have, enough, scandinavia. NEVER!!!

 

Trailers and cargo are an essential part of the world of Euro Truck Simulator 2. For Scandinavia add-on release, we are going to add several new trailer models for players to pull, we are also expanding the list of cargoes with over 80 new options.

 

 

As you can see on the screenshots, new trailers will range across multiple industries. These include wind farm parts, truck carrier rigs delivering trucks from Volvo Trucks and Scania factories to their respective dealers across Europe, and semi-trailers designed for transporting livestock. The new windmill set will be a part of Scandinavia DLC, while the livestock trailer and truck carriers should be a part of a new free game update for all users. This update will go out in sync with the release of the add-on.

 

 

 

Over 80 new cargoes are spread through several categories including: food, machinery, construction, ADR as well as general supplies. Of course each cargo has been assigned only to locations where it makes perfect sense to haul from or deliver to. As an example we went as far as separating farms into two groups: plant farm and animal farm. Each farm type of course has different production output and receiving needs. This trend is kept across the entire expansion with a lot of tweaks in the core game.

 

 

Questions about our planned release date are pouring at us every day. We hope to be able to announce official release date soon, we are still testing and fixing and improving, but we hope that the quality we expect of ourselves is within reach. Our goal is to put Scandinavia DLC in your hands within the next two months.

 

 

Before the release, we will most likely also go through another open beta round with the core game. For those participating in the beta, this would mean being able to take a look at things like the new trailers or the new daylight cycle system ahead of the Scandinavia official release.

 

 

Saucer: SCS Software's blog: Cargo for Scandinavia

[Andreas¹]

Another two months? :wait: They've been teasing forever about how it's coming closer and it's still two months left?

[Dmitrijs]

[CLR-GTR]

OMG, NO SCANDINAVIA NEWS! Instead this time: We Love Russia.

 

 

...No really, they do:

 

We were quite surprised when we realized that Russian players form the largest player community on our World of Trucks platform (if you are interested, the next five big communities include users from Germany, Great Britain, Brazil, Poland, and USA).

 

We would like to say "Thank You" to our fans in Russia by releasing a brand new truck paint job set for them today.

 

The Russian Paint Job DLC can be purchased from Steam Store using this link.

 

 

 

 

 

Sourski: SCS Software's blog: Russian Paint Jobs Pack is now available!

 

I quite like the first one, with that sort of vintage panel edge striping. I overtake a truck with such style graphics at least once a week, with the right colors for body and wheels and with some very shiny details it looks brilliant. :D

[The Compensator]

:ew:

 

Srsly, how long has been the DLC in the works? :rolleyes:

[Ryzza5]

I thought players could already custom-make their own liveries in ETS2 (i.e. Squirrel's custom paint job).

[The Compensator]

Yes, they can.

[Ryzza5]

So that plain white truck with a little flag on it is a bit of a joke then. :lol:

[The Compensator]

Well, guess they have made various versions of Russian trucks and for that one they didn't have time maybe? I'm not sure who would want to put his country flag on his plain truck, though.

[Ryzza5]

I just meant that even I could (probably) make that one, so to sell it is a bit redundant.

[The Compensator]

GOOD NEWZ!

 

We have some great news to share with you today: Our team has just managed to clear the last hurdle and get the final approval which will allow us to finally include Mercedes-Benz Actros in Euro Truck Simulator 2! Let us show you a bunch of screenshots that were used as a part of our showcase during the review process of the almost-finished truck model.

 

New Mercedes-Benz Actros truck will be available to all Euro Truck Simulator 2 owners for free as a part of game update shortly after Scandinavia DLC release.

 

 

 

 

SCS Software's blog: Mercedes-Benz joining the Euro Truck Simulator 2 garage soon!

[Andreas¹]

:damnit: I got all excited for a second xD I guess that's also good news, just not the good news I was waiting for :p