Quick Update Note

So now that 1.50 Experimental Beta has been officially released I just wanted to update you all with what to expect.

My ETS2 Trailer mod update is pretty much ready to go. But I plan to run it through the new conversion tools for 1.50 which will mean the mod will be limited to 1.50 due to changes in the SCS files. It WILL NOT work on older versions due to the new conversion tools.

Busy Busy…

This past couple of week has been rather busy for me from a modding perspective. It’s been very rare that I’ve had the desire to do very much since the PC went bye bye last year.

But this past two weeks I’ve been more productive than I have been in a long long time. Not only have I finished the SDC reworks, as mentioned in the previous blog, I’ve also completed the food tanker addition and made two additional light units.

1.50 & The Trailer Pack

So I’ve finally got myself back to a point where I feel V9 of the trailer mod is ready to go. The SDC trailers are now separated into their own section and will appear in the own group in game. Although I think it’s ready to go, I won’t be updating it until SCS release game update 1.50 – I may do it during Open Beta or I until the full release is out.

For mod users I highly suggest deleting any owned SDC trailers from the mod that are in your garage before updating game version/mod. In theory there shouldn’t be any crashes, but I can’t guarantee it and the old versions will have multiple issues and missing things.

This change does mean any custom skins for these SDC trailers will need def updates to work again. For those of you who have your own skins or modders who have made public skins the folder change is as follows:

Instead of /def/vehicle/trailer_owned/ijs.curt/

The new location will be /def/vehicle/trailer_owned/ijssdc.sdc/

The body names for the SDC/SDR/SDQ will remain the same however the standard size curtain will now be ijs_sdc_n and the new aeroliner body will be ijs_sdc_a.

Other changes will include removed parts that I feel no longer belong on the standard trailers such as the exclusive aero skirts from SDC (though the standard one will remain).

As for the future of the mod; those of you on my FB group already know I am working on a custom food tanker, it’ll have similar options to the existing trailers. I also plan to retrofit rear bumpers to match how the SDC ones now work (separate bumper/lights/number plates).

From here my plan is to start updating my combo mods that contain SDC skins so that they can all be updated along with the the trailer mod for those that use them.

1.50 & Truck Accessory Pack Update

In a previous (now deleted) post I mentioned that I would be merging the Truck Accessory Pack and the Scania MG DLC Addon into one using the new base folder and dlc_ folder structures.

This plan has been scrapped. Simply put this system is highly limiting and barely functional.

Truck With Pride

It’s been a little while since this mod last had an update. So I’ve added since new things.

First up for the back wall of the trucks:

Agender, aromantic, bigender, demigirl, demiboy, furry Pride (2 variants), genderfluid, genderqueer, lesbian, polysexual, polyamory, and trigender flags have been added.

ATS Truck Accessory Pack

Another small update to the truck accessory pack for 3 more trucks.

The Peterbilt 389 gets painted grills, painted mudguards, and painted front bumpers

The VNL 14 gets cabflare strobes and painted bullbars

The VNL 18 gets some painted bullbars, painted mirror aero, painted grills, painted filters, painted bug deflectors, and sunshield with beacons.

In time I may add more painted grill variants for the new VNL, but I felt this was enough for now.

ATS – Truck Accessory Pack

For the first update of 2024 you’ll be getting some new parts for the ATS Truck Pack. This is the first of many planned updates for this mod and I will be going through it truck by truck.

Below is a full list of new additions.

Truck Accessory Pack Update

Well it took a little longer than planned, mostly because I couldn’t be bothered to do anything as of late. But the ETS2 Truck Accessory pack has been updated and now includes so parts for the DAF XD.

Full list of updates:

Painted AI Vans Update

Just a small update I’ve been working on. The “real” companies painted ai vans pack now has a UK Police van, Patient transport van, and first responder car for AI traffic.

Update also officially adds the mp_optional tag.

1.49 Updates

I’ve pushed through some updates for Carlile and Sargento Cheese mods so spawning should be correct for Texas, Oklahomo, and the upcoming Kansas release.

The ATS Truck accessory pack has also been updated. There are now transparent blue, green, red, yellow, and turquoise hood deflectors as well as the blue hood deflector and painted sunshields for the T680.