Practice Makes Perfect

Well they say 'practice makes perfect', and I've been doing a fair bit of it, and I think it's beginning to pay off by the log trailer full, a few screenshots from Farming Simulator 2015 with some of my loaded log trailer, what do you guys think?

Dashboards at night

Just today we have finished programming one more neat feature - support for different color dashboard button back-light. Until now we were limited just to white back-light, but in reality way more color variety is used by truck manufacturers.

The screenshot below shows that immediately we have started improving the just-released Euro 6 DAF, for the next Euro Truck Simulator 2 update we would like to improve as much of our truck fleet for night driving as possible.

We have a plea for the real truckers among you. Finding good reference is very hard for us. We have taken tons of photos and videos of interiors while we test-drive the trucks, but we had seldom done so in the dark. If you have access to a truck featured in our game, would you be so kind to send us a photograph of the interior, with engine and lights on, taken in the evening? To give us a clear idea of the night-lit dashboard, you would have to take it without use of flash, so that the elements of the dashboard can be recognizable.

We have created a special section for this research on our message board, if you want to contribute to our know-how, please follow this URL:http://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=152. Thank you!

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - 1.14 DAF Update is live!

Today's release marks the end of another fruitful beta testing period – during the testing phase, the community has yet again helped us pinpoint and resolve important issues prior to public release of the update.

We would like to thank all of the beta participants for helping us shape the final version of the update, your constant support allows us to create the definitive truck simulation experience.

Check out some fresh images of the new DAF XF Euro 6 truck below. OK, to make the best impression, we have cheated a bit when making those pictures. The vehicle is featured in new areas of the virtual world of ETS2 to be released as part of Scandinavia DLC, already under new 'light and skies' – a new approach to day/night cycle that we are developing now. A little hint of what to expect in future updates! :)

 

Here is the short version of what this update is bringing to you (expanded version):

Data

New truck: DAF XF Euro 6
Added three new 6-wheeled chassis for (almost) all trucks
Substantial data fixes in most chassis


Code

Liftable axles
Speed limit shown on dashboard GPS
Truck browser shows all upgrades and their level requirements
Increased damage for overturned vehicles
Higher penalties for damaged cargo (both xp and money)
Camera rotation based on steering and blinkers
Traffic improvement


Steam and online services

Steam Rich Presence: job information in "View Game Info" in the Steam friends list
Screenshot images contain additional metadata (game state, vehicle, camera)
Upload your World of Trucks profile truck from the in-game Screenshot Manager


Modding

New cargo definition structure
Per-sector weather climate profiles
Goto console command now accepts city names or their fragments (eg "goto aber" teleports camera to Aberdeen)

( How To ) Farming Simulator 15 Bale Wrap Tutorial

A short video showing how to create the correct bales to be able to use the standard ingame bale wrapper ( using all Giants own ingame models )

Life of a virtual trucker part 44 (Bratislava To Dresden)

Well it has been some time since I posted a new life of a virtual trucker video, so here is episode 44, only a short little hop from Bratislava to Dresden just to ease myself back into it, enjoy, as usual all comments are welcome