Forerunner

Hopefully I'll be able to get my mod site running in the next few weeks, but I'm also thinking of setting up a blog (already in the making) and possibly a Twitter account to post progress and updates to. The new website will not only feature MP mods, but will feature some of the SP mods I make and any mod tools that I release.

Would people like to see video or written guides on save editing and ETS2/ATS modding in general? I'm happy to do either or even a live stream of just making a mod (depending of whether twitch allows it, since it is game related)

Any opinions greatly appreciated.

Going live on Twitch shortly with this:

https://www.twitch.tv/forerunner_tmp

Oh, and traffic is set to 7x the default.

Decided to make a trailer based on the "Denby Eco-Link":

Basically the "Denby Eco-Link" was an attempt at a UK legal LHV using steering on the first trailer to ensure the turning circle was complied with; however it was not allowed for many legal reasons (I was a nerd enough to read the Road Traffic Act to find them ).

At this point in time, this is NOT going to be released or sent to anyone. Once it is finished and working properly, and SCS have released the updated, I plan to release this. For those who are curious the screenshots are in ATS with ETS2's content. Too bad this'll never be in MP.

More "ETS2" double trailers:

and a test of mixing the 2 Heavy Cargo DLCs (since I saw a truck in the UK with this sort of combination):

ETS2 double trailer, not using a special MP build:

Just went for my first ATSmp drive in a long time (not counting the staff races as a drive). went quite well, had 1 player being a bit troublesome but not malicious or harmful enough to warrant a report in my opinion.

and a screenshot of the truck because why not.

For those curious as to how the new trailers look for people without the DLC:

However to people without the DLC they wont have cargo. And yes, I did make them.

Trying out different combinations for when MP supports the DLC. Sticking to 1 full-length trailer at a time.

well I got this round into this quarry so i'd say its manoeuvrable enough.

Took about 1 minute 30 seconds to reverse this into here:

not perfect but gets it off the road. this is the Voltison garage in Santa Maria if your curious.

I'll mostly play ATS in singleplayer as its too quiet in MP even with this new DLC it'll only be busy for a week or 2. So I have sorted my singleplayer truck out:

Close up view of the Trailer:

The 'A Trailer' (as its known in B Doubles) is made from a shortened Fuel trailer with the chassis frame lowered at the back slightly.

View of the 2nd trailer with how the joint looks:

I could add more trailers (and may for some pics), but this is mainly what i'll drive in singleplayer as I can never take this into MP. Once ETS2 supports these I may take them 'across the pond' so to speak and drive them around ProMods.

Doing some reversing practice for the next ETS2 update:

And ATS roadtrain now working!

That is a total of 6 trailers.

Tried getting a roadtrain to work by save editing. Computer said 'NOPE':

all ETS2 trailers, including the little one (and the mp dolly)

Managed to get my truck to spawn as an AI truck. Has some strange affects:

Mirrors were messed up (as you can see in the pictures), had to F9 to a fuel station as the vehicle had absolutely no fuel when spawned. And... it crashed the game when I tried to exit, I assume it tried to save my truck and expected a player vehicle.

This is in singleplayer as I have a feeling this may cause BIG problems if you tried taking it into MP (don't try it please). I did this to see if I could get the AI multiple trailers to work for a player (doesn't work, tried it months ago) and still doesn't work.

Been almost 1 year since I took this screenshot (2nd June 2016 - ETS2 V1.23). Lower power PC (Nvidia GT 705) then hence the low graphics. Hopefully soon this will be in SP and maybe, just maybe, in MP (depends on rules, what the client can handle etc.)

Screenshot preview of my next twitch stream:

Stream no offline. Stream went well, hit a few minor objects but still pretty good. As promised here are the 2 pics I took while on stream:

haha - Renault + roadtrain lol

Once again, thanks for watching (to those who watched )

Streaming live now: Roadtrain on C-D road (3 trailers)

https://www.twitch.tv/forerunner_tmp

not connected to mp, obviously. Will likely drive down to Paris afterwards

Had a look at how a couple of VTC paints (HMFL and old HET) would have looked if they'd been around when ets2 first released:

Vision has changed slightly but Sunrise has changed completely. Also you had to re-paint separately from the upgrade shop.

Will be streaming later today, will be in one of these vehicles:

Or maybe a 'new' one. Obviously though they'd be in HMFL colours with the trailers painted as well (with logo, not MP usable)

Simulator central was great  Congratulations to all the winners of the various prizes. Good to see such a great turn out to a community event!

In other news:

HMFL also revealed the first Virtual Truck Dealership while there -

We turned up in a set of one of the new truck ranges - the Velven MP16

More info: http://hmflvtc.wixsite.com/home/dealership

As said before, I cant release them and nor are they going to be on MP.

To anyone who is having issues with any of my mods: just saying that they don't work does not help. if you encounter an issue or crash or similar, exit the game and upload & PM me game.log.txt before restarting the game. This is the only way I can know what is going wrong, which I need to know in order to fix them.