SCS Blog Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 We have received a lot of positive feedback to our recently-released ETS2 Special Transport DLC. We continue to work on it - more routes are coming as well as various subtle code improvements. Meanwhile, we are bombarded with questions about a comparable expansion for American Truck Simulator, and we feel that we should not keep you completely in the dark. We are happy to confirm that ATS will also receive its own oversize loads!Our vehicle team is currently building a bunch of new massive cargoes for ATS, so the route designers have to use placeholders for now. When the creators are setting up the route parameters, a ton of testing and iterating is required to make sure that the given cargo can get from point A to point B smoothly but with just the right level of challenge for the players. This is very time consuming, so we had better start on "scripting" the routes before the final cargo models are available. Let's take a look at a couple of screenshots below... You can see our special cargo placeholder trailer. Our designers use it to verify that a particular cargo we have in our plans will eventually fit through critical places of the in-game world. If it doesn't fit, usually we try to tweak the map, perhaps raise a bridge by a feet or two, or move a big rock a bit further from a tight bend on the road. If such a change would ruin the place, we have to find and set up an alternate route. As you can see, some places are rather tight, with only a few inches of space left to drive thru!Our Special Transport development team is spending a lot of time pulling this placeholder trailer, and as a joke they've started to call this weird empty box "the aquarium". When the vehicle team heard about it, they've decided to elaborate on this little joke. So now, when we're looking for suitable routes, we're also taking the SCS Hammerhead shark for a nice ride. :-) View the full article 8 Hurr durr I'm a bot *beep* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin. Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Oh, yes. Now these are some great news! Can't wait to see when it will be actually and fully released. Recruitment | Report a player | Feedback | Ban Appeal Guide | Rules | Server Status | Ban Appeal | Allowed Modifications Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Baker Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Good news. Thank you SCS for making good quality DLC's and of course game Hope TruckersMP will support Special Transport DLC soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[MCG] Kien Giang Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 look great. I hope DLC Special Transport for both ETS2 and ATS will release soon (MP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbleMuscles Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALTUNSOY. Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Really cool! I can't wait to see and drive the new cargoes! CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GPU : MSI Geforce RTX 2060 MOTHERBOARD : ASUS TUF B450-PLUS GAMING MEMORY : ADATA XPG 16GB (2x8GB) 3200Mhz SSD : CORSAIR 120GB 550MB - 500MB SSD : SAMSUNG 250GB 860 550MB - 520MB SSD : ADATA 480GB SU630 520MB - 450MB CASE : Cooler Master MasterBox MB511 PSU : Thermaltake Smart 700W 80+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamitCanKilic Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Good news but this time did not attract me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Good, ATS needs all the new content it can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Yeah, finally, something new is coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCipr Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Good news indeed. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Good to hear,i hope this makes ATS popular than.ATS really needs more players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 That's very good news. I'm very happy, officially. Waiting Impatiently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Nomad Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Challenge accepted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cenaa Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Awesome! I can't wait for it to be released! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aek177 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Looks absolutely amazing and cannot wait for it to come out. Aek177 | Report a user | Feedback about staff | Staff Recruitment | Rules | Staff List Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I thought they could just copy-paste most of the codes, but apparently it's a lot of extra work to create a version for ATS. I hope to see some fancy trailers when the DLC is done! More reasons to buy ATS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caff!!! Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 @StickyEaglemost of the hard work (AI for escort cars) in theory should work fine. The time consuming problem is having to adjust the map to allow for such cargo, planning cargo routes, making assets such as trailers and cargo to haul, and testing all of that to make sure it's as good as possible on launch. Independent driver On 8/28/2018 at 2:16 PM, caff!!! said: to quote Revolver Ocelot: I love to reload shift gears during a battle delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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