[SCS Blog] American Truck Simulator Update 1.31 Open Beta

[SCS Blog]

We are making American Truck Simulator Update 1.31 accessible in Open Beta form today. We are starting a little rough this time, with several known issues, but at the same time, we are eager to collect feedback and reports already to help us finalize this update ASAP. Open Beta 1.31 for ETS2 should follow in a matter of a few days.

This update brings a mix of new things in many areas of our games. For those of you focused on truck realism, there are simulated trailer cables (with different visibility options) and improved mirror functionality. Explorers taking the CA120 into Yosemite National Park right away - be advised that in National Parks there are some regulations about commercial trucking. And finally, there are also new bottom dumper trailers coming in three versions.

There are also some smaller changes; 1.31 brings a few items from players' wish lists. We are introducing a new filter option for job and cargo search, or better precision of trip data for dashboard computer. As always, we have applied a ton of various fixes and tweaks. There is also one noteworthy change - from now on, when you reload/restart the game or if the gameplay repositions your vehicle to a new place, and you "spawn" in your truck, the parking brake will be always automatically set to ON, so that the vehicle may never start moving on its own unintentionally.

There are also some changes in tools and mods category. We are currently in the middle of a massive tech change in how our map designers apply textures, materials, and vegetation to road segments. Of course, this will also apply to the mod creators going forward. Historically, we have used a concept of "stamps" with pre-designed patterns to conserve memory and disk space, but we are abandoning this approach, and letting the map designers just "paint" surface properties with a "brush." This will bring more freedom and flexibility to map design; it should make the work more effective when a map designer is in need of a particular terrain feature. For the time being though, it means that map mods will have to be re-touched and re-saved with the new system, so things will need to settle down until everybody catches up. With the cleanup of map import code, we have also dropped support for very old (pre-4.38 format) maps so mods that are no longer maintained (were last saved as of Feb 2017) cannot be loaded in the current version of the game. We hope that this is not really an issue for any mods in current use.

Anyway - enjoy all the new additions, but please remember: It's only an open beta, not a stable public version so you may encounter bugs, instability, and kinks. It's completely okay if you want to wait for the final release. But if you're interested in helping us to move there faster, we'll appreciate all of your feedback on our forum and your bug reports in this section.

MAIN FEATURES:

• Power/air lines between truck and trailer(s)
• Improved mirror rendering (head position-based FOV, properly curved mirrors)
• New road through Yosemite added (CA-120)
• New trailers (bottom dumpers)

MINOR CHANGES:

• Job selection screens have new filter and cargo search elements (will be added later)
• Parking brake automatically ON after truck spawn (g_park_brake_init)
• Screenshot name format now based on date and time
• Increased precision trip data (dashboard computer display)
• Fixed torque converter locking
• Fixed damaged predefined trucks in dealers and quick jobs
• Fixed trailer damage reporting
• Fixed HDR interpolation

TOOLS/ MOD:

• New terrain brushes in the map editor
• Dropped support of the old maps (pre 4.38, due to brushes)
• Mirror_data
• A trailer could be registered as standalone or not 
• Variable shift length
• Truck dealer trucks are not on the list anymore, the game reads all units in given directory 
• Steerable wheel independent on wheel model 
• Dropped support for old attributes

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[Elysia ELF]

Nice, 

I will take part

[Smalley]

Hmm, I may take a look at this update. Thank you SCS! Looking forward to the ets2 update 

[MikeOG]

I think I am going to take a look, one of the updates that I've been waiting a long time for.

[Asatelon]

Well let's download the beta and have a look to the new features! I am going to take part for sure.

The discriptions of the new features looks promising.

It is nice to see an update for ats.

[Sticky]

This update gives me more and more reasons to buy ATS next Steam sale! I'm waiting patiently, only 10 weeks to go! 

[Guest]

İnteresting. Sounds like a nice update. So I ll take the discount(on steam).  

[Killua // Ireland ^_^]

this sounds like its gonna ba a great update, Th SCS Now looking forward to the ETS2 one

[RussellakaBigTruckerUk1]

so when is it gonna be available to download as its not there atm

[[WT] AlexXX]

@!([RUSSELL])! the beta name isn´t showing correctly, you need to take 1.30 public beta for the 1.31

[TruckerStefan]

This update looks great even from the start  Thanks SCS 

[caff!!!]

I spy a trailer_customization.sii in the game's files, I wonder if owning your own trailers is going to be a thing soon

[Aek177]

Looks like the experience will be slightly better now. Thanks for this it will make me play ATS a little more

[Zulnex]

51 minutes ago, caff!!! said:

I spy a trailer_customization.sii in the game's files, I wonder if owning your own trailers is going to be a thing soon

That would be splendid!

[ALTUNSOY.]

Wow, thank You SCS!

[Guest]

I'll definitely have a look, seems to be a very cool beta! 

Thanks, SCS! 

[Lukas4544 [LTU]]

Amazing !!! 

[Guest]

Finally realistic mirror FOV, not only does this improve "mirror parking" but may also improve overtake safety in MP.

 

Driving video of Tioga Pass (route starts @ 4:10)

[[ATL] VLAD (UA)]

Nice update, thanks scs, waiting ETS)

16 hours ago, caff!!! said:

I spy a trailer_customization.sii in the game's files, I wonder if owning your own trailers is going to be a thing soon

It is interesting, you can attach a screenshot with these files, I think before the end of the year the scs will present tandems or a own  trailer) thanks.

[caff!!!]

@[ATL] DALNOBOY UA sure, although the contents of the file aren't that interesting.  Compared to other scene files, it's got way less options so it's most likely a very early work in progress.

SiiNunit
{
ui_truck_scene_base_config : _nameless.config {

	light_direction: (-1.5, -7.0, -1.5)
	light_ambient: (0.35, 0.35, 0.35)
	light_diffuse: (2.0, 2.0, 2.0)
	light_specular: (0.5, 0.5, 0.5)

	camera_position: (-12, 1.5, -20.5)
	camera_aim: ( 0.0, 2.4, -3.4 )
	camera_fov: 27
	camera_stereo_convergence: 2.5
}
}

 

Edited April 14, 2018 by caff!!!

[[ATL] VLAD (UA)]

7 minutes ago, caff!!! said:

@[ATL] DALNOBOY UA sure, although the contents of the file aren't that interesting.  Compared to other scene files, it's got way less options so it's most likely a very early work in progress.

SiiNunit
{
ui_truck_scene_base_config : _nameless.config {

	light_direction: (-1.5, -7.0, -1.5)
	light_ambient: (0.35, 0.35, 0.35)
	light_diffuse: (2.0, 2.0, 2.0)
	light_specular: (0.5, 0.5, 0.5)

	camera_position: (-12, 1.5, -20.5)
	camera_aim: ( 0.0, 2.4, -3.4 )
	camera_fov: 27
	camera_stereo_convergence: 2.5
}
}

 

thanks, one thing is clear that the developers are working on this, which can not please)

[R.O.C_Sameual]

Nice,hope ETS2 also catch up~

[[ATL] VLAD (UA)]

2 hours ago, R.O.C_Samuel said:

Nice,hope ETS2 also catch up~

I think ets will be more interesting than ats)

[Skorpion_TMP]

It show great. I need to buy ats so fast

[Guest]

It is nice update, thanks)