Adding Graphics Mods To TruckersMP

[Vince.]

 

Suggestion Name: Adding Graphics Mods 

Suggestion Description: It would be cool and nice to add some graphics mods to improve the realism in the shadowing, ground textures, and sky-box.

Any example images: https://gyazo.com/d6d340c87e910948c2c82d4f1ca4346a , https://gyazo.com/50a0e9a1e2262afa42a2b07e6b2040b5

Why should it be added?: I think this should be added so we don't have to use the default SCS graphics and have some more variety in the sim. I know there are many graphics mods out there but one to keep an eye on is FRKN64's Realistic Graphics Mod for ATS and ETS2 which is getting updated on a regular basis when needed. This doesn't need to be forced due to low performance users but just for those who are looking for some great quality driving, kinda like the Frosty Winter Mod. 

[Suleyman.53]

Hello Dear @Endy_

 

Firstly thank you for your suggestion.Unfortunately, I will reject your suggestion. Because TruckersMP does not support 3rd party mods.

 

Please, next time search before creating new suggestion.

 

On 3/7/2019 at 8:38 PM, Kap said:

Add mod *:
Generally, we don't add 3rd party mods except for aesthetic ones, this is because map mods bring a whole lot of different issues that we necessarily can't handle. Mods that affect the truck are also generally not accepted since they can have unexpected consequences similar to what we see with save file editing (parts in locations where SCS didn't intend causing crashes, etc.).

 

Modifications generally slow down the process of updating the TruckersMP Client to latest SCS Game version after an update. Whenever there is an update to the game, the mod most likely needs work to be done, which can take some time to port over to new version, this is one of the reasons behind not having mods. 

 

The major blocker is the distribution of mods, the larger the mod, the harder it is to distribute. P2p would be an "easy" way, though it still requires infrastructure, in distributing the winter mod, we recently had support from 10gbps.io, even then we pinned a 10Gb port for hours on end, imagine that we'd need that kind of beef every time we updated the mod. Even if we'd get the tail to come quicker, the initial seed is necessary. Add to that, you have to provide a backup since many networks disallow p2p traffic.

 

We could put the mod behind a paywall, but this is something we rather not, we believe that this mod should be freely available to anyone, with the only requirement being a purchase of either ETS2 or ATS.

 

If you have any further questions, Feel free to contact me. 

 

Thank you for understanding.

 

//Rejected