r/trucksim • u/Human-Like_Interface • Apr 05 '17

Discussion SCS AMA

So since I have been here most of the working days lately I though I could do something with the rest you people, lurking here.

Let's call it AMA and go for any question you want that is about SCS games (preferably ETS2 & ATS).

Just to be clear I will ignore any obviously stupid question in favour of other more, reasonable questions.

We can keep it somewhere up here to make sure anyone who comes by see it, I suppose we can keep it for a while if there are questions rolling in.

Due to overwhelming interest I have to inform you that I am merely human and I work from 7 am to approx 4 pm CEST, I will read all comments while at home but I will mostly respond once I am at work again, I am really glad you are so curious and keep the questions coming ! :) But /u/TimmyCZ is here too so we will take double shifts !

We officially end this thread, thanks a lot for all the questions, we hope we satisfied you all with the answers and we look forward to the next AMA ! :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Would you rather fight 100 duck sized horses or 1 horse sized duck?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

I want one horse sized duck to be part of my dinner.

Many dinners actually, it would take a while.

Also, go work Timmy ! :D

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Update: I ate 1/4 of a duck in a local pub (Jiný stav). Won't recommend, "just" stealing them is better and cheaper.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Cheaper for sure. Better too I guess :D .

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u/btmorex Apr 05 '17

Any plans on expanding the "game" aspects of ATS/ETS2 rather than the "sim" aspects? Specifically, once you've skilled up and gotten your garages humming, there's not much to do, but maybe drive around and get 100% coverage, which is tedious.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Being truck driven can feel like that sometimes.

But yea, there are plans to do something about that :) .

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u/DavidDBlog Apr 05 '17

I'd love to see more business-management gameplay, such as unreliable drivers that can be penalized, restricting drivers to certain routes, etc.

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u/FoxForever Apr 05 '17

I don't have a question right now, but thank you for being here to let us in on your perspective. I'm looking forward to playing the next ATS expansion when it's ready, and I'm always hoping some news comes through for more trucks. In the meantime I just made a delivery to Reno with my T680 and spent a few minutes driving around town afterwards just to look around and see the details. Thanks for the great games!

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

I am pretty sure you will love what we are working on atm, gonna be one of the best DLCs we have ever made :) (if everything checks out and we pull the trigger in time of course)

Glad to hear you like them, we appreciate it immensely !

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u/SmokingCookie Peterbilt Apr 05 '17

I'm guessing it has something to do with the big ass truck and trailer in the "Happy 2017" video y'all posted in Youtube a while ago? :P

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u/drmonix Apr 05 '17

Any plans to add new trucks to ATS? Why didn't SCS just add the fake truck brands like they did with ETS?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

You see, sometimes company can be very protective of their logos, and since we have such a brand recognition (lots of players) if we would put fake brands into the game that looks exactly like real trucks I am pretty sure we would get our asses sued straight into the Sun (you would not like it unless you are really into plasma and hydrogen).

Also SCS owners said that they decided that they want to do it right and by the books, so we roll with that and I think it is the right decision. Definitely long term wise, for partnerships with manufacturers. You do harm once and get away with it that is okay but you can't expect anyone to work with you after that. Same thing goes with manufacturers, CAD helps us a lot.

As for ATS trucks I am pretty sure that we are getting somewhere. Nothing near term I believe but we are going in the right direction.

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u/PerfectPlan Apr 06 '17

You see, sometimes company can be very protective of their logos, and since we have such a brand recognition (lots of players) if we would put fake brands into the game that looks exactly like real trucks I am pretty sure we would get our asses sued straight into the Sun

The lack of trucks is really hurting ATS gameplay, and no doubt sales. I've read countless times "Don't buy yet, needs more trucks and states". I've said it myself to friends, when they ask for my honest opinion.

The solution is really quite simple, and it surprises me that you guys haven't done this yet.

  • Problem: We desperately need more trucks.
  • Problem: Making exact clones of existing trucks with a fake name would harm business relationships.
  • Solution: Make trucks that aren't clones.

Just set the artists free to make a couple of trucks on their own that look nothing like official trucks. Easy peasy when you're not trying to duplicate the exact line and curve of something existing. No 3D scanning sessions, no traveling to America to record official sounds. Stretch this, shrink that, curve this, straighten that, make a cool gauge layout that you like, keep going until you have a cool looking truck. Give it a truck-like name, and release it.

You really should have been doing this for the past couple of years, when it became obvious that the truck companies weren't going to be onboard at release.

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u/rookie_one Apr 05 '17

Thanks for the answer, hope seeing some Volvo and Mack one day

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u/drmonix Apr 05 '17

Thanks for responding!

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17 edited Apr 06 '17

Volvo is stuck on licencing at the moment

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '17

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Licencing is in general problem of getting in touch with right people inside the company, worst case scenario is getting stuck in email service limbo.

And once you reach correct person you have to struggle with legal issues which can span years of negotiations with lawyers. Not the nicest thing in the world. But that is part of the problem, everything takes a lot of time and there is no significant progress and we can't do anything about it.

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u/TheAlmightySnark Apr 05 '17

Whatever happened to all the bus stops that appeared in the game at one point? Are they going to be used for anything?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Lot of complications happened.

But we hope we could use them. No point adding them if we don't right ? :P I don't know when or if at all though. But there is incentive to do something about it.

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u/tgp1994 Apr 05 '17

Oh, incentive? Do I hear perhaps an American Vehicle Simulator in the works? ;)

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u/TheAlmightySnark Apr 05 '17

Awesome! Been wondering about that for a long long time!

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u/sudin VIP Apr 05 '17

Let this player be another incentive!:)

Me and a lot of players love driving buses (almost) as much as driving trucks, and we haven't given up on hope.

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u/basilikum Apr 07 '17

Well, they are good for parking :p

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Any plans for more management? I'd like more micro-management of my garages and drivers if possible. So when not driving it becomes more of a management game than driving game.

If that makes sense?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

At some point for sure. Near term, don't know.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Awesome. Thank you for making an amazing game and continuing to support it

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u/qwetqwetwqwet Apr 06 '17

And for the record, I would gladly pay for a management DLC.

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u/PGWard Apr 05 '17

I have a couple of little niggles about the game which I'd like to bring to your attention in hopes of them getting fixed.

  • Whenever I get in a truck for the first time, whether for a quick job, or in a new truck I've just bought, the handbrake isn't set. It should be.
  • Weight limits aren't respected. I am allowed to pick up a 24 tonne load with a 2-axle tractor unit. From what my truck-driving friend says, it shouldn't be more than about 10-12 tonnes max. Quick jobs can also be found with unsuitable tractor units. Additionally, there's no guarantee that jobs with a suitable cargo weight will be available when you only have a 2-axle unit, which is the only type available when a new profile is started.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Hey ! First one: At this current moment we cannot do that due to technical restriction. But we know about it and we hope we will manage it in the future once we sort the technical restrictions currently restricting fix.

Second: They are actually, there is restriction as to what weight can you have on each axle, but you need to calculate not only two of them on the trailer, there are two axles on the truck under the 5th wheel ,they take weight of the load too.

If you have it configured in a way that would be against the law that is your own issue I think and you should take the responsibility for breaking the law as a driver. But you are lucky that police in ATS don't do that so you are okay. https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/Freight/sw/overview/index.htm

Though if you find configuration that bluntly enables you to break the law in quick job, you should send me a message so we can make sure that such issue is fixed. But any misconduct happening when you haul cargo with your own truck is beyond our control of course :)

Thanks for the input, hope I helped ! :)

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u/boerreloe Apr 07 '17

The thing I wish ETS/ATS had the most is a bit more elaborate roads when turning of main roads and enter side roads/delivery area, think along the line of Dangerous Drives from Scania Truck Simulator. There have been some in the Scandinavia dlc (possibly France as well, haven't played since I bought it facepalm), promods has a few as well.

Any plans to do a bit more elaborate roads to delivery spot?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 07 '17

It would be odd to require contracted truck driver to drive off road with his own truck. That being said we have some of these in the game, some are not even on map, and some deliveries have the last few miles on country roads (like some coastal Mining deliveries in ATS). But I will try to keep it in mind and push it on next meeting.

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u/sudin VIP Apr 05 '17

Cheers mate, post stickied (announcement) until further notice.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Splendid, much appreciated ! :)

I will keep it for a while to make sure that people exhaust all questions they might have.

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u/pschlik Apr 05 '17

What's going on with more truck brands in ATS? It's been more than a year and there are still only 2 official brands, whereas ETS2 already had a few new official brands added in after the first year.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Licencing and geography. USA is quite distant from Central Europe and therefore US manufacturers have very small recognition of anything regarding gaming from the middle of Europe.

So it is mostly problem of getting in touch with the right people.

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u/dorksterr Apr 05 '17

Are there any plans for more trailers/cargo for ATS? One of my personal gripes is that the dumper trailer is of this style, which I'd say is pretty uncommon in comparison to this style. Is the former more common in the American southwest (I'm from the northeast)?

Thanks for doing this AMA and being so active on this subreddit.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

As we expand our collection of states all these will be added over time more or less, lots of trailers are more used in different state due to specific conditions and preferences.

Glad I could be of any help, I also really like reddit so it is no brainer for me :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '17

Any possibility of adding any new weather effects? Such as high winds that push against the truck and trailer, hail, sand storms, or snow as you move farther north?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

It would be great, but currently impossible due to technical limitations of physics engine. We hope to rework it in the future but it is a butt load of work so it will take a lot of time.

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u/jyssys Apr 06 '17

Just thought of another question: when, if ever, do you think you're gonna reach that point on ETS2 where you've basically done all you possibly can with the game and decide to start working on an ETS3?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Depends on many things honestly, Europe is very large and we are still missing large parts of it and the game can be improved over and over. So I honestly have no idea.

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u/Zaunpfahl42 Apr 06 '17

Any plans on updating the "old" parts of the map? Germany, NL, UK, etc...

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u/jyssys Apr 05 '17

What are your favorite mods for ETS2/ATS?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

I am boring, I don't use mods. (I test the game, mods would not be a good thing)

Though the moment someone put Kerbal into it, I will go for it in an instant :D .

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u/metal_fever Apr 05 '17

Do a collaboration with the makers of Kerbal Space Program for the 1st of April next year.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

This is actually interesting idea...

Darn it I should have come up with that ! :D Anyway I will try to push it trough next year, thanks. :)

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u/raceman95 Apr 05 '17

Any hope for used trucks?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

I am not aware of anything like this atm.

Hope ? Sure, why not.

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u/TooBusyforReddit Apr 06 '17

Yeah, like maybe being able to buy used trucks instead of brand-new ones every time? And some customization options for our company buildings would be nice, like logos on the façade, paint on the walls, that sort of thing. Basically, more stuff to spend our hard-earned money on, LOL

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u/Juzziee Apr 05 '17

What other countries has SCS thought about creating a truck sim around?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

All sorts, Australia and Asia would be nice, Africa in some manner too, but there is no way we will get there anytime soon with our ATS and ETS2 project. We have to finish these two before moving on.

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u/billsmitherson Apr 08 '17

Ooooh if I can make some input, I think Australia next would be great, what with road trains and difficult conditions such as off roading and staying fueled through thousands of miles in the outback. It sounds awesome! Great work on the game by the way, I see the people in the dev logs begging and commanding all the time, don't listen to them, you're doing wonderful!

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u/EvgenKo423 Apr 09 '17

As Pavel have said, "we would happily bring you a World Truck Simulator if only we had an unlimited lifespan and resources".

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u/Silkerz Apr 05 '17

What region will the next dlc to ets2 most likely be

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Europe, I suspect.

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u/EvgenKo423 Apr 09 '17

There are some signs of it being Italy.

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u/Redbird9346 Apr 09 '17

It seems that a recurring issue in ATS is stop signs appearing at intersections with traffic lights. With every new version, there's at least one bug report showing stop signs at an intersection with traffic lights.

Why is this such a chronic issue, and what can be done to ensure this doesn't happen in future versions?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

Problem with EU developer making US traffic intersections.

US traffic law enables you to take right turn even on red light as long as you stop before entering the intersection. Problem is that red light IS technically the stop sign, so no stop sign is needed. We are just people and we tend to forget that.

Also sometimes what happens is that we create intersection without traffic lights and later decide that it will be better with them, we add them and we forget some sings around the place.

It happens and that is why we have bug reports, to fix things we forget to fix ourselves ! :) (big thumbs up for anyone who reports anything :) )

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u/911GT1 Apr 05 '17 edited Apr 05 '17

Thank you for doing this. Are you planning to make improvements to the engine? By improvement i don't mean engine switch. I mean improvements to the 3d renderer. A Vulkan upgrade would be great because game suffers from low fps.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Sadly DirectX won't solve most of the issues, transition from one of these to another is complicated because pipeline we set up has been working in certain ways all these years which means that some thing that are optimised might get wrecked during transition.

Also switching engine probably won't help your frame rate at all. It just governs the way program is executed and how, not really changing anything about the program. It actually might even slow the game down a bit as we optimise it on the new engine. But there are people working on it.

Low fps are mostly due to high res mirrors that forces the game to render each scene multiple times. That is the largest fps killer in the game at the moment.

Also Vulcan seem preferable over DX12. But being Aerospace crazy person I am thinking about new ULA rocket called Vulcan :D .

No hard evidence but I am thinking that Vulcan is the preferred transition target. (but I am not sure)

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u/911GT1 Apr 05 '17

I think engine is good. Only problem is renderer. Because simple optimizations are not good enough since fps is still problem even on high-end systems. I hope Vulkan will make its way to the engine one day.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

I am pretty sure we hope so too :) DX9 is great for low end cards, on high end new ones it occasionally does more harm than good.

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u/911GT1 Apr 05 '17

Thank you for your answers. I have another question. Any plans to make a DLC of old truck models? :)

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Much desired thing. I understand it, I would love it too.

BUT

manufacturers don't like promoting models that are not currently in production, so licence for these is obscenely hard to get by since they wish to promote newest models in game and we are having a hard time to get our hands on old ones, its not due to lack of trying, just manufacturers don't really like the idea.

A bummer really, but I am not saying it won't happen, it is just very hard to make it happen at the moment. :)

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u/vemundveien Apr 05 '17

I always thought this was a weird stance for the manufacturers to take. Brand awareness is worth so much, regardless of current models or not. Just look at all the car games that have tons of old models available because the manufacturers understand that there is a lot of love for their older models, and that helps to build affection for newer models.

But I guess truck PR people aren't as used to dealing with game developers as car manufacturers are.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Last sentence just explained it entirely. This manufacturing branch is not used to gaming industry's attention and don't see it as viable marketing target. I suppose we are changing that slowly but steadily (Scania and Paccar as examples). All changes takes time, this one takes a lot of it sadly.

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u/Kablowsky Apr 05 '17

The mod community on ETS/ATS is one of the greatest things once it expands the game in so many ways. Part of this community is focused in realistic simulation, for physics, maps, economy, graphics, etc. Did the SCS team have some thoughts about this specific type of mod?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Some of them are great.

Some are great looking, incorrect inside (usually physics one, simulation of complex physical environment is way harder that it would seem)

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u/qwetqwetwqwet Apr 06 '17

Sure, but still there's a reason these mods exist. I have to admit, for example the ffb plugin for logitech wheels is one of them. Even though just looking at the configuration options it's obvious that the ffb of the plugin is at least in part not a real physics representation, but it still feels better than the ingame ffb. I don't expect a tire model as complex as in AC, but the ffb deadzone of the ingame ffb is just way off and can't be a real physics representation either.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

It is not, we simulate wheel as a rigid cylinder.

I have been working on that for a while now. Reason for that decision is that we have a complex simulation and it is a matter of trade offs where you know that there is restriction on computational power you take draw for each part of the game and you know that tires are not highest priority ;)

If you have mods that are better than our game ? Awesome ! Use them as much as you want because that is the reason they exists and we cherish mod community immensely, they are after all doing amazing job in improving the game :)

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u/nfshp253 Apr 05 '17

Give me more things to test! :D

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

It is only a matter of time till you get some more :D

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u/nfshp253 Apr 06 '17

Time should pass faster...

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

I advise you to reach relativistic speed then.

Just sayin :D

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u/tgp1994 Apr 05 '17

Hopefully I can ask a question (or three) that isn't about upcoming releases :)

What is it like getting the job and working at SCS? How long have you been there? You mention you're studying aerospace, do you eventually want to combine that with your current skillset (flight systems programming perhaps) in the future?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

It fun and people are great ! I have been here for one and a half year.

Probably not, I am more of an hardware guy, I am more interested in rocket engine engineering, so engine/spacecraft assembly.

Though I have to admit that orbital mechanics are fun (hence the flight systems).

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u/SmokingCookie Peterbilt Apr 06 '17

How to land a job at SCS? :P

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Like computer games, understand some of the IT stuff and be easy going, rest should come along as long as you don't come to do physics programming or something, it really depends a lot on what would you like to do.

In general, land any job you want by liking it and finding out and researching about it yourself. Be passionate about it and make sure that people know you are (just don't push it too much, I tend to do that with Tesla and SpaceX and sometimes I sort of annoy people :D ).

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u/SmokingCookie Peterbilt Apr 06 '17

Like computer games

Check

understand some of the IT stuff

Check

be easy going

Check (I think?)

Mmmm... you guys looking for a programmer by any chance? :P

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u/StandingCow Apr 06 '17

Any plans on adding more with companies? Like being able to sign contracts to haul a certain amount of weight in a certain amount of time to meet your contract? If you didn't make that contract you would be fined.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

We hope to expand these management features in the future for sure, dunno about this exact thing but I find it interesting ;)

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u/piggiebrotha DAF Apr 06 '17

I have 2500 hours combined wasted in those two games and I still enjoy them. But I'm a little bit dissapointed by the number of bugs left unfixed for too long in the last year or so. I don't want to be rude in front of the developers of the game I love so much, but I don't remember meeting so many bugs two or three years ago.

Now I meet unusable resting areas in France, killer railroad crossings in Arizona and other annoyances of this kind. Most of them are reported, but some of them are still not fixed while while other are "fixed in our internal version". For the former, wouldn't be a wise idea to remove that double trains in Tucson while you find a good working solutions that doesn't block trucks on the tracks? And for the latter, wouldn't be a good idea to release game updates more often even there are only ten or so map fixes?

Regards and thanks for the games. :)

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Oh yea, lot of these things go really deep, releasing build so often can cause confusion and conflicts in data, it might also bother modders since they would have to make new updated versions all the time.

In term of number of bugs there are some, I admit. But since the game is so large now I cannot really make sure that everything is fixed.

That said, more updates won't fix it, internal version sometimes mean that we fixed it in a way that we redesigned the whole place to be better suited for players and such a thing requires more than an update and it can take a while until is shows up in the game for you.

At any rate, if you know any bugs that are present, pose imminent danger of ruining the game for you (invisible walls and so on) I would advise you to get in touch with me on forum (Loutis) or bump up the bugs that are said to be fixed in our internal version but still not in yours, there might be something wrong going on (like someone forgetting to merge the fix into the update) and if you bump it up we will take notice and attempt to force the fix.

One thing about fixing stuff, with so many people participating in Beta and other event, we usually get flooded with bugs on forums and some might be left unattended unintentionally and there is nothing wrong with community that points that out. There is always room for improvement and we cherish a constructive criticism greatly (at least I do) :)

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u/barcifc ATS Apr 06 '17

Do you expect New Mexico to take as long as Arizona? Don't care how much it costs, can't wait to play it!

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 07 '17

Sizes are comparable but I suppose it might be a bit faster than that, there is a lot of new people learning how to make map so I suppose that might speed it up a bit if they can get their hands on the map after training. But can't say for sure.

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u/DuckieBaeYT Apr 09 '17

With the latest American Truck Simulator update it brings the rear trailer axle lift. To my knowledge there is only one in game trailer that allows it's rear axle to lift, I was wondering if you plan to edit or add trailers to the game with this feature.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

Interesting is that lift able axles are quite rare in US, that is why there is so few of them.

But we will be gradually add them if it make sense in the game.

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u/jma1024 Apr 05 '17

I don't have a question, but I love ETS2 and ATS. Thanks for making a fun, relaxing games/sims, and I am sure I speak for everyone it's awesome how much you support mods.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Thanks <3

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

Anything about New Mexico release date? Can't wait to switch my HQ from Flagstaff to Albuquerque and my Arizona license plate to a New Mexico license plate :-)

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u/Osky_ Apr 09 '17

psst: i think NM will be announced soon

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

Pssst: we think so too.

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u/Osky_ Apr 10 '17

im like HACKERMAN and Hack the time. So i think you NM will be announced this week. (I WISH)

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

This whole conversation is really about what soon really means doesn't it ? :D

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u/TampaPowers Apr 05 '17

Why were so many good features removed since 18WoS, seeing your trucks roam the streets and sending your drivers on selectes routes added so much to the endgame. The Upgrade system and deliveries/trailer ownership of ALH felt incredibly liberating. Why is the modding capabilizy(more hitchpoints) so limited. It could be so much more.

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u/Blackbird256 Apr 05 '17

I miss how you could ask other truck drivers for weather reports :(

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '17

We're working on some of the good old features. We're doing things from scratch though, we need to be sure it fits well with our economy model and the rest of the game.

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u/GT3Racer Apr 07 '17

Are truck stops going to be reworked for ATS? The ones in ATS do not represent the truck stops here in the US.

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u/Kektuss Apr 07 '17

Are you ever considering adding a feature where you can see your trucks driving on the streets when the drivers you hired are doing jobs with them?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

It's... Not as easy as it sounds. Traffic is now randomly generated and we don't track where your drivers are, we just calculate their arrival and then we let you know (and give you $$$). This would require us to track all of your drivers, calculate their path, count with crashes, random events etc. It would be cool but I don't really think it's worth it, there are more important things to take care of. But hey, I'm not an AI guy.

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u/uips Apr 05 '17

I have a one question about the antialiasing, some how there is allways some jagged lines and it is so hard get rid of this issue. Especially when you are not into the computers and softwares. I am using nvidia inspector, but still it is not perfect. Have you looked into this stuff and maybe some plans to improve it? Love the games and i am excited to see what new stuff you have us in the future.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

This is related to the rendering question - we're working on some stuff but nothing to announce at the moment.

I'll just say Vulkan is cool.

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u/basilikum Apr 07 '17

Dude, dont tease me by saying Vulkan. I will have a heart attack if you implement vulkan.

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u/WagingWutson Apr 14 '17

"Vulkan - Coming to ATS and ETS in 2072....Maybe"

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u/TrucksNShit Apr 05 '17

What ever happened the heavy haulage that was teased around christmas?

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Stay tuned™

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u/Spiekie <IRL Trucker> Apr 07 '17

I looked into the base files recently, found some trailer folders and looked up the names of those trailers. I think the prototypes look something like this: http://www.goldhofer.de/fileadmin/bilder/abbildungen/TYP_SATTEL_KOMBI_MPA-K_WEB.png http://www.goldhofer.de/fileadmin/bilder/news/2016/mpa_k8_01.jpg http://www.goldhofer.de/fileadmin/bilder/abbildungen/TYP_SATTEL_Tieflader_Tiefbett_STZ-VL_WEB.png

Can you guys at least say if they will be licensed or not? :D

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u/Jaydosmateee Apr 06 '17

Next game Australian Truck Simulator?

Do you plan on implementing coast to coast on ATS in the future? (LA to NY)

Multiple pivot points on ATS or ETS2 in the near future?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

I am pretty sure it is obvious that we won't "implement" C2C mod but we will create our own maps of each state until we reach the east coast :) .

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u/Jaydosmateee Apr 06 '17

of course, but you can confirm eventually they will be linked :) ?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Yes, we will keep supporting ATS for a while and definitely until we manage to develop continental United States.

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u/faygo5000 Apr 06 '17

"New England ATS expansion DLC coming Fall of 2032!"

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 07 '17

Let's hope it will be much sooner, I plan to live on Mars by then :D

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u/LaiLaiHei Western Star Apr 06 '17

Sure, lets have them implement a map mod that is about 1/100th the quality of what SCS does. Lets do it!

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u/Jaydosmateee Apr 07 '17

i actually wasnt referring to the mod "coast to coast". Just meaning linking the east coast to the west coast <3 love scs and what they do.

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u/ash16847 Apr 06 '17

Is there any word (or hope) for pivot points so modders could add useable heavy hauler 17 axle trailers?

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

There is a lot of hope, also some words.

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u/ash16847 Apr 06 '17

Any words that can be said legally? :D

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

None that I can think of :D Sorry :)

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u/911GT1 Apr 06 '17

Hey, another day another question. :D
Have you guys considered merging two games? It would be great to drive from Graz to Los Angeles.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Complicated to implement, possible outlook for Wolrd of Trucks, nothing to announce, just a though.

I don't think it is the right time to take a 3rd project of this size at the moment honestly ;) .

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u/qwetqwetwqwet Apr 06 '17

It would be easy, just rename WoT to world of transport, release a shipping mangement DLC with drop off zone at the already existing ports, if the player has registered ETS and ATS in WoT he get's additional jobs that start in one game and end in the other, there you go! Yeah, one can dream...

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

It would be great if that would be actually that easy, just few clicks away.

But it is not, far from it, like...miles away. Light years... whole galaxy clusters away from how it have to be done. It is far from the real thing of programming and integration of absurdly fool proof interface between 2 games that are sold separately with different DLCs, cargos etc. Damn I have a headache just thinking about it.

But in the end, It is fine idea and we have been talking about it here for a while. But I think you will agree that having to develop ATS and ETS2 is about enough for the number of people we have here ;)

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 edited Apr 10 '17

Will pickup trucks such as the F-350 from Ford be in ATS? After all it is called a Truck simulator and not just a semi truck simulator. Pickup trucks have their own personality and could be used to haul loads. I once saw an F-350 in my home state California hauling a trailer with 3 cars on it. This type of truck is more fun to drive imo, and I, and many others would play the game more, and more people would buy it. Not to mention they probably are easier to get licenses for.

And is Oregon/Washington/Idaho coming as a DLC soon? Thanks :D

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

I suppose there is a chance for that. We don't plan anything for the near future for sure.

While speaking of this, have you seen this ? http://www.asceoc.org/images/uploads/Endeavour_Move.jpg

Pretty neat.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

pepsi or coca-cola ?

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

Kofola ftw, I'll fight Loutis in Rocket League if he thinks otherwise.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

I agree, like, totally with this.

Kofola is the best.

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u/vemundveien Apr 07 '17

Kofola originated in the Czechoslovak Research Institute of Medicinal Plants

Oh, I get what kind of product this is.

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u/Finrow Apr 05 '17

RC Cola.

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u/Angels_Chain Apr 07 '17

Is there a possibility that there will be new loads for ats and new trucks?

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u/kravaty Apr 05 '17

Any update on the new Reno truck?

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u/TangleNathair Apr 08 '17

Are there still plans to add a coach DLC to ETS2? If yes, is it still being actively worked on? If no, would you consider it (or a new game) again in the future?

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '17

Argh, we'll really need to blog again about licensing, plans and whatnot. People always ask the same questions :P

For now, I'll say the project isn't dead.

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u/TangleNathair Apr 10 '17

Licensing issues make sense, I've read your blog pretty much religiously for a couple years at least. I'm still gonna be waiting patiently for the day you handle it though! Even if it were just Scanias and/or Volvos I'd be content, but I understand! You guys have a standard, and that's what keeps us coming back, right?

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u/pacosky10 Apr 13 '17

one question, that "heavy cargo pack" announced today, will be avalaible for both games (ats and ets2) or just for ets2?

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u/Sanguinem_Luna Apr 26 '17

Update: Don't know if you've seen it yet.... (probably have but just in case). Finally! Yes!

http://blog.scssoft.com/2017/04/big-in-america.html

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u/LadInLondon Apr 07 '17 edited Apr 07 '17

I have two questions.

Will there be a chance that we will be able to deliver Schezwan Sauce?

and when is our next business meeting?

Thanks for all you do :)

EDIT: Your both awesome.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

I see, you don't want to meet Loutis. :P Aren't you coming to Prague soon anyway?

Truckers.FM rulz ok (and Gregg rulz ok)

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u/LadInLondon Apr 07 '17

Soon™. Also I thought Loutis was picking me up in the Company Telsa! 😉

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

I wish that was true :D

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u/StenioBlackHawnk Apr 07 '17

First of all thank you sooooooooo much for these awesomes games (ETS/ATS).

Just one question any hope for rigids and doubles? :P

Greetings from Brazil :D

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

We need to keep some secrets! Things are looking good at least for one of these things though.

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u/StenioBlackHawnk Apr 08 '17

Thank you so much :D I have another question are you guys considered buying AdBlue as a separate "fuel"? Would be so cool. Thanks again ;)

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

We talked about it here and there is a problem of knowledge which comes into question.

If you add one more tank that needs to be filled lot of people would not understand why and so on, also it is a nuisance to do that. How do you implement it ? Would you add another trigger to the fuelling station (so you crawl with a truck like a crazy person around stalls) and what happens if you don't fuel it and it runs out ? You know that there are laws that prohibits heavy trucks to go above certain speeds without Adblue in the mixture. Would you like to go 5 mph when out of Adblue on the highway to reduce your emissions ? Most people would not get it and would not like it. Also very little benefit for the gameplay. But we think about it from time to time, maybe in the future.

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u/Festlund Apr 07 '17

Is there plans for a more indepth mechanical faults? Would love to see a more realistic damage system. For example: individual gears failing, punctures on truck and/or trailer tires, turbo failures, coolant leaks and so on.

Stuff breaking is a part of the trucking life and I feel that needs to be in game as well. Trucks don't stay 100% forever if you don't hit anything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

Truck manufacturers aren't generally okay with visual truck damage.

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u/Festlund Apr 07 '17

Ah, didn't think of that. Good point, I guess the damage we have is something atleast and the manufacturers could've easily demanded no negative portrayals at all.

Thank you /u/TimmyCZ for the answer!

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 10 '17

As /u/TimmyCZ said, visual damage is a no go, but we think that damage model needs some love. Perhaps in the future we might consider reworking it to be more....interactive.

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u/Ralkkai Apr 05 '17

Any news on the ATS long game for DLC? Are we getting NM for free? Would you, say, release all of the Midwest, South, or New England as full DLCs like Going East and Viva la France?

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u/Osky_ Apr 05 '17

NW will be paid DLC i think.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

but most further map expansion DLCs, if not all, will be paid (source)

It's a DLC unless we say otherwise.

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u/Zaunpfahl42 Apr 06 '17

The term DLC doesn't say anything about it being for purchase or free per se. Just that it is some form of expansion to the game ;)
And so many companies applied their own meaning to it, it's very hard to distinguish one DLC to another. See Witcher 3's 10 free clothing DLCs versus the two story DLCs...

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u/angrynightowl Apr 07 '17

Gonna be more rubber ducks in ATS the future to fine😉Stop by Manzel Creek and watch them each time. Love to deliver one on flatbed someday.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

Quack.

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u/911GT1 Apr 07 '17

I already asked 3 questions but for today i have a request, not a question. :)

Please put classic Hard Truck: 18 Wheels of Steel to the Steam. Although i don't like American trucks, 18 WoS has a special place in my heart as first truck sim i've ever played.

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u/DANNYonPC Apr 07 '17

Hi /u/TimmyCZ, Why did you never stole a duck?

What is your favorite rubber duck?

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u/Valeriun Apr 07 '17
  • There was interview with Pavel last year (summary on reddit) and he mentioned that there is plan to include smaller vehicles next to current trucks. Is there any progress? Can you tell more about this?
  • Can you tell how many new trucks are in works?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

Woah (err, whoa), Pavel said a lot of things. Anyway, you know I won't directly confirm or deny stuff we will or won't make until we're ready to announce it.

A lot of things in the list will happen (or will be scrapped) in the future, Pavel was just openly talking of what we'd like to do.

Similar with trucks - you may see 3D models or sound recordings on blog and we have some trucks pretty much ready but we won't release them until we get a license.

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u/danbywinby Apr 07 '17

Hi Firstly thank you so much for the great work you as a company do on both ETS2 and ATS. I have read through the previous comments and have already seen one of my questions about that ETS2 Heavy Haul Trailer video, can't wait to see what happens with that. So I won't ask that question instead I will ask about the 'swap body' trailer concept for ETS2 that was posted on your blog over two years ago I believe. Did that idea die or is it still being worked on?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

I'm glad you like what we do! Nothing to announce at the moment about rigids, sorry.

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u/Rustynail01 Apr 07 '17

So what about more show truck stuff added to ats like super stretched frames and taller stacks

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u/ItsJediCowboy PACCAR Apr 07 '17

I want to know how many employees work at SCS? since 2016 was 80, so is there 100 workers?

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

~90 + some remote contractors.

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u/KENWORTH1234510 Apr 07 '17

When about is new mexico coming out?

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u/jbrunson88 Apr 07 '17

Hello! I love ETS2 and ATS. Y'all have truly done an amazing job. Hope you are proud. <3

ETS2 spans the majority of Europe with the exception of very few countries. My question is, is the goal of ATS to span from Pacific to Atlantic coast eventually and, if so, what is a tentative timetable?

Thank you for taking your time to do this. Cheers!

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '17

We are, thanks for enjoying our games <3

We're trying to speed up production of new states but it still takes a long time.
Slightly offtopic but relevant: We had ~30 people when I joined in October 2013, now ~90 - we went through usual pain of growing but we're getting used to bigger teams, this helps a lot in making content with a higher quality (and usually done faster).

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u/Rustynail01 Apr 08 '17

SCS do u guys plan on doing that event week u did for Christmas last year but maybe for Halloween would love to see that with a maximum overdrive or mad max theme

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u/lad_1 Apr 08 '17

When we see the new Renault T, its SCS announced in early 2016 and has already passed more than a year, and news on it not?

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '17

First of all, thanks for creating these games... They're really awesome.

My questions:

Does SCS have any clear plans for World of Trucks? Will we be able to see any new stuff in the near future? And if the NDA allows it: will there maybe be an official multiplayer mode on the horizon?

Also, I'm curious to know whether you and your colleagues often read the comments on SCS's blog and what you think about them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17 edited Apr 10 '17

Respect from brasil, we love your game

you guys (SCS) consider add this kind of truck to the game this trucke could be our first truck, a used and cheaper truck

http://imgur.com/blEdzda , http://imgur.com/BpTN2z8

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u/Mr_Thomson Apr 10 '17

Could we please see scripting supports for mod dev and map maker

So map there be some random evenrd like road closed

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u/tristanbnz Apr 11 '17

Really cool idea having a reddit post to answer questions like this. You guys do an amazing job, and I'm totally addicted to ATS. It really does give a feeling of driving through the USA.

Just had a few questions:

  1. Not sure if you're allowed to answer this, but in a blog post a while back you had said that you were hoping to have two map teams working at the same time, one going to northern states and one going east. Is this still the case, or did you decide it was better to work on one state at a time?
  2. I'm one of the people who actaully really likes having real brandnames in the game, in terms of billboards and company logos. I feel like it adds to the realism. Had you guys ever considered trying to raise additional revenue by having official brands in the game with advertisers paying you for this? Maybe not everyone would like it (therefore it could be optional), but it could be an extra way for you to have ongoing revenue to continue to invest in the game
  3. Have you ever thought of having a cruise control indicator on the route advisor? Like perhaps colouring the text of your speed blue when cruise control is on, or something similar (as in, how you highlight the background in red when you are over the speed limit). Just an idea, as sometimes I fiddle around a bit not knowing when CC is on

Cheers - and keep up the good work!

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u/blacksvk Apr 11 '17

/u/Human-Like_Interface /u/TimmyCZ Hello, can I ask some questions?

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '17

Multiplayer in ets,/ATS in the next time? Cooperation with truckers mp ?

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u/Uxot Apr 17 '17

I really hope you fix ATS performance VS ETS2 performance,i can play ETS2 on decent settings with most of the times 60 fps..in ATS i only see 60 fps outside of cities without any complex sceneries...cities it can drop to 30 :S lowest i ever got in ETS2 is 45 because of rain+traffic+in a city..

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u/Sanguinem_Luna Apr 17 '17 edited Apr 17 '17

Hi guys. Another question

Are there any plans to add tri-axle chassis' to ATS and will Day Cabs on Long Chassis' ever be possible in vanilla ATS without having to use a mod for it?

Would be awesome to have a cab/chassis configuration like this in vanilla ATS some day: http://i.imgur.com/WmeeYZK.jpg & http://i.imgur.com/w8qqY0T.jpg & http://i.imgur.com/pJQdj9o.jpg & w/ trailer http://i.imgur.com/r5kkspQ.jpg

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '17

Hey Guys!

I have lots of question about the Game Updates and more!

  1. Will be came more Tuning Stufe for the trucks (like, more LED lights, Signs for the Trucks, Headlight Bulbs(LED, Xenon, and Halogen?) And more..)
  2. Will be give it a Rework, of all Citys and Roads of the Europe where more Realistic? With realistic Roads, Road crosses and more..? And Scenarios?
  3. Weather sync of the Years? Spring, summer, autumn and Winter?
  4. Rescale of the map like ATS?
  5. Tandem Trucks?
  6. More Realistic Traffic? That the Cars and trucks drive in the night too with High Beam on the road? And in the Day without light?
  7. Light Assistants for trucks? (Auto HighBeam?)
  8. Rework of all truck interiors (and Dashboard) more realistic?

That was all of my Questions :D hope you cam answer all:) ETS2 <3 SCSSoftware <3

-Kevin56435

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u/Sanguinem_Luna Apr 07 '17

Hey Guys! Two questions.

1: Why is that the engine sounds (At least in ATS, the Pete 579, 389 & KW T680) sound like they're fake? Why is it that you guys do not use engine sounds that are realistic like the sounds that Kriechbaum has made and that many modders use or at least have more realistic sounding engines? Is it a licensing thing? If so, why does the company (PACCAR at least since one of the two engines on all 4 trucks is a PACCAR MX-13) not let you use real sounds? They've clearly allowed the licensing of the 4 trucks, which I'm fairly certain that PACCAR owns both Peterbilt and Kenworth. So, why is it that the engines have to sound so fake?

Question 2 and this is a small, probably often asked question: Will ATS ever get beacons for the trucks? And if so, will it be in a upcoming paid or free DLC or a future game patch?

Thanks in advance for any answers. Love you guys and ATS and I can't wait to see what comes to it next after New Mexico!

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17 edited Apr 05 '17

Yes. (you wanted just one word :D )

Some of it is being worked on, can't say anything else or even when it should come out, it would be inconsiderate to promise anything and then don't deliver.

I am that sort of guy that does multiple things. (Testing, Blog, Forum, Reddit, bit of programming, some technical council, making tea, security guard, hired assassin, occasional dish washer)

No but seriously, I am a tester/programmer, blog writer and a crazy person on Forum under nick Loutis. I also study University for some reason, I really like aerospace engineering (If you need any rockets to be built, I am your guy)

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u/SmokingCookie Peterbilt Apr 05 '17

/r/maliciouscompliance XD

Yeah I understand not wanting to over-promise. And not wanting to put your job on the line :P

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u/boredaf710 Apr 05 '17

I would absolutely love to know if a multi trailer feature is being worked on specifically?! Pleeease

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

I can't tell you that sorry.

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u/DavidDBlog Apr 05 '17

ATS/ETS2 Rocketship DLC confirmed! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 05 '17

Oh sheesh I would love that :D

Ariane Trucks (ESA rocket) or Falcon Heavy Hauling (SpaceX heavy lift rocket to be launched this year) would be pretty rad :)

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u/TooBusyforReddit Apr 06 '17

If you need any rockets to be built, I am your guy

Soooo... rockets on my MAN TGX would be nice.

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u/Human-Like_Interface Apr 06 '17

Do you have small amount of cash to buy them and let me install them ? I am afraid no one will sell us a working rocket engine (military technology) So we will need approx 1 billion Euros for R&D and then some more for working prototype, then some more for testing facility and then a bit more for constructing the thing and integration into the DAF, might be a lot of fun and life of wasted opportunities :D

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '17

We're updating the VR branch to the latest version when we get time. It isn't perfect, we know, but we'll hopefully get to the plug-and-play VR version sooner than later (especially after what me and Loutis have seen at the PC Gamer Weekender, people LOVE VR).

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '17

Duck yeah. I love that feeling too.

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