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Sometimes a week can pass without a blog post, and now we'll have as second one in a matter of hours, how strange! Well, some things are just worth mentioning.

Steam Trading Cards for Euro Truck Simulator 2 have finally gone live tonight. There is also a very tempting opportunity on Steam right now to get the game as part of Steam Summer Getaway Sale. Throughout the Summer, the game is also going to be promoted on more digital distribution sites including GamersGate, GamesLoad, or GreenManGaming to name a few, so if you are still hesitating with the purchase of a genuine copy of ETS2, there are interesting opportunities out there.

While helping us test the ETS2 update, a couple of guys also wanted to help us promote the new version of the game. Some very cool YouTube movies were created, and we would like to share them with you now. Big cudos to MADxMAX2k and Morello, thanks guys!

Video Hi-Way Test Run Trans European Logistics ( VTC )

Video Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Patch 1.4 - Unofficial trailer

Help us Help You!

We have been working on the recent game update for several months, spending a ton of time on fixing, testing, and re-testing again and again. When we released the 1.4.1 patch, we felt pretty confident that it's in very solid state. In reality, bug reports started coming in almost immediately.

The game is BIG, and growing bigger. A new feature or a fix for one bug may often introduce a new problem; such is the nature of big software projects. We'll need to figure out betters ways to test the releases thoroughly, but effectively and quickly.

We have been thinking about involving a wider group from our fan community in testing for quite some time, but now we see that we need to do more than just ponder it. We need to give it a try.

We are making new builds of the game for testing purposes pretty much every day. On the way from 1.3.1 to 1.4.x, we have been through 96 major revisions and testing builds! Over a hundred people had access to the builds to help us test them, but it is obvious that this is still no enough eyes, not enough combinations of hardware, not enough variety in how our testers play the game. So we thought - what if we tried to make our daily betas publicly visible, for thousands of people to give them a try? The inspiration basically comes from what Mozilla is doing with Firefox Nightly Builds.

And here we are, with a quick update of the previous ETS2 update. Experiment time!

Please note that the link below is NOT FOR EVERYBODY. Only download and apply it if you are ready to volunteer to test a potentially unstable BETA VERSION of the game. We believe it's bringing fixes for a few problems discovered in 1.4.1, but so far not enough internal testing was done to make sure it's stable enough - this very build is intended to be this test. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

- ETS2 BETA patch 1.4.1 to 1.4.3 torrent download only -

We are making it accessible only in the form of a torrent, sorry. We do not plan for this beta patch to be mirrored by any 3rd party servers, as we are afraid of seeing our own download servers melt if too many people were downloading the exe file straight away. It may be a bit of a hurdle, but advanced computer users can deal with it, and perhaps it's in fact better to have this little barrier of entry in place. In the future, if today's experiment proves useful, we need to figure out a smoother and more convenient way for you to access the daily builds, but for today, this must suffice.

For reporting problems, the most useful way would be to visit SCS Message Board, there is a new Forum created just for this problem Bugs 1.4.3.

Keep in mind that this is not a beta completely open to anybody. It's only going to work with a genuine and valid Product Key. Also, do not try to apply it to the Steam edition of the game. Steam users will soon get access to such experimental daily builds too though, using the system of Steam beta branches.

Thanks!

Change log:

Fixed issue which might be responsible for the always-red/green traffic lights.
Fixed use of license plates
Improved handling of non-widescreen fov. The view is now increased vertically instead of reduced horizontally.
Game will not crash if modded cargo specifies collision which does not exist.
Another attempt at fixing the sunken trailers.
Fixed speedometer range in UK variant of Hi-Way interior
Swapped fuel and temperature gauges in the UK variant of Hi-Way interior.
Fixed turbo/adblue animations in UK exclusive variant of Volvo interior.
Fixed the "Lumen Chrom" auxiliary light
Fixed possible crash when service call was requested while positioned on item without a valid country.
Fixed possible crash when switching resolutions in-game.
Fixed non-functional animation of wiper stick (affects all trucks)
Fixed disappearing bus station in London
Proper pre-caching after teleports.
Fixed incorrect number of slots in preferred brand selector in the profile edit screen.

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Stabilizing the 1.4.x patch has been taking a lot of work, and we would like to thank everyone who contributed to the open beta testing. Several problems were discovered with your help, and the dev team certainly appreciates all the useful feedback and inspiration from you.

The eventual process and system of future open betas still needs some thinking, but these initial results are promising, so we'd like to ask you for help one more time.

We have created another "release candidate" for the final 1.4.x line patch. To the best of our knowledge, it addresses all major issues that we still left in 1.4.1, so if you are already using this version of the game and it works ok for you, updating to 1.4.6 isn't much of a danger, in fact it should still offer some stability improvements.

This build is still only a candidate for the final approved patch. We are not offering any mirroring options yet, as it's not intended for use by general public, we are also not even mentioning it on the official game website. The only people with advanced access to these hot builds are the members of the fan community on our message board.

As was the case previously, we are only making this beta patch available through torrent to prevent clogging our server bandwidth:

- ETS2 BETA patch 1.4.x to 1.4.6 torrent download only -

Please note that this patch should not be applied over the Steam edition of the game!

For your feedback, a new forum is ready on SCS message boards:

ETS2 Bugs 1.4.6

Thank you for your patience and help! If all goes well, this build may hopefully be announced as solid enough to finally become the recommended official version of the game across all distribution channel, finally more solid and with more cool stuff than the 1.3.1 edition of the game you have been stuck with for so long.

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We have done a lot of work on ironing out the last remaining issues in the 1.4.x line update, and finally today it looks like we have a very solid build:

Euro Truck Simulator 2 Update page

This patch is really what 1.4.1 was supposed to be. We tested 1.4.1 extensively, or so we thought, but it really took the eyes of thousands of player to help us discover several remaining hidden bugs, through using various combinations of hardware, drivers and mods installed. We are also finally pushing the button for Steam players to have access to this new version of the game straight away, rather than depending on beta branches.

The principle of involving the fan base in the testing proved promising. We got many more wishlist items than actual bug reports, but that's to be expected. We will definitely approach the community with a plea for help again in the future.

The list of features requested by players that we have accumulated over the years is very long, and we are perhaps taking things from it and turning them into reality way slower than many of you would like, but we are doing our best, and we'll get better over time. SCS is moving into a new superb office in a matter of weeks, with 3-times the floorspace we have currently. The support from our fans (and paying customers!) is what makes us dare grow the team and speed up development of our future as well us current still evolving projects. Thank you!

Last but not least, if you were sitting on the fence waiting to get ETS2 on the cheap somewhere, today may be your last chance for quite a while on Steam - Euro Truck Simulator 2 is featured in a Daily Deal event, only a few more hours left. In particular, this opportunity is very relevant to all the people complaining about disappearing trailers/jobs - playing a legal copy of the game does make a difference!

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Going East!
After a long development time, finally the first Euro Truck Simulator 2 add-on is undergoing final beta testing. Some online stores have already revealed the final name of the upcoming add-on, but this is the first time we are officially announcing it here - the first DLC's name will be:

Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Going East!

We think that the new part of Europe built for this add-on looks even better then anything we have created before. You can take a look at a few countryside places from Poland, on routes between Lublin, Łódź, Warszawa and Ostrava. We'll be taking a lot more screenshots during testing now to keep you entertained.

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The New Volvo FH Series news
We know that we haven't been sharing much news recently about a highly-demanded that truck we have under development (see the results of our survey) - the new Volvo FH Series. The fan community is always bombarding us with requests and questions about it, so here is a little update...

We have the bulk of the work done on both exterior and interior at last. Still ahead of us is texturing, setting up dashboard controls animations, modeling of chassis for the various axle variants, and of course a set of tuning parts to be released along with the truck tractor. This still represents quite some man-weeks of work, but for sure the new Volvo FH is coming, and will be the star of one of upcoming game updates during the Autumn.

Let us show you a couple of Work In Progress shots of the interior model:




























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With over 300,000 attendees, GamesCom is the biggest game expo in the world. During our 2-day stay at the event, we spent a total of 90 minutes in the public area of the event. The reason?


This is a shot of the "Boulevard" mega-corridor connecting the halls. It's not even a weekend day when more people are free to come, and it's not the peak time of the day. Many of these visitors came to see just their favorite game, and after waiting 3-5 hours in a line, they may be lucky to get a 5 minute glimpse of it.

None of our games was to be seen in the public halls, as our visit centered on business negotiations with our existing and prospective publishing and distribution partners, and exploring business opportunities. Thousands of games industry executives, mixed with official press people, have halls 4 and 5 set aside for negotiations and meetings, secluded from the public halls.

So far, only business visitors passing by the stand of rondomedia, our German publisher, could see the video below. Created in a rush in under a day, the movie was only supposed to run in the background of a distributor's private booth in the business area at GamesCom. We have not intended originally for it to be exposed to public scrutiny, we thought that the movie was too unpolished, but eventually we changed our mind after some people commented on this movie quite positively. What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…d&v=MTu5Oqgj1s0

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DLC bald draußen.

Going East! Almost there!
oday we are giving our publishing partners so called "Release

Gold!
The first expansion of Euro Truck Simulator 2 - "Going East!" - is officially completed, and in fact our publishing and distribution partners are already manufacturing boxes for retail release of the add-on. It will also be available digitally in the "DLC" form.

The launch is planned for September 20th; we are excited that in two weeks from now finally you will see what our map design team has spent so much hard work creating!

Something incredible has appeared on YouTube today. RestaCar is at it again. Simply put, wow!

zum Video

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Zitat

With the release of Going East! add-on for ETS2 just a couple of days away from us, we hope that you are ready for a bunch of movies. We have a pair of promo trailers for you, the first created by ourselves, the other kindly provided by our UK publishing partner Excalibur Publishing.

Video 1

Video 2


Promo videos are of course the necessary evil of PR these days, but if you have been following our progress here on the blog, they will not provide you with too much new information. If you have the patience and time, and if you are really curious to see more from the Going East! game world, you can watch DaSquirrelNuts driving through it while listening to an extensive interview with SCS Software's Pavel Sebor. The topics covered include SCS Software's history, the Going East! add-on, and current and future SCS Software's projects. Warning - this is two full hours of footage!

Video 3

Video 4

Zitat

We have just released another update for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

http://www.eurotrucksimulator2.com/update.php

Here is the change log:


1.5.2

• Minimum requirement for Going East! DLC
  

DATA

• Truck interiors appropriate for selected cabin type
  
• Several new cars in the AI traffic
  
• Lot of map tweaks especially in German/Poland area
  

CODE

• Improved upgrade shop (addons and wheels handling, interiors) - you may encounter unexpected changes when shop is fixing your truck state
  
• Fixed pedestrians disappearing
  
• Fixed driver logs
  
• Polished automatic gearbox logic
  
• Consumption gauge and air pressure screen on Scania dashboard
  
• Hazard warning made independent of blinkers
  

OPTIONS

• Steering sensitivity slider range increased (both directions)
  
• Steering non-linearity properly used with mouse
  
• Added rumble stripe sound check-box so that it's possible to switch it off
  

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