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First Run of ProMods 2.16
Apr. 17th, 2017 10:24 pmTonight, I ran my first session of the ProMods 2.16 mod on Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2). I was holding off on updating my game from version 1.26 to 1.27 because my favorite map mod hadn't been updated yet. The reason for the delay of ProMods getting updated? The game's model format got changed, so the ProMods team had to convert all of their models to match the new format. They also had to add new police vehicles for the 19 countries that they added to the base game's map.
First Delivery Run in PM 2.16
I pruned a few mods that were outdated from my mod list and activated the new versions of existing ones in the game's Mod Manager for my current profile. Then I went to load my last save, at which point the game complained that it couldn't find the old mods that the save file had last used. I told it to continue loading the save despite the changes in the mod load-out. Due to the changes from the game itself and the mods I am using, the game relocated me back to my home garage in Köln, Germany.
First delivery I took was from Köln, Germany to Metz, France. (The cargo types aren't important, so I'm not going to list them here.) From Metz, I headed down to Livorno, Italy. I got to see the new highway segments that ProMods added to the map which link Genova and Livorno to each other and to France. Traveling along the coast of Italy and France will be so much easier now! I used to have to head north from Genova or Livorno to get to a different east/west highway to travel between them. Now, I can stay near the coast on the E80 highway between them.
Police Roam the Roads
Regarding the addition of police cars to ETS2, I have no problem with them being present in the game. I saw a few as I was traveling the highways, but I wasn't speeding or breaking other laws, so they didn't pay me any mind. I feel they add another layer of immersion to the game. The SCS Software forums have a few threads of complaints about the police being present, but the messages posted reveal that the complaining posters are generally speeding at more than 5 kph over the speed limits. (If you're going to speed, you don't get to complain about receiving speeding tickets for doing so.) The only thing that changes for me with having the police present is that I'm going to be a lot more careful about speeding, particularly on exit ramps which usually have a lowered speed limit due to the curvature of the ramps.
Poland
I haven't been over to Poland yet with the new version of the map, but I will try to make a few runs over there to see some of the updates that ProMods has been doing over that way. The Poland Rebuilding team pulled out of ProMods for various reasons and ProMods is going through that section of the map to bring up to ProMods' standards. Screenshots in the ProMods forums (Link) show a vast improvement over the original work. Poland Rebuilding's crew did a decent job, but there were issues with how they did things and I always thought things could be better. Looks like things will be over the next few months/years as the ProMods crew cleans up that section of the map.
Overall, I think I will be continuing to play ETS2 and enjoying the new features brought by both SCS Software (the game publisher) and ProMods together. Is it painful to wait for updates of beloved mods? Sure, but they do eventually get released. Fortunately, I can roll back to a previous version of the game thanks to Steam while I wait for these updates so I can keep playing. My (currently) 1276 hours of time logged on the game shows that I'll keep trucking across Europe for the time being.
First Delivery Run in PM 2.16
I pruned a few mods that were outdated from my mod list and activated the new versions of existing ones in the game's Mod Manager for my current profile. Then I went to load my last save, at which point the game complained that it couldn't find the old mods that the save file had last used. I told it to continue loading the save despite the changes in the mod load-out. Due to the changes from the game itself and the mods I am using, the game relocated me back to my home garage in Köln, Germany.
First delivery I took was from Köln, Germany to Metz, France. (The cargo types aren't important, so I'm not going to list them here.) From Metz, I headed down to Livorno, Italy. I got to see the new highway segments that ProMods added to the map which link Genova and Livorno to each other and to France. Traveling along the coast of Italy and France will be so much easier now! I used to have to head north from Genova or Livorno to get to a different east/west highway to travel between them. Now, I can stay near the coast on the E80 highway between them.
Police Roam the Roads
Regarding the addition of police cars to ETS2, I have no problem with them being present in the game. I saw a few as I was traveling the highways, but I wasn't speeding or breaking other laws, so they didn't pay me any mind. I feel they add another layer of immersion to the game. The SCS Software forums have a few threads of complaints about the police being present, but the messages posted reveal that the complaining posters are generally speeding at more than 5 kph over the speed limits. (If you're going to speed, you don't get to complain about receiving speeding tickets for doing so.) The only thing that changes for me with having the police present is that I'm going to be a lot more careful about speeding, particularly on exit ramps which usually have a lowered speed limit due to the curvature of the ramps.
Poland
I haven't been over to Poland yet with the new version of the map, but I will try to make a few runs over there to see some of the updates that ProMods has been doing over that way. The Poland Rebuilding team pulled out of ProMods for various reasons and ProMods is going through that section of the map to bring up to ProMods' standards. Screenshots in the ProMods forums (Link) show a vast improvement over the original work. Poland Rebuilding's crew did a decent job, but there were issues with how they did things and I always thought things could be better. Looks like things will be over the next few months/years as the ProMods crew cleans up that section of the map.
Overall, I think I will be continuing to play ETS2 and enjoying the new features brought by both SCS Software (the game publisher) and ProMods together. Is it painful to wait for updates of beloved mods? Sure, but they do eventually get released. Fortunately, I can roll back to a previous version of the game thanks to Steam while I wait for these updates so I can keep playing. My (currently) 1276 hours of time logged on the game shows that I'll keep trucking across Europe for the time being.
