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During the past 15 hours or so, Euro Truck Simulator 2 has appeared all over gaming news sites again. And it was mentioned in great company of other independent games - true "gamer's games" like Don't Starve, Prison Architect, or Chivalry. We are really proud that our game has been invited into the first batch of games for Humble Store launch!

But we have the ultimate proof for you that the truck sim games we all love so much are no longer a niche genre - getting covered by Dan Bull!

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Development version of Euro Truck Simulator 2 with Oculus Rift HD support was demoed a couple of days ago at a big game show G-Star 2013 in South Korea. We have not attended the event in person, it took us a few days to learn the details, but we are very proud that the custom version of our game was among the few applications selected to show the potential of the new high-definition version of this very exciting virtual reality device.

We have found a few photos from the event...


source: 오큘러스 (Oculus) facebook page

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Last Friday we finally got our hands on the New DAF XF truck. Our artists are now going to have all the high quality references they need, including 3D scans of exterior and interior elements, in order to deliver the perfect game truck.

And off course our sound team was recording all of the the new vehicle sounds. So now you know the new DAF XF Euro 6 is one of the priority trucks we plan to deliver to you!

Let us show you a small video and photo report from the event:

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If you are running Euro Truck Simulator 2 on Steam, we are doing another public beta release experiment before releasing an update officially. Please note that is is a small interim maintenance update, not a major feature release.

Highligts include:

gearbox tweaking for some of the trucks
new exclusive Volvo FH 16 interior
several tweaks and fixes of new Volvo tuning parts
Volvo FH cabin decal now customizable, works with backlight

To access the beta on Steam, right click on the game's title in Library, select Properties, go to Betas tabs, and pick "public_beta" build. This version of the game should be fully compatible with all save games and stored profiles of the 1.7.x edition of the game.

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We would like to announce several improvements for World of Trucks.

The prominent additions include:

User comments for images

Now you can comment and discuss the images you have uploaded. We feel that there are plenty of creations worth talking about! World of Trucks gallery is a great testament of community craftsmanship.

Country selection

Now you are able to set the country of choice to your profile.

Search for users

You can now search with ease for your friends and fellow truckers. Check out their profiles and comment of their recent uploads.

Use webcam to snap your profile image

In web browsers supporting the feature (currently Firefox and Chrome only) you can use your webcam to grab the image for your World of Trucks profile.

Editor's Pick history

You can list older Editor's Picks to see who ever managed to be noticed by SCS team for the front page.

We are truly astonished seeing how active the fan community is on World of Trucks. We hope that the current small set of feature additions will boost it even further. There are small improvements (and large new features) in the pipeline, we are barely out of the gate. Stay tuned!

Plus jump right away to World of Trucks website to check it out!

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While looking at the amazing stuff that our fan community is producing, we cannot help but admire the passion for our games. But of course the tools are the key for creation of the best results. We are aware that despite valiant efforts to reverse-engineer our formats, the current tools in the hands of the modding community aren't ideal yet.

Today we would like to announce that we are working on SCS Blender Tools, which we will make available for everybody with creative passion for our games.

As you may have already guessed we will use Blender to base our SCS Blender Tools on. Blender is fast, flexible, with good documentation and most importantly Free, without need to worry for having expensive licenses for commercial packages like Maya or 3d Studio Max.

SCS Blender Tools we are building are going to be 100% "developer grade". The package will be using exactly the same approaches and workflows we use for creating our games, in fact some people on SCS team plan to start using them on a daily basis, replacing current tool pipeline. With SCS Blender Tools, it will be possible to comfortably create models, texture them, assign and tweak correct materials, and export everything to the engine.

The plan is that with SCS Blender Tools it will cover everything - from the simplest models of buildings to fully fledged trucks, just as us developers are doing it. With provided documentation we hope to see even higher quality creations from our modding community. With community-created assets in source form compatible with SCS Software's internal processes, and with the map editor a native part of the game itself, this may open up huge opportunities for the future.

Here are few screenshots of ongoing Blender integration:

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Scania Streamline beta on Steam

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We are preparing Euro Truck Simulator 2 update version 1.8 for release. Despite our best effort, our new AI code and physics improvements need more time "in the lab" as programmers are still tweaking things based on tester input. Therefore we decided to bring forward the release of a new vehicle model - Scania R edition bearing the legendary Streamline name! Such an important release deserves it's own version number bump, the planned code changes will therefore appear in future 1.9.x release.

Currently 1.8 is available in beta branch on Steam. This should be the final testing window, hopefully very short, and soon we'll be able to bring it out of beta on Steam and eventually also release the standalone patch for non-Steam players. Retail update takes quite longer to produce and test, plus setup the mirror servers so that our own infrastructure isn't immediately overloaded. But rest assured that it is coming asap as well.

Streamline trucks were always Scania's most leading, technically proficient trucks, with focus on efficiency and driver comfort. We hope that you will have fun trying out the new truck in our game!

Here's is a cool Scania Streamline video preview made by DaSquirrelsNuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla…KCxc7t77zElHHl8

SCS Blog

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Wir bereiten das Euro Truck Simulator 2-Update Version 1.8 für die Veröffentlichung vor.
Trotz aller Bemühungen benötigen die Verbesserungen an KI-Code und Physik noch mehr Zeit "im Labor", da unsere Programmierer,
anhand der Resonanz unserer Tester, noch immer Dinge optimieren.
Darum haben wir uns dazu entschlossen, die Veröffentlichung eines neuen Fahrzeugs vorzuziehen - Die Scania R Edition mit dem legendären Namen Streamline!
Eine solch wichtige Veröffentlichung verdient ihre eigene Versionsnummer, daher werden die geplanten Änderungen am Code in 1.9.X enthalten sein.


Derzeit ist Version 1.8 in der Beta-Sektion von Steam verfügbar. Dies sollte der letzte, hoffentlich sehr kurze Test sein und bald werden wir in der Lage sein,
die Beta-Phase zu beenden und eventuell auch den Patch für die Retail-Version (nicht Steam) zu veröffentlichen.
Hinzufügend zum Einrichten der Download-Sever zur Entlastung unserer eigenen Infrastruktur, dauert das Erstellen und Testen des Updates für die Retail Version etwas länger.
Aber seid sicher, dass es so schnell wie möglich kommen wird.


Streamline Modelle waren immer Scanias führende, technisch maßgebende Lkws mit Schwerpunkt auf Effizienz und Komfort für den Fahrer.
Wir hoffen dass ihr Spaß habt, beim ausprobieren des neuen Lkws in unserem Spiel.


Hier gibt es ein tolles Vorschau-Video über den Streamline, erstellt von DaSquirrelsNuts:

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Christmas and The New Year is approaching! Seeing the incredible level of creativity in screenshots uploaded to World of Trucks every day, we would like to announce a little official competition among those of you with the skill set required to create custom paint jobs. This will give us all even better understanding of the power of the modding community.

Competition

To participate, you need to create a paint job with Christmas or Silvester 2014 motive for your favorite truck. Make an in-game screenshot of your creation. Upload image to World of Trucks and let us know by mail that you have done it and are ready to have it reviewed (more info see in the Conditions below)

Rewards

Our team will choose the best screenshots to be featured in Editor's Picks through the period of 20 December to 03 January.
SCS team will hand-pick 3 winners, to be rewarded by receiving the official World of Trucks t-shirt.




And off course anybody posting a nice screenshot can expect community appreciation and likes for the best Paint jobs creators - everybody wins if the site starts to reflect the special time of the year!


Conditions

Create a truck paint job with Christmas or New Year 2014 motive. Choice of tools is up to you. We are aware that this is a limitation, but as of now we still cannot offer an official toolset for this purpose. Current World of Trucks custom paint jobs looks magnificent already though, which shows what great talent and skill there is already in our community!
Upload your image to the World of Trucks
E-mail us a World of Trucks link pointing to your image to the following email: worldoftrucks2014#scssoft.com (# sign replace with @).
Your e-mail MUST have exactly this subject line: World of Trucks 2014


This way we will have easier time finding you and your creation.

The 3 finalists will be announced in the beginning of 2014.
We are looking forward to seeing your no doubt amazing creations!