The first DLC for Farming Simulator 22 is now out and is probably most of a boon for those who like to grow grapes and olives.
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There’s now a new truck cabin available in American Truck Simulator. The International Eagle 9900i has been added and is now possible to get at any International store in the game.
As is usual for SCS Software’s game updates of this kind, the addition is released as a free upgrade to the base game.
In support of Ukraine, SCS Software has released a new purchaseable paint jobs pack for Euro Truck Simulator 2 with Ukrainian themed paint designs for the trucks.
SCS Software have declared that “100% of the income made from the sales will be donated to the People in Need (Člověk v tísni) charity involved directly in helping people affected by the war.” So just go buy it.
The latest patch to Farming Simulator 22 which brings the version numbering up to 1.3 is now out and in addition to patching it also brings the brands Ploeger and Motorex to the game. Ploeger being a Dutch maker of agricultural machines and Motorex being a Swiss oil brand.
In addition Giants have also taken the opportunity to put their own merchandise into the game – you can now dress your character in Farming Simulator branded clothes.
1.3 Changelog
Bugfixes & Changes:
- Fixed AI issues with articulated steering vehicles
- Fixed animal screen scrolling input on number of animals
- Fixed Animated Map Objects for mod maps
- Fixed beehive honey pallet spawning
- Fixed crashes that appeared most recently on older console hardware when loading heavy save games or joining MP games with heavy saves
- Fixed damage and owner display in vehicle info HUD
- Fixed errors due to localization issues in Swedish, Czech, Danish, Canadian French and Norwegian
- Fixed grassland rollers on Erlengrat
- Fixed input for opening map directly
- Fixed issues with beacon lights not matching the light reflections
- Fixed issues with pallet forks falling into ground
- Fixed issues with vehicles strapped on a train
- Fixed license plates after resetting a vehicle
- Fixed lost wood when factory storage is full
- Fixed map hotspot graphics for various vehicles
- Fixed train hotspot display for clients on Elmcreek
- Fixed ModHub download progress display not being updated properly
- Fixed players being able to open wrapped bales of other farms
- Fixed preplaced buildings being deleted when sold
- Fixed rare crash and visual issues when cutting trees
- Fixed rare problem with silage silo not opening correctly when uncovered
- Fixed situations where the game would not save anymore due to not enough memory
- Fixed steering axles while trailers attached to the front of the tractor
- Fixed unloading of cotton bales from bale loader
- Fixed usage of custom mod pallets in productions
- Fixed usage of vehicle tool cameras
- Fixed various issues with using custom translations in mod maps
- Fixed workshop update when vehicles are changed or sold
- Improved accessibility of some stations by the semi-helper
- Improved AI loading and unloading for various storage silos and hay barn
- Improved collision of trees
- Increased maximum height for unloading Heizomat HM 8-400 KLC
- Map slot count is now calculated correctly
- Stone picker helper will now stop when it’s full. It will automatically unload while a trailer is nearby
- Various improvements of driving or working behavior
- Fixed an issue where animal sounds were distorted while being close to an animal pen while in cabin view
- Fixed bales that randomly appeared within the vehicles shop, make sure to load your savegame, then save it, then exit the game and load back into it to get this fixed for good
New additions:
- Added colour configurations for Nardi header trailers
- Added contract progress notifications
- Added feature to sell vehicles and tools when loading a save that would be too heavy to load on older console generations otherwise
- Added license plates for traffic cars on Haut-Beyleron & Erlengrat
- Added minimum and maximum prices over a year in the fluctuations display
- Added PowerDrive transmission to Case IH Magnum 400
- Added proper ground alignment for Kuhn GF 8712
- Added support for modders who can now define snap positions for cutters, so they snap onto base game cutter trailers
- Added Three-Point-Linkage option for Versatile 4 WD
- Added wheeled US configuration for CLAAS Lexion 8900
I’m not entirely sure what is the worst here. That my three year old son Ramadeva apparently has some very unusual friends for his age, the fact that I seemingly have no problem with socializing with him at inns, or that he’s trying to hook me up…
Let me start by stating that I have never watched the original Vox Machina role-play campaign. I didn’t discover Critical Role until they were well into their second campaign. That one however I found interesting enough to go back and watch from the beginning.
This means that I have no possibility to judge exactly how closely the TV show follows the original role-playing sessions. Which maybe is a good thing.
First, the positive. It’s very endeering and quite honestly awesome that a bunch of Dungeons and Dragons roleplayers – who happen to be professional voice actors – make such a success in streaming their game sessions that they end up making the biggest Kickstarter in the field ever, and then getting the possibility to make an entire animated TV series season.
The animation is smooth. The voice acting is – naturally – top notch. All in all it is a very nice experience.
It does however have one weakness in my opinion and that is the script. The main characters three episodes in feels… not as likeable and multi-facetted as they ought to be. Of course, that’s based on a comparison with how the cast manage to make their characters come alive in their second campaign. So maybe their Vox Machina characters never were as loveable and quirky as their Mighty Nein ones. I wouldn’t know.
There’s also small quirks which maybe shows that their showrunners aren’t as great as the voice actors. Things like making a point of that Trinket the bear has to wait outside the palace, only to have the monarch proclaim that he likes the bear. Which he at that point hasn’t seen since said bear is sitting outside the main gates. In the same vein it is shown that Vox Machina lacks a certain social adaptation by failing to stand up at a banquet in honour of the monarch entering. Only to have the same banquet ending abruptly by the also invited and social competent villains declaring thet they will retire from the banquet by standing up and leaving – while the monarch, who is also their host, is still seated at the table. Talk about faux pas. But apparently this is nothing.
All in all The Legend of Vox Machina is an impressive feat. And not at all a bad show even if its unique background is discounted. For fans of fantasy tales in general and Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying in particular, it’s definitely worth watching. And it’s a true pleasure to see voice actors get a chance to more or less do their own show for once and take the front seat.
It is winter all around, so why not in Euro Truck Simulator 2 too? On my way with a delivery between the wintry Danish islands.
The winter feel is thanks to a package of mods called Frosty Winter which is made by Grimes and available on his web site. There’s also other seasonal mods there as well as some other. I haven’t yet used any of those though. But the winter one is truly great when you need a change from the ever-summer in the game.
This years Christmas event for American Truck Simulator and European Truck Simulator 2 is in full swing and as usual it’s goal is to transport Christmas gifts between cities. Fulfill the goals and you’ll be rewarded with decorative objects for your cabin. This year’s objects are on the theme “toys of yesteryear”, which means among other things toy mouse, a miniature rocking horse, and a wooden toy soldier.
Sadly just because it’s time for the Christmas deliveries it doesn’t mean that it will automagically be postcard Christmas weather.
The Freightliner Argosy is a mod made by Harven and Lucasi and is available in the Steam Workshop.
It’s event time again in American Truck Simulator and Euro Tuck Simulator 2, and this time it’s all about delivering Thrustmaster equipment around the world. The reward: a nice little soft toy steering wheen plushie and a toy set of Thrustmaster pedals for your truck’s interior design needs. Oh, and closer to real life there’s also the opportunity to win an actual Thrustmaster set too.
