Holiday time is a quiet period in our office as members of our team are spending time with their families. But we know that our fans always crave for fresh information about our projects. So here we are, with a bunch of great-looking panoramas from Scandinavia!



As you may have already noticed in some earlier screenshots we have published, there are considerable changes coming to the game environment. Several in-game graphic rendering elements have been altered or improved to achieve a richer color palette, as presented on the images in this announcement.



The most noticeable changes to the systems are improvements to HDR tone-mapping calculations and sun shafts. Each weather condition now has its own specific lighting preset, allowing us to provide different scene illumination and reflectivity depending on the current state of game environment.



Sun shafts (sometimes dubbed "God rays") will be using a new calculation algorithm which creates softer and more lifelike effects - driving during sunset or sunrise will provide you with vistas you have not yet seen in ETS2. In order to improve the looks of scenes, we've also decided to alter our fog/haze calculation system.



As the shaders and rendering code are changing, we also need to adjust quite a lot of game assets. Shaders and textures of many objects such as buildings or roads have to be updated in order to correct their specular and diffuse lighting properties to match the new system.





We are half-way through all this work, quite a lot of it is still ahead of us. We aim to release the improvements mentioned in this post alongside Scandinavia DLC. However, the visual changes will be very noticeable everywhere, it will not be just the new parts of the ETS2 world to benefit from the new graphical features. So even if you don't rush to buy Scandinavia right away when it's released, you will get the visual changes as a part of a free game update available for all Euro Truck Simulator 2 owners.

Holiday time is a quiet period in our office as members of our team are spending time with their families. But we know that our fans always crave for fresh information about our projects. So here we are, with a bunch of great-looking panoramas from Scandinavia!



As you may have already noticed in some earlier screenshots we have published, there are considerable changes coming to the game environment. Several in-game graphic rendering elements have been altered or improved to achieve a richer color palette, as presented on the images in this announcement.



The most noticeable changes to the systems are improvements to HDR tone-mapping calculations and sun shafts. Each weather condition now has its own specific lighting preset, allowing us to provide different scene illumination and reflectivity depending on the current state of game environment.



Sun shafts (sometimes dubbed "God rays") will be using a new calculation algorithm which creates softer and more lifelike effects - driving during sunset or sunrise will provide you with vistas you have not yet seen in ETS2. In order to improve the looks of scenes, we've also decided to alter our fog/haze calculation system.



As the shaders and rendering code are changing, we also need to adjust quite a lot of game assets. Shaders and textures of many objects such as buildings or roads have to be updated in order to correct their specular and diffuse lighting properties to match the new system.





We are half-way through all this work, quite a lot of it is still ahead of us. We aim to release the improvements mentioned in this post alongside Scandinavia DLC. However, the visual changes will be very noticeable everywhere, it will not be just the new parts of the ETS2 world to benefit from the new graphical features. So even if you don't rush to buy Scandinavia right away when it's released, you will get the visual changes as a part of a free game update available for all Euro Truck Simulator 2 owners.

We are always delighted when we can share the features that we work on with our community, and today we would like to give you a quick look at one of the core game functionalities in American Truck Simulator: Weigh Stations.





Drivers cruising across American highways might occasionally be required to visit a weigh station alongside of the road to verify if their load complies with regulations. These weighing terminals are concentrated along the highways and can be easily accessed by drivers at any time. Please note that Weigh Stations will be exclusive to American Truck Simulator and will not appear in Euro Truck Simulator 2.





Due to overwhelming community response and upcoming Holiday Season our team has decided to extend SCS Polar Express Holiday event past Christmas Eve and into the New Year - everyone who finishes their assigned delivery will receive the exclusive Raven Truck Design DLC!

Happy Holidays,
Team at SCS Software

We are always delighted when we can share the features that we work on with our community, and today we would like to give you a quick look at one of the core game functionalities in American Truck Simulator: Weigh Stations.





Drivers cruising across American highways might occasionally be required to visit a weigh station alongside of the road to verify if their load complies with regulations. These weighing terminals are concentrated along the highways and can be easily accessed by drivers at any time. Please note that Weigh Stations will be exclusive to American Truck Simulator and will not appear in Euro Truck Simulator 2.





Due to overwhelming community response and upcoming Holiday Season our team has decided to extend SCS Polar Express Holiday event past Christmas Eve and into the New Year - everyone who finishes their assigned delivery will receive the exclusive Raven Truck Design DLC!

Happy Holidays,
Team at SCS Software

The time so many of you have waited for is here: Euro Truck Simulator 2 now supports all 3 major operating systems.

We are launching the OS X beta the same way as the Linux beta - you will be able to install it only after doing the following steps:

• On your Mac, right-click on Euro Truck Simulator 2 in your Steam library and select Properties.
  
• Switch to the Betas tab and select the osx_beta branch (as shown here) and close the window.
  
• Install Euro Truck Simulator 2 from your library.
  
• Play!

Please report any bugs related to the Mac beta in the Mac OS X beta subforum on Steam Discussions - search if a topic about your bug already exists, and if not, create a topic for it.

We are currently focused on supporting the newest Mac OS X Yosemite.

Always include the game.log.txt file from /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Euro Truck Simulator 2 (this directory is also used for game profiles and mods).
If the game is crashing, please include contents of the OS X crash dialog.

You can paste contents on Pastebin or a similar service.


Mac version of ETS2 is the same as the Windows and Linux version, so you should be able to complete our Polar Express Holiday event on your Mac OS.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/127555528264845438
We will release the Mac version for everyone when we are confident about stability of the game. It can be next month, or it can take longer.

Don't forget that the game is a featured deal today in the Steam Holiday Sale!

Merry Christmas! ːhonkhonkː

The time so many of you have waited for is here: Euro Truck Simulator 2 now supports all 3 major operating systems.

We are launching the OS X beta the same way as the Linux beta - you will be able to install it only after doing the following steps:

• On your Mac, right-click on Euro Truck Simulator 2 in your Steam library and select Properties.
  
• Switch to the Betas tab and select the osx_beta branch (as shown here) and close the window.
  
• Install Euro Truck Simulator 2 from your library.
  
• Play!

Please report any bugs related to the Mac beta in the Mac OS X beta subforum on Steam Discussions - search if a topic about your bug already exists, and if not, create a topic for it.

We are currently focused on supporting the newest Mac OS X Yosemite.

Always include the game.log.txt file from /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Euro Truck Simulator 2 (this directory is also used for game profiles and mods).
If the game is crashing, please include contents of the OS X crash dialog.

You can paste contents on Pastebin or a similar service.


Mac version of ETS2 is the same as the Windows and Linux version, so you should be able to complete our Polar Express Holiday event on your Mac OS.

http://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/127555528264845438
We will release the Mac version for everyone when we are confident about stability of the game. It can be next month, or it can take longer.

Don't forget that the game is a featured deal today in the Steam Holiday Sale!

Merry Christmas! :honkhonk:

The Steam Holiday sale is here, and ETS2 is in the featured deals. It's the best Christmas gift for your friends in our unbiased opinion.



Enjoy the sale! ːcsdsmileː

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo1PgKksgw

The Steam Holiday sale is here, and ETS2 is in the featured deals. It's the best Christmas gift for your friends in our unbiased opinion.



Enjoy the sale! :csdsmile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo1PgKksgw

Latest Euro Truck Simulator 2 update ver. 1.15 dubbed "Holiday Update" brought numerous fixes and improvements to the core part of our title, but it also contained a number of improvements for existing DLCs in order to keep their content compatible with new features and code base of the game. Maintaining everything up to date is one of the behind the scenes tasks that our team is undertaking to ensure that ETS2 performs just as you expect it!

At this moment, the retail version of 1.15 Holiday Update is available as well.



This update not only brings updates and fixes for the existing content, but time we included new content: Road Roller for the High Power Cargo Pack DLC as a "thank-you" to our loyal fans who support continued development of ETS2 by purchasing extra DLC packages. We believe there's always more room for boosting value of our paid and free content, including exclusive Raven Pack DLC.



Raven Pack DLC is a special reward for participating and completing objectives in the SCS Polar Express - our special holiday event. We are extremely thrilled at the user turnout we have seen so far: over ten thousand World of Truck users have already received a free key for the Raven Pack DLC! (To put this number into perspective: total distance driven helping Santa is over 50 trips to the Moon and back!)

http://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/127555528264845438

http://store.steampowered.com/app/304214/

Latest Euro Truck Simulator 2 update ver. 1.15 dubbed "Holiday Update" brought numerous fixes and improvements to the core part of our title, but it also contained a number of improvements for existing DLCs in order to keep their content compatible with new features and code base of the game. Maintaining everything up to date is one of the behind the scenes tasks that our team is undertaking to ensure that ETS2 performs just as you expect it!

At this moment, the retail version of 1.15 Holiday Update is available as well.



This update not only brings updates and fixes for the existing content, but time we included new content: Road Roller for the High Power Cargo Pack DLC as a "thank-you" to our loyal fans who support continued development of ETS2 by purchasing extra DLC packages. We believe there's always more room for boosting value of our paid and free content, including exclusive Raven Pack DLC.



Raven Pack DLC is a special reward for participating and completing objectives in the SCS Polar Express - our special holiday event. We are extremely thrilled at the user turnout we have seen so far: over ten thousand World of Truck users have already received a free key for the Raven Pack DLC! (To put this number into perspective: total distance driven helping Santa is over 50 trips to the Moon and back!)

http://steamcommunity.com/games/227300/announcements/detail/127555528264845438

http://store.steampowered.com/app/304214/