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Update of ProMods 1.95 Available!

Euro Truck Simulator 2May 20, 201514Comments

We updated our map with version 1.95 to fix several bugs and ensure compatibility with the latest update of Euro Truck Simulator 2. You can download the updated version from our download site. And don’t forget to generate a new DEF file, since we made some changes there too!

ProMods in its original form was not compatible with the Scandinavia DLC. To give you the chance to enjoy the new DLC, we decided to release a version with our Scandinavia being removed. In this version some roads and ferry ports on the German/Danish border were changed to fit the vanilla DLC map and and make it compatible with the Scandinavia DLC.

Due to some changes in the map files of ETS2, we decided to release our current version as ETS2 1.18 compatible. This way we don’t need another update when SCS releases its next update.

[button color=”orange” url=”http://download.promods.net/”]Download Version 1.95 (for ETS2 1.18)[/button]

Unfortunately the complexity of releasing one version that works with and one that works without the Scandinavia DLC, we came to the decision to release only the version that requires the Scandinavia DLC. But for people playing ETS2 without the Scandinavia DLC, version 1.91 is still available with help of a compatibility patch for ETS2 1.17.x / 1.18.x.

[button color=”orange” url=”http://www.promods.net/compat.php”]Download Version 1.91[/button]

The Future of Scandinavia in ProMods

There’s no doubt that we will merge our existing Scandinavia with the one of the DLC – to provide you the best of both. This task will take several months and we only have a vague idea what parts will be used from ProMods or SCS. But you can keep up-to-date by checking our forum or social media accounts on a regular basis.

With ProMods 2.0 you will get a new and enhanced Scandinavia and we plan to include the Baltic States and the long-awaited Romania. But to connect these countries to the map, we are forced to make ProMods DLC dependent. In other words, with ProMods 2.0 and higher, you need to have both DLC (Going East and Scandinavia) to be installed.

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MandelSoft reviews: the ETS2 Scandinavia DLC

Euro Truck Simulator 2, SCS SoftwareMay 13, 201511Comments

MandelSoft from ProMods reviews the recently published Scandinavia DLC. Is it any good and is ProMods really that great in Scandinavia? This video gives an opinion of the pros and cons of both and see how good they are holding up against each other…

(Note: this is the first time I work with a script for the commentary. I still had to take a lot retakes on the voice recording)

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Åvsøm

CommunityMay 6, 20150Comments

AWESOME!!

SCS just released their Scandinavia DLC. Now we need to get very busy with making sure that this update will be ProMods compatible.

The current officially released ProMods pack does NOT work with the new patch and/or the new DLC.

You can follow the progress on the conversion here.

Also more info will be on our forum and on our page.

We expect a release of the ProMods 1.95 within two-four weeks. Meanwhile you guys can explore the beauty that SCS has created!

The Benelux Rebuilding Project: the back yard of the ProMods Team

CommunityApril 23, 201513Comments

In ProMods 1.91, you have already seen what ProMods is capable of doing when it comes to landscaping. The ARP (Autobahn Rebuilding Project) is a clear example of how vastly different the map can become given enough time, assets and love (that last aspect is also very important, you know). Each version of ProMods builds upon the knowledge gained in the previous version and with our ever growing skills and team, we are able to excel ourselves in every successive version.

However, because implementing this stuff to our map takes time, not all areas are up to our standards. Scandinavia can use quite an overhaul, since the majority of this has not seen any significant updates since its first implementation in version 1.0. Merging ProMods with the DLC will help a great deal in this (this is the reason why we halted large-scale updates in that area). The UK and the rest of Germany also needs a huge overhaul. While Germany is being worked on in phase 2 of the ARP, we have to wait with the UK, since SCS is planning to do an expansion towards Ireland (of which no further details are known other than that it is definitely going to happen). Austria still needs rebuilding at several locations, as well as northern Italy, the Czech Republic and the SCS parts of France. But that is not the focus of today…

Today we are going to focus on the area that most ProMods mappers (five in total) call home: the Benelux. Benelux is a common abbreviation of “Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg”, and thus it makes sense that this name is used for this project. Although some improvements have been made in this area in the past (the addition of Antwerpen and the E34 and E313, replacing at-grade crossings with interchanges in Rotterdam and Amsterdam) a lot is still misrepresented. The current map still contains, single-lane interchanges, at-grade crossings on motorways, an odd selection of represented motorways, space-consuming or missing river-crossings, and a-typical landscaping. For us, it was time to set things straight in our own home country, just like we did in Northwest Germany.

Below is a map of the Benelux representation in the current version of ProMods:

Map overview of the currently represented cities and roads in the Benelux area ETS2 with ProMods 1.91 installed.

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