Hello, friends!

Just recently (literally yesterday) the number of materials on the site surpassed the 10,000 mark. Ten thousand is a solid volume that encompasses the enormous work of mod and material creators, as well as the no less important work of moderators who decide what to publish and what to send back for revision (and sometimes even fix the formatting themselves), so that we see only the best mods for our favorite games on the site!

On the occasion of this event, we are launching a contest with very simple rules:
1) share a link to this news in any social network from the list: VKontakte, Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Twitter, Instagram
2) post the link to your social network post in the comments to this news (Attention! You must post it in your own comments on the site, not in VK comments!)

Requirement for the social network account: the account must be active and registered no later than December 7, 2017. Activity is determined by the presence of posts on the wall, friends, etc. If there is not a single post on the page in the last year, such an account is not suitable.

Prize: a licensed Steam key for any of the six games presented on the site: SpinTires, Spintires: MudRunner, Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator, Farming Simulator 2017, BeamNG.drive or a sum of 700 rubles (the winner chooses the prize).

There will be one winner, determined randomly on December 16 at 12:00 (noon Moscow time) among those who left a link in the comments.
You can post the news link in several social networks, then post several comments with different links and your chances of winning will increase!

Winner selection: all comments to the news (except VK comments) will be counted and a random number will be generated to determine the winning comment number. If the comment lacks a link to the post or the link is incorrect, the prize will be redrawn!

Thank you for being with us!

UPD: The contest is over. Winner: Sergey Prophet Antipov - https://vk.com/id33287450

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Today a small update was released, fixing a serious stability issue reported after last week's update, as well as adding some improvements.
The console update release is expected next week, as previously planned.

List of changes:

Camera:
- Camera zoom out when using the steering wheel
- Cabin camera is now assigned to the "3" key by default (on first game launch)
- Cabin camera can be activated with the right mouse button, but only when "move camera" mode is active (without hovering over the truck)
- Reduced sensitivity of the vertically oriented camera.

Audio:
- New and improved repair sounds
- Minor sound improvements

Fixes:
- Assigned the "3" key as a hotkey for the cabin camera for players launching the game for the first time
- Changed the label for exiting the cabin camera
- Restored missing labels "Engine stalled" and "Turn off differential lock"
- Trailer socket can now be activated with a gamepad when looking back in the cabin
- Fixed mod sorting by date/rank in the "Manage Mods" section

Other improvements:
- Vehicles are divided into three groups: stock | certified mods | uncertified mods
- Minor visual effects improvements (semi-transparent engine)
- Added headlight light projection textures (a slight improvement to headlight visual characteristics at night)

As always, please continue to let us know what you think about the game and report any issues or feedback you have. It all goes towards making Spintires: MudRunner the best game it can be!

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As usual, many games on Steam can be purchased at a nice discount during the sale!

Spintires: MudRunner can be bought with a 70% discount for just 360 rubles (provided you already own Spintires; otherwise, the discount is only 20% (960 rubles)). Note that the regular Spintires costs 360 rubles without any discounts, so it’s more profitable to buy it first and then get MudRunner with the additional discount (you’ll spend 360 + 360 = 720 rubles versus 960 rubles for MudRunner)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/675010/Spintires..

Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator have a huge 75% discount
http://store.steampowered.com/app/227300/Euro_Truc..
http://store.steampowered.com/app/270880/American_..

Farming Simulator 17 is 40% off
http://store.steampowered.com/app/447020/Farming_S..

And finally – BeamNG.drive can be purchased with a 20% discount
http://store.steampowered.com/app/284160/BeamNGdrive/

Note that the sale will last until 21:00 on January 4, 2018 (Moscow time).

Hello, friends!

In honor of the upcoming New Year, our team is announcing a contest:
1) Share a link to this news in any social network from the list: VKontakte, Facebook, Odnoklassniki, Twitter, Instagram
2) Post the link to your post in the comments to this news (Attention! You must post it in your own comments on the site, not in VK comments!)

Requirement for the social network account: the account must be active and registered no later than December 25, 2017. Activity is determined by the presence of posts on the wall, friends, etc. If there is not a single post on the page in the last year, such an account is not suitable.
You are allowed to post the news link in several social networks; in this case, post several comments with different links, and your chances of winning will increase!

This time there will be two winners! Each winner can choose their prize: a licensed Steam key for any of the six games presented on the site: SpinTires, Spintires: MudRunner, Euro Truck Simulator 2, American Truck Simulator, Farming Simulator 2017, BeamNG.drive, or a sum of 500 rubles.

Winners will be determined randomly on January 2, 2018, at 12:00 (noon Moscow time) among those who left a link in the comments.

Winner selection: all comments to the news (except VK comments) will be counted, and two random numbers will be generated, which will determine the winning comment numbers. If a comment lacks a link to a post or the link is incorrect, or both winning comments belong to the same person, the prize will be redrawn!

Please note that the prize in the form of a game is usually given as a gift on Steam, so make sure your Steam account allows adding friends.

Happy New Year!

Thank you for being with us!

Update: the contest is over!
Winners:
Vitaliy ツ"ღVITOSღ"ツ Krivchyenkov https://vk.com/id121742229
Evgeniy Kozhevnikov https://vk.com/id370949521

We had to redraw the second prize twice because the user with the nickname skrillex930 considered himself smarter than others and posted the link multiple times.

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Hello, friends!

The STMods.ru team sincerely congratulates you on the New Year 2018!

It is customary to sum up the past year and talk about plans for the coming year. We will not break the tradition :)

2017 was a very productive year for our project:
Over the year, we literally doubled in size: we added sections for BeamNG.drive, American Truck Simulator, and of course for Spintires: MudRunner!

An important (and complex) stage was the addition of updates for published materials. This was an attempt to bring order to the site and get rid of duplicate materials of different versions. In our opinion, although it did not solve all the related problems associated with updating materials, it helped to tidy things up quite well.

The Contests and Giveaways section was added.

In the same year, we added reviews for materials, which are in steady demand – many write and read them :)

Private messages on the site were long overdue and were enthusiastically received by users!

Finally, we made our own comments, which are still in beta testing but were definitely worth the effort.

Of course, this affected the traffic: the average daily audience of the site doubled – from ten to twenty thousand users!

As for plans – it’s hard to predict: naturally, the main plan is to continue delighting you with quality mods for our favorite games!
Of course, we will finish improving the comments so they work even better.
Work is already underway on notifications based on the VK principle: a bell if someone replied to your comment.
We will definitely work on implementing favorite authors and individual mods to make tracking liked materials even more convenient!
Maybe we will add a couple more sections (if worthy games are found).

We wish all users success in the coming year! May games become even more interesting, and mods only the most desired and high-quality!

Thank you for being with us!

The last month of the past year was crazy for many, and the developers at SCS Software were no exception. They released a large number of updates and expansions for their projects but did not manage to release the American Truck Simulator 1.30 update, which was ready a couple of days before the holidays and vacations. Releasing this update at the end of December would have been quite risky because if a serious bug had been discovered, it would have been very difficult to fix it. Therefore, a decisive decision was made – to wait until the end of the holidays and vacations, and then release version 1.30 for American Truck Simulator.

This update mainly consists of fixing some bugs as well as improving the game's compatibility with various mods.

If your copy of the game is activated on Steam, it will update to the latest version automatically unless you have disabled this in the settings or forced support for one of the previous versions to maintain compatibility with mods that do not update. In any case, the ATS 1.30 update is already available on Steam.

List of changes:
- Added support for simulation of new engine types;
- Fixed terrain rendering when approaching unloaded sectors;
- Traffic will no longer use turn signals in cases where they failed to change lanes and no lane change occurred;
- Fixed triggers in some rest areas that did not appear in the interface after loading the game;
- Improved weight distribution calculation for semi-trailers with liftable axles;
- Various improvements and fixes to the editor (marks in the content browser, support for hidden geometry, collections, tool parameter information, search, traffic tools);
- Cleanup of OpenGL support;
- Fixed light source rendering at different times in HQ screenshots;
- Fixed bugs that could cause crashes when using roads without materials;
- Fixed bugs that caused crashes when attempting to create a new nameplate template in the cabin in custom mods;
- Updated localizations.

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ROPA Pack DLC for PC/Mac, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One...

Farming Simulator 17 will soon expand further as the long list of well-known manufacturers is joined by the ROPA brand.
The ROPA Pack brings six new vehicles and pieces of equipment to the game, creating an even more exciting gameplay experience.
The DLC will be available on March 13 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC/Mac.

... and Official Expansion 2 for PC
PC players will also be able to purchase these new vehicles and equipment at retail, as the ROPA DLC is part of the Official Expansion 2 DVD box. The package includes the ready-to-use ROPA Pack and two DLCs already released for the game, giving players access to 38 additional vehicles and pieces of equipment for Farming Simulator 17 and Farming Simulator 17 Platinum Edition:
- ROPA Pack
- KUHN Equipment Pack
- Big Bud Pack

For PC players who enjoy creating and adding their own content to the game, Farming Simulator 17 Official Expansion 2 also includes two eBooks (PDF) titled “Modding Simulator for Dummies” and “The Art of Modding,” as well as a series of tutorial videos showing how to create your mods step by step. Create your own vehicles, machines, fields, sites... and share your masterpieces with the community.

The ROPA Pack DLC will be available for digital download on PC/MAC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One starting March 13, 2018. The DLC is also included in the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Season Pass offer.

The ROPA Pack DLC will also be included in Official Expansion 2, the physical retail package for PC.

Please note: owning Farming Simulator 17 or Farming Simulator 17: Platinum Edition is required to access this DLC and Official Expansion 2.

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