Well, first of all, everyone is making them and so do I.
I don’t know what to call this properly. There were many sarcastic names, but I decided that the humor wouldn’t be understood and someone would definitely get offended.
Let’s say, this is probably the most complete default replacement pack with more original vehicles. But not 15GB. For the most part, this is DenА HuanА’s pack with replaced radiator grilles. And I separately looked for Kraz 256, Maz 6317, Maz 7429.
I didn’t replace Maz 538/537/535/7310, UMZ-6, LuAZ, ZAZ, since they are already decent.
ZAZ and LuAZ are better than the default, but they would bloat the archive. There is also a good ZIL 130, but that’s an extra 300-400 MB.
The goal was not to create a perfect default. Besides, everyone has their own vision of what perfect and complete addons and gadgets are. The goal was to create a minimal-size and system-load pack that would improve the default. Like the pack we all dreamed of, that Pasha would write a fix for in a month and the default would become awesome.
I couldn’t find a suitable replacement for Kamaz 65115.
The specs haven’t changed. The original off-road capability and power remain.
In a separate folder, there are dump truck bodies for Kraz 255/256 and Kamaz.
Unfortunately, Kraz trucks load logs, Kamaz trucks load sand. The Kamaz bodies have addons with garages in the form of asphalt, sand, and gravel.
In the same folder with the bodies, there is a separate mod for the Russian localization of these dump truck addons.
Dump trucks and the Russian localizer are not mandatory for installation.
I didn’t use the default much before, so I’m not aware of what it lacks for happiness in terms of long unloads, cranes, and other default stuff. Write in the comments what the default lacks and if it looks reasonable, I’ll add it.
Installation. You can simply copy all the files, agreeing to replace. Same with addons. Then you don’t have to mess with Zip archives.
The second option is to put everything from Media into Media, and everything from the yellow MeshCache and TextureCache into the corresponding Zip archives, after backing up copies of those archives. With the second option, you don’t need to copy the Config file.
And if you have your own custom entries in the config (Config), I think you’ll figure out the installation.
Of course, clear the CACHE. And actively bombard the comments.
Authors are roughly these –
https://stmods.ru/author/Den+Huan/
https://stmods.ru/author/Klik/
https://stmods.ru/author/Slava_102Rus/
https://stmods.ru/author/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%..
https://stmods.ru/author/Konturena+Aleksey/
And sorry to those I didn’t mention.