Re: Fantasy freelancers
Posted: 23 Nov 2018 22:34
Tallinn - some kind of central square with what looks like a run-down agglomoration of market stalls....
Today the Baltic expansion announcement came out... won't lie, I'm excited for it, but the area is really nice in ProMods too... well worth exploring or visiting one last time before ProMods release an update for the DLC - of course I'm going to wait for that till I buy the DLC. ETS2 without ProMods is like Hogwarts without Hagrid.
Anyway today we're with Milan in Tallinn, looking for work that will take us into Russia, 'cause a bit of that's getting updated too... the map's out, so now we know the exact area. Not much of Russia, so hopefully the RusMap team won't fall into a black depression and will be able to make use of all the new prefabs and stuff...
Okay... got the job, it's tractors to Valday. Taking tractors to Russia is like taking coal to Newcastle or tvárůžky to Olomouc (well, Loštice, actually, but yeah) but why not. Just leaving Tallinn here.
Between Tallinn and Narva.
A very brief glimpse of the sea. Seems like those islands we visited in the last set aren't included in SCS's Estonia, which is great, really liked those, hopefully they'll be back with the ProMods update. Always good to see interaction betwen land and sea in ETS 2.
Narva, Estonia, near the border with Russia.
Approaching the border. I used to think SCS were stupid for constantly updating the game. Why can't they be like other companies and just release a new version, I thought. Or concentrate on ATS and let the modders get on with impoving Europe, they're doing great.
After France, Italy and ATS my stance has changed from "SCS are killing modding, and so their own game" to "I just don't know what to think". It's surely a tough job being a modder for SCS truck games. You build new lands, and SCS pastes over them in a couple of years. You revamp old lands, and SCS sends a skeleton (but talented) crew to revamp them too... The DLCs have a lot going for them, but still I thank all modders for their persistance and patience, you are awesome!!!
Now we've reached Russia and RusMap. Pruzhitsy, an unmarked "scenery village", to be precise. The wreck of a Lada (or whatever) reminds me of ATS. I suspect SCS learned about adding this kind of scuzzy character from RusMap. ProMods are great, but no one does dilapidated like RusMap.
Heading for Luga.
Luga, with its bridge over the River Luga. This town will be in the expansion, it seems.
Heading east towards Veliky Novgorod.
Hope those chickens don't end up "under my wheels".
Looks like she's been sitting there all day, with a full bucket of redcurrants for sale. Stopped to buy some and chat her up ; )
Nearing Veliky Novgorod. Great New Town, I suppose would be the translation, a few Russian words are similar to Czech...
Reached the aforementioned city. 859 years since it was founded. Do you think they carve a new date every year? Eventually the bottom section would get so thin the whole caboodle would come tumbling down...
Wow.... would like to see this in reality....
Obligatory sunset shot. Time for the last stretch to Valday.
Here we are. But not quite there yet - we have to deliver to a remote farm.
Oh my.... hadn't bargained for this. A really lumpy bumpy track, and it's almost dark.
Kurňaaaaa..... bumping and bouncing, occasionally getting stuck, gouging the bottom of the cab to hell...
At least the right wheels are on flat land. The truck is making unpleasant noises. Hope we can at least make the delivery...
Finally the ground is level again. Coughing and smoking, we limp towards the destination.
Made it at last. The truck refused to start again once it stopped. The area is so remote mapwise with no other way in or out that I had to have it flown out by helicopter.
As the heli lifted it up, the engine half fell out and just hung there. The locals cut it free and the heli had to come back for it and make a second trip. You'll not get me in
a helicopter, so I was stranded... luckily the farmers had a suggestion and a spare truck sitting around... well, thanks for watching!!