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I would love to see billboards that have fast food advertisements and say that it is on the next exit, or maybe if possible, how many miles till the exit. Those are everywhere in my home state of Florida, You can basically see a "McDonald's, Next Exit" or some billboard similar about anywhere in Florida on the interstates.
We kind of already have one in ATS with the company Annie's, it says that you are almost to the location in certain places, usually it is with a Driver/Driving branded gas station.
EDIT: here is the image. I just put a sign down in the editor somewhere.
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Just think about it, you see the billboard for Taco Kingdom, and it tells you that it is on the next exit, this would be cool to see in Texas.
Whatever Annie makes for future DLCs, including Texas, is going to be awesome and we will welcome her amazing work with open arms!
We kind of already have one in ATS with the company Annie's, it says that you are almost to the location in certain places, usually it is with a Driver/Driving branded gas station.
EDIT: here is the image. I just put a sign down in the editor somewhere.
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Just think about it, you see the billboard for Taco Kingdom, and it tells you that it is on the next exit, this would be cool to see in Texas.
Whatever Annie makes for future DLCs, including Texas, is going to be awesome and we will welcome her amazing work with open arms!
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Re: Texas Discussion Thread
@flight50 I’m with you on excitement for @SCS_Annie going full time on ATS and look forward to seeing what new stuff is brought to Texas and once confirmed Montana and beyond. However also being an ETS 2 player as well would be good to see more details from the ETS dev side. Know more of the ATS dev side and very little about ETS2 devs.
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@Brendan0620, yeah, that's such a nice detail. It'd also be really great if unique restaurants (or other businesses/attractions) had the specific exit number (or town) on the sign. I could really see this happening with the famous Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo and the Medieval Times in Dallas, two iconic Texas restaurants it'd be cool to see in the game along the highway.
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I'm sure that the last thing anyone playing ATS wants or needs to be reminded of is American politics. The populace has been sufficiently polarized that saying anything, in either direction, in support of anyone, is enough to get people upset. Hell, just look at the vaccine delivery event or half the responses to the charity DLC. That stuff shouldn't even be a blip in a sane world, but we've long since surpassed sanity.
I'm pretty sure that SCS is smart enough to avoid intentionally going within 100 miles of that stuff, but to be clear, they should absolutely continue avoiding it. At the absolute most, a generic "ELECT (name of some developer)" with no other information is probably okay.
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Regarding the restaurant billboards, you can do something similar for new suburbs under construction. Maybe tie it into Plaster & Sons or some other construction company, too.
I'm pretty sure that SCS is smart enough to avoid intentionally going within 100 miles of that stuff, but to be clear, they should absolutely continue avoiding it. At the absolute most, a generic "ELECT (name of some developer)" with no other information is probably okay.
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Regarding the restaurant billboards, you can do something similar for new suburbs under construction. Maybe tie it into Plaster & Sons or some other construction company, too.
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Now Buc-ee's would be sweet. That would be iconic for sure. The cool part about Buc-ee's is that they are spread to other states in the Southeast. So SCS will be able to reuse it later down the road. If they manage to get Buc-ee's in....mmmm. Delicious, lol. It a landmark in a way. They are considered a travel center and man what a stop they are. Most people here in Texas go for the cool foods they have. They have a lot of things that you can only find at Buc-ee's.
I wasn't saying a particular type of billboard though. If you are referring my statement quoted below, I'm only speaking of new depots/new companies, not billboards. Billboards can be deep for sure. That is something Annie will always be able to add new graphic to.
Cool sign. I totally agree with you on the exit immersion imprinted on the billboard itself. Texas has a ton of these designation billboards. Buc-ee's included. I wonder if we do get a Buc-ee's, what would it be called? Beaver's, Squirrel's, Weasel's, Ferret's, Hamster's....I bet Annie imagination gets to run wild with Texas. Only one language to worry about should make things easier for her. Good luck on Annie and again, welcome to the ATS team .Brendan0620 wrote: ↑14 Oct 2021 19:16 Just think about it, you see the billboard for Taco Kingdom, and it tells you that it is on the next exit, this would be cool to see in Texas.
Whatever Annie makes for future DLCs, including Texas, is going to be awesome and we will welcome her amazing work with open arms!
@Trucker_Tommy I agree that Montana should be fun to. Lots of space for Annie to work with there to. After Texas and Montana though, the scope per dlc gets smaller but busier as the smaller states get more compact. Yeah, it does seem like more devs for ATS will get in front of the camera and not so many from the ETS2 team. It should be more balanced for sure. Both games are spoken in English though. Perhaps most people working on ATS is more comfortable dealing with English that those on the ETS2 team. I think Nemiro is getting pretty good with English but not sure about others that are Czech. He cracks me up though, lol. I'm glad he our driver host. It wouldn't feel right if he wasn't our driver host at this point. He and Alex are the closet people we have to Carthoo.
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Our team certainly appreciates the enthusiasm, however, for the time being, something like this is rather unrealistic due to technical obstacles, time restraints and other issues being of higher priority.Brendan0620 wrote: ↑14 Oct 2021 19:16 I would love to see billboards that have fast food advertisements and say that it is on the next exit, or maybe if possible, how many miles till the exit. Those are everywhere in my home state of Florida, You can basically see a "McDonald's, Next Exit" or some billboard similar about anywhere in Florida on the interstates.
We kind of already have one in ATS with the company Annie's, it says that you are almost to the location in certain places, usually it is with a Driver/Driving branded gas station.
EDIT: here is the image. I just put a sign down in the editor somewhere.
Just think about it, you see the billboard for Taco Kingdom, and it tells you that it is on the next exit, this would be cool to see in Texas.
Whatever Annie makes for future DLCs, including Texas, is going to be awesome and we will welcome her amazing work with open arms!
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What technical obstacles Annie? Are you guys just hurrying up for Texas since it's still a struggle? Do you have an official map plan yet?SCS_Annie wrote: ↑15 Oct 2021 12:41Our team certainly appreciates the enthusiasm, however, for the time being, something like this is rather unrealistic due to technical obstacles, time restraints and other issues being of higher priority.Brendan0620 wrote: ↑14 Oct 2021 19:16 I would love to see billboards that have fast food advertisements and say that it is on the next exit, or maybe if possible, how many miles till the exit. Those are everywhere in my home state of Florida, You can basically see a "McDonald's, Next Exit" or some billboard similar about anywhere in Florida on the interstates.
We kind of already have one in ATS with the company Annie's, it says that you are almost to the location in certain places, usually it is with a Driver/Driving branded gas station.
EDIT: here is the image. I just put a sign down in the editor somewhere.
Just think about it, you see the billboard for Taco Kingdom, and it tells you that it is on the next exit, this would be cool to see in Texas.
Whatever Annie makes for future DLCs, including Texas, is going to be awesome and we will welcome her amazing work with open arms!
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These aren't questions I am allowed to answer. But one thing I can say - for starters, billboard textures are huge. In resolution and thus, size. This is something we need to keep in mind. Optimization matters. Not to mention, billboards are only a fraction of 2D artist's responsibilities. There simply isn't time for someone to create 600 of thse specific billboards, and for someone else to place them into all the previously released DLC as well as the base game.
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It's good that you damp down some unrealistic expectations right from the start, Annie. Generally, such a feedback directly from the developers is always highly welcomed.
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