Well here's food for thought. Anyone consider that if Texas has been in development for almost 4 years (by time its released) that Texas had certain prefabs first? If Montana uses anything from Texas and Montana comes first, its looks as if Montana always had it. Its developed much quicker and anything is game to use if SCS made it.danbywinby wrote: ↑25 Jun 2022 12:41 I have to be honest and say that I am starting to agree with @Vinnie Terranova. The more and more screenshots that we are being shown of the Texas DLC the more I am getting more dissapointed.
Texas DLC has been in the works for almost 4 years. Perhaps it is my fault for building up my hopes and following all of the speculation threads on here but either way Texas has always been seen as a big milestone for ATS. Yes the map and scenery and cities for Texas are looking amazing but the Industries, Depots and Cargoes and AI vehicles are becoming more and more disappointing because most of it is being copy pasted from elsewhere in the map.
I'm really struggling to see what exactly is going to come only from the Texas DLC apart from the map itself. The screenshots and blog posts of Montana are showing that any new cargos and industries seem to be coming with Montana or 1.45 instead of Texas.
In general, I agree with ya on the Texas blogs. Buttttt if you look at the micro site, you will see that there is plenty more interesting and new things that Montana doesn't have. At least I think. I listed those a page or 2 ago. SCS is leading up to the more interesting stuff as always. There are interesting blogs left and there are boring blogs left. Not many are really interested in weigh station, rest stations, courthouses, border patrol. But more people could be interested in glass plant, oil field services, space center, oil wells sites, car factory, highways and junctions, the 3 other large cities, refineries, etc. Montana isn't revealing any of this that we know of. We've just seen a new cargo on the last blog via twitter video. There are too many new industries coming to not get new cargoes. With everything new coming with both Montana and Texas, SCS has to cover cargo for brand new industries. If Montana is adding 8 new industries, there should be 2-3 times new cargo for those 8. If Texas is bringing glass, car factory, pecan farms, there should be 2-3 times the new cargo for those 3. So between those 11 new industries (not companies, new companies can recycle cargo), those 11 new industries must bring at least 22 new cargoes minimum up to 33 or more if we get 3x the cargo. It might be over optimistic but I find it hard to just bring one new cargo for one new industry. That makes zero since and SCS is better off not even bringing the new industry. We should be seeing a flood of new cargoes this year with the dlc's. I say flood but 22-33 more cargo options is more than we have currently.
With that said, nothing says that SCS can't make more than 2-3 new cargoes per industry. For landscaping, we could easily get 4-6. Waste management, we've seen cardboard bales but there has to be more than just that. Why bring the industry if only one new cargo. SCS justifies new industries if there is suitable depots and multiple cargos that comes with (x) new industry. The new trailer service that is also deliverable, the new electric facility, sugar plant. We should get more than just sugar and beets if SCS is bringing it. Grain elevators. Could be a few new cargoes there for hoppers and dumpers. Put those new LK trailers to work and the reworked vanilla trailers. The Agriculture thread in my link has grains that could come. There's like 7-8 of them. Add some of the beans from that list and we could have a solid dozen or so someday.
So honestly, I just don't think SCS is showing us everything but that doesn't mean much until the 2 dlc's are out. If I am wrong with any of this, SCS is dropping the ball for the new upcoming industries. But this is one I'll have some faith in them. It something they can control with dedicated people to do cargoes. Maybe Pavel considered the chatter on this forum via his employee's input to focus on cargo finally. The staff is growing and just maybe SCS has not revealed cargo plans just yet until we see evidence. Heck I don't know but I stopped underestimating SCS a long time ago for things I think are feasible now without engine updates.