[ETS2 - Delivery Time Increase + Ownable Trailer Stutter Fix mods

[Foryst]

Greetings truckers!

One problem I noticed whilst playing ETS2 is that, if you want to use PizzaDawg's Cargo Market Stutter Fix (found on truckymods.io) along with a mod to increase delivery times, the one that is given a higher priority in the mod manager overrides the one below it because they both edit the same file - the economy_data.sii file. This meant that I had to choose between not using my own trailer on my large map combo or needing to finish deliveries more urgently, which is a shame given that Nordic Horizons has recently released as it limits my opportunities for exploration.

So last weekend I created a solution: Add both edits to economy file into one mod. On top of that, I've created separate mods for if you want even more time than standard to deliver your cargo, and mods for if you want a more extreme fix to your cargo stutters than standard (both given the tag 'extra' in their file names).

I've played around with different values in the game's economy file to come up with better stutter fixes and a fair amount of extended delivery time than similar mods. I haven't simply copied file entries from other mods, instead these are completely new for everyone to try.

IMPORTANT NOTICES BEFORE USING THESE MODS

• Complete any current jobs before adding this mod to an existing profile

• Give this mod a high priority in the mod manager

• This mod is incompatible with other economy mods

• After installing this mod on an existing profile, you MUST reset your game’s economy in order for it to work. Please watch this video tutorial for instructions on how to do this.

• Remove this mod when you play on Freight Market, because it greatly limits the number of jobs that will spawn

Also note that the Ownable Trailer Stutter Fix (Extra) mods will make cargo market jobs take a very long time to expire. This is partly why it works so effectively at removing stutters, because the game isn't constantly generating new jobs.


All my mods have been uploaded to truckymods.io for everyone to try out:

Delivery Time Increase + Ownable Trailer Stutter Fix
Delivery Time Increase + Ownable Trailer Stutter Fix (Extra)
Delivery Time Increase (Extra) + Ownable Trailer Stutter Fix
Delivery Time Increase (Extra) + Ownable Trailer Stutter Fix (Extra)

In addition, I have mods for the standard Delivery Time Increase and the Extra version without the stutter fix, because I can't find anyone who has made these mods for ETS2 version 1.57:

Delivery Time Increase
Delivery Time Increase (Extra)


These mods have only been tested on ETS2 version 1.57 and 1.58

[izket]

First of all, I think it's good that you're addressing this problem... I'm currently testing your mod and I've noticed that there are very few jobs... I've driven through 5 cities so far and only 4 jobs appear in one city... globally speaking, only these 4 jobs... does your mod only affect the freight market?

[izket]

I created a new profile and assumed I wouldn't need the economy hack, but after applying it everything looks okay....

[izket]

Is an update to version 1.58 necessary, or can we use the existing version for version 1.58 as well?

[Foryst]

Remember that the ownable trailer stutter fix mod needs to be removed if you want to take up a freight market job, and also remember that you need to reset the economy when you add the this mod to an existing profile. That should hopefully eliminate the problems you have with no jobs in existing profiles. As for version 1.58, I reckon it should be fine because SCS rarely change the file which my mods edit, but I will test it out thoughroughly soon.

[Adrian Zgripcea]

In my case, when I tinkered with the economy_data.sii file a while ago, I found that I could get rid of the stutters by only increasing cargo_validity_max (I've set it to 10080/168 hours since update 1.51). Because no_cargo_prob is still 0.1 I don't have a shortage of freight market jobs. Most of them just have longer expiration times, like the cargo market jobs.

[izket]

In my case, when I tinkered with the economy_data.sii file a while ago, I found that I could get rid of the stutters by only increasing cargo_validity_max (I've set it to 10080/168 hours since update 1.51). Because no_cargo_prob is still 0.1 I don't have a shortage of freight market jobs. Most of them just have longer expiration times, like the cargo market jobs.

Interesting... so just increasing the availability time of jobs is enough? How would that update? In any case, Foryst's mod is truly one of the best available for this game... you can now actually use your own trailers without the game lagging or anything like that... at least that was the case with version 1.57... I'll test version 1.58 as well.

[Adrian Zgripcea]

@izket Yes, it seems that for my system it was enough to only widen the job expiration window from the default 3-30 hours to 3-168 hours. This also worked on my large map combo profile, though I haven't used it since 1.56. I'm not sure how your hardware influences this "bug", but I imagine there isn't one universal configuration that works for everyone.

If you want, you can try opening one of the .scs files from this mod with 7-Zip and experimenting with different values for no_cargo_prob, cargo_validity_min and cargo_validity_max. This is what I have:

no_cargo_prob: 0.1 # 10% prob. of empty cargo slot
cargo_validity_min: 180 # 3 hours
cargo_validity_max: 10080 # 168 hours

[Foryst]

@izket The mod has been updated to ETS2 version 1.58 but it's just a compatability update so none of the economy_data file was edited further.

[izket]

@izket The mod has been updated to ETS2 version 1.58 but it's just a compatability update so none of the economy_data file was edited further.

thx 4 that bro...waiting on this

I just downloaded the latest version, but the description says version 1.0...

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