Various road improvements and graphical upgrades were made to older parts of the map to align with the new DX11 lighting system. Modding and Technical Changes

Before dissecting the patch, we need to address the elephant in the cab. In the world of SCS Software, a change in the second decimal place (e.g., 1.35.x to 1.36.x) usually signifies a major feature drop or an engine overhaul.

The was a painful but necessary surgery. It killed off the antiquated DirectX 9, breaking thousands of mods and alienating players with decade-old PCs. However, it laid the concrete foundation for everything ETS2 would become in 2021 and beyond.

As mentioned, this was a major addition, featuring narrow roads and steep inclines.

Have a successful haul, driver.

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Thomas saved the game. He didn't quit immediately. He opened the mod manager. He knew that tomorrow, he would likely have to update his paint jobs and his sound mods to match the new engine version. It would be a hassle. It would be work.

: Many older texture files (.dds formats) compiled for DX9 failed to load, causing purple textures or game crashes.

If you updated past 1.36 and need to go back:

If you want, I can:

For the modding community and regular players, this was a major shift. By moving exclusively to DirectX 11 (DX11), SCS Software paved the way for better performance, more stable memory management, and improved visual effects. While this initially caused issues for players with older hardware or those using outdated mods in 2020, by 2021, the move was celebrated for allowing developers to push the game's graphics further than ever before.