How do you install trucks that do not have .scs files?

[spacedeadX_X]

How do I install trucks that download with all the .sii files but don't have a file fot he mod folder?

[JDaremo Fireheart]

did they come in a .zip folder?
If so, just drop that in the mod folder. Don't unpack them unless they are .rar or .7zip

[spacedeadX_X]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

did they come in a .zip folder?
If so, just drop that in the mod folder. Don't unpack them unless they are .rar or .7zip

Oh ok. Thank you very much! Appreciate it!

[Fury6]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

did they come in a .zip folder?
If so, just drop that in the mod folder. Don't unpack them unless they are .rar or .7zip

Not necessarily, it can easily be a .zip file and still require unpacking. The only way to be sure really is to look inside it. If you see directories like '/def'; '/sound'; '/vehicle'; '/material'; '/ui'; '/automat'; '/map' etc, then you know it's a mod. If you see more .zip or .scs files etc then you know it needs to be unpacked.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

Originally posted by Fury6:

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

did they come in a .zip folder?
If so, just drop that in the mod folder. Don't unpack them unless they are .rar or .7zip

Not necessarily, it can easily be a .zip file and still require unpacking. The only way to be sure really is to look inside it. If you see directories like '/def'; '/sound'; '/vehicle'; '/material'; '/ui'; '/automat'; '/map' etc, then you know it's a mod. If you see more .zip or .scs files etc then you know it needs to be unpacked.

if it's a pack of files in a ,zip then I'd delete it. It will either be a pirate copy or someone who doesn't know what they're doing. the ,zip format is the most unreliable way to pack your files, with the lowest compression ratio.

[Fury6]

Originally posted by JDaremo Fireheart:

Originally posted by Fury6:

Not necessarily, it can easily be a .zip file and still require unpacking. The only way to be sure really is to look inside it. If you see directories like '/def'; '/sound'; '/vehicle'; '/material'; '/ui'; '/automat'; '/map' etc, then you know it's a mod. If you see more .zip or .scs files etc then you know it needs to be unpacked.

if it's a pack of files in a ,zip then I'd delete it. It will either be a pirate copy or someone who doesn't know what they're doing[...]

Nonsense :P

[AyMazingATS]

You do know that an .scs file is just a renamed zip.....right?

[Humpfester]

Some advice, create a folder in your documents folder for downloading ATS or ETS2 mods, the way I do mine is Trucks, Trailers, A.I. mods, Map mods, etc, etc, that way you can examine the download and see if it needs to be unpacked as a zip file or not. As MyMazingATS said a scs file is nothing more than a renamed uncompressed zip file. I personally always unpack zip files to a seperate folder and repack them into scs files.

[Fury6]

Originally posted by Humpfester:

[...]a scs file is nothing more than a renamed uncompressed zip file. I personally always unpack zip files to a seperate folder and repack them into scs files.

Only the sound files in a mod archive is required to be stored uncompressed, the game will handle all other files compressed or not, regardless of the extension.