Realistic Rain v 5.0 (Old Heavy Rain) ETS2 1.38 – 1.53

– Compatibility with 1.53 game version
– Reworking of many textures
– Improvements in raindrop behavior
– Improvements in “splash water” when the asphalt is wet (Thanks to ‘Avelium’ for some parameters)

Changes 4.9:

– Rain sound volume adjustments from Cabin view
– Adapted and improved the water particle/splash system during rain (1.51 1.52)
– Improvements to the behavior of raindrops on the windshield/windows
– Compatibility with 1.52 game version

– Improved textures of raindrops from inside cabin (windshield & windows) higher resolution and better defined textures
– Increased the amount of raindrops on the windshield and windows
– Better textures of the ‘exterior rain’, better transparency and shorter “lines”
– Improved the effects and behavior of raindrops on the windshield and windows
– Improved textures & effect for particles/spray of the wheels when the asphalt is wet (Truck player and AI Traffic)
– Dynamic sounds of rain. Effects, attenuations and transitions according to the intensity of the rain
– High quality thunder sounds. Around 20 various sounds, including delay between 1 and 5 seconds, simulating IRL.

Changelog v4.8.1

-Compability with 1.51 Game Version

Changelog v4.8:
– Compatibility with ETS2 1.50

Changelog v4.7.1:
– Textures now support OpenGL mode (Recommended DirectX11 for better performance)
– Raindrops now look more transparent and realistic (like previous versions)
– Water particles have been improved
– Other minor adjustments

Changelog v4.7
– Compatibility for 1.49 Game Version
– Textures, mat and sii files have been adjusted and adapted to the new Weather system introduced in 1.49 game version (raindrops and effects on the windshield now look better)

v4.6:
– Support for 1.48 openbeta

Update: 25 May

v4.5.1:

– Updated the .mat files
– Removed “Decal” folder (not needed)
– Description file was updated
– Other minor tweaks
– Removed Old versions (1.44 – 1.45)

Changes v4.5.1:
– Removed “automat” folder (not needed in current version)
– Removed “Decal” folder (not needed)
– The description file was updated
– Other minor tweaks

Changelog v4.5:
– Compatibility for 1.47 version (ATS & ETS2)
– Reduced visibility of ‘outside’ raindrops

Changelog v4.4
– Compatibility for 1.46 game version
– Improvements in water particles when the asphalt is wet
– Improved textures and behavior of raindrops (windshield and windows)
– Increased the amount of raindrops
– Optimizations of some textures for better performance
– Others small improvements and adjustments

– Improved textures of raindrops from inside cabin (windshield & windows) higher quality and more defined textures.
– Increased the amount of raindrops on the windshield and windows
– Better textures of the exterior rain, better color, transparency and shorter “lines”
– Improved the effects and behavior of raindrops on the windshield and windows
– Improved textures water particles/spray of the wheels when the asphalt is wet (Truck player and AI Traffic)
– Dynamic exterior and interior rain sounds. different samples, effects and transitions according to the intensity of the rain.
– High quality thunder sounds, about 20 different sounds of great variety, delay included between 1-5 seconds, simulating IRL.

Changelog v4.3:
– Some small sound tweaks to fix sound clipping from other mods
– Updated description
– Other minor tweaks

Changelog 4.21:
– Fixed compatibility for Optional Mod in Convoy mode
– Slight increase of raindrops on the windows/windshield
– Optimized and slightly reduced the particles/spray of water
– Better balanced sounds of rain
– Updated description
– Other minor tweaks

Changelog v4.2
– Updated for 1.45 version
– Adjusted rain sound level from inside cabin camera (the sound level has been reduced)
– Small adjustment of the visibility of raindrops
– Add ‘manifest file’ for Optional MOD Support for Convoys

Changelog v4.1.5
Compatibility for 1.45 version

Update v4.1.4:
Compatibility for 1.44 version
This mod does not modify probability of rain (game options you have for it)
This mod does not modify the fog, weather or sky textures.
You will find rains of different intensities that are controlled by the game or Weathers mods (not by this Mod)

Changelog v4.1.2
– Compatibility for 1.43 version (ETS2 & ATS)
– Adjusted the sound level of rain from the interior camera

Changelog v4.1.1
– Changes from the previous version to the thunder sounds have been reverted
– Other minor adjustments to the visibility of raindrops on the windshield

Changelog v4.1:
Sound equalization volume for rain (“outside”)
Sound equalization volume rain falling in the cabin of truck
Sound equalization volume in thunders sounds
Increased visibility for rain at night
Other minor Tweaks

Changelog v4.0.2
– Compatibility for 1.43

Realistic Rain v4.0.1

Updated for 1.42 Beta version
Also works with 1.41 version

Changelog v4.0

– Compatibility for 1.41 Open Beta
– Rework of some textures: Greater quality and definition in the textures of the raindrops, also on the particles of the wheels, etc.
– Other minor tweaks
– Improved textures of raindrops from inside cabin (windshield & windows)
– Greater amount of raindrops from inside cabin
– Improved textures of rain (outside)
– The effects and behaviors of the drops on the windshield and windows have been changed
– Improved water particles/spray of the wheels when the asphalt is wet (Truck player and AI Traffic)
– Realistic rain sounds: Rain falling in the cabin, and different sounds for “outside” rain
– Realistic thunders sounds & greater variety (about 20 high quality sounds/samples)

Note: Thunders will be heard in an interval between 1 to 5 seconds when seeing the ‘flash’ (lightning), simulating as IRL

The number of raindrops on windows will vary depending on the intensity and the direction of the rain. I cannot increase the number of raindrops on the windshield due to the limit of the game engine.

– 1.40.x – 1.41.x – FMOD Support. Clean log
– Compatible with all DLC’s and it should work with Mods Maps (ProMods, RusMap…)
– Compatible with Sound Fixes Pack by Drive Safely
– It should work fine with other Weathers/Graphics Mods, give it a try. But remember put RR above in priority.

Changelog v3.9.2
– Fixed: Other sound mods caused the rain sound to have cuts/silences. This should now be fixed.
– Other minor adjustments

Changelog v3.9.1
Some adjustments to the behavior of the raindrops for the interior of the cabin have been modified for greater realism and fluidity:
– Transformation time, shape of the raindrops, speed of the raindrops when moving the windshield…
– Visibility of raindrops (“outside” rain) was very slightly increased
– Made some minor adjustment to the sound of rain from the cabin

Changelog v3.9:
– The number of raindrops on the windows has been slightly reduced
– Slight changes in the behavior of the raindrops
– FMOD: The sound of rain falling in the cabin has been improved (sound level, better transition for different intensities
– FMOD: Some improvements in thunder sounds (sound level, better fading effect, added some new sample

v3.8.2 Changelog:

– Fixed spray/particles of the wheels when used in OpenGL
– Support for the latest versions of Sound Fixes Pack by Drive Safely (Thanks mate!)
– Small changes in the behavior of the raindrops

Changelog v3.8.1 for 1.40:
– Some small changes in the behavior of the raindrops:
The appearance of drops on the glass depending on the speed of the truck is now more realistic
Slightly increased the appearance of drops on the windshield (but they will also disappear sooner when there is no rain)
– Better opacity of the raindrops
– Texture water particles/spray has been changed
– Some textures and parameters/values have been adapted to the new 1.40 lighting
– The sound of the rain falling in the cabin has been changed

Changelog v3.8
– Slightly improved the textures of the drops on the windows and windshield
– Rework on the behavior and effects of raindrops on the windshield and windows
– Increased visibility of raindrops on windshield and windows
– Slightly improved opacity for “outside” rain
– Slightly improved the sound of raindrops hitting the truck cabin (1.39 version)

Changelog v3.7.2
– Minor changes
– Description Update
– Check for 1.39 version

Changelog v3.7.1:
– (FMOD) Added “Sound level-transition of rain hitting in the cabin”
– Minor tweaks & values for some textures, windshield effects…
– Improved “outside” Rain texture
– Improved “Addon for RGM”

Changelog v3.7:
– New texture raindrops (windshield & windows) created by me
– Some tweaks for windshield effects
– Addon for RGM by Frkn64

Changelog v3.6:
– New texture raindrops for windshield & windows (Thanks to AleyxeP for main texture)
– Reworked (“exterior”) rain texture & values for 1.38 version
– Fully reworked values for windshield effects
– Increased number of raindrops
– This version will use the old particle/spray effect of the wheels, better compatibility with other mods and better performance.
– Added some new thunders sounds
– Equalized and tweaked the delay of thunder sounds

Changelog v3.5.2:
– Fixed smoke effect (Chimneys, factories etc …)
– Improved dirt/smoke particles of wheels
– Other minor adjusts (windshield effects and water particles)
– Improved some thunder sounds

Changelog v3.5.1:
– Minor tweaks for windshield effects
– Water Particles/spray improved
– Rain textures Rework
– Some values for Rain textures

Changelog v.3.4.1:
– Sounds adapted to the new FMOD sound engine:
*Added a total of 12 high quality thunder sounds
*Improved “interior” and “exterior” rain sound
– Improved water particles on wheels / asphalt

Changes v3.3:
– Better values for Windshield effects
– Removed old backup files
– adjust values for “water particles”

Changes v3.2:
– Better resolution textures & many tweaks for water particles
– Small tweaks for windshield effects
– Better sound rain & thunders sounds
– Added more numbers of thunder sounds
– Improved values of rain.mat file
– Addon for thunders sounds updated

Changes v3.1.1:
– Fixed “darker smoke” when used with ProMods Maps
– Improved rain.mat file

Changes v3.1:
-New textures & tweaks for wheel particles when the asphalt is wet (Truck & AI Traffic)
-Minor tweaks for windshield & raindrops textures (textures by Frkn64)
-Improved textures of rain
-Slightly adjusted the sound volume of some files
-Compatibility with NaturaLux (no extra version needed)
-Normal version and “Lite” merged into one

Changelog v3.0:
– New textures of rain drops for the windshield & windows (inside cabin)
– New textures of rain drops for outside view
– New sounds of Rain (inside cabin & outside view)
– New adjusts for windshield effects
– Better quality and new Thunders sounds
– More thunders sounds (for the future)
– Adjust sound level

Changelog v 2.7:
– Minor tweaks for Windshield effects (all versions)
– Added version: Realistic Rain LITE for NaturaLux
– The “Smoke” file is removed, is not necesary in last version of NL

– Better textures of Raindrops from inside cabin
– Better Rain Spray/Particles of the wheels (Truck and AI Traffic)
– Rain more intense from inside cabin
– Better rain sounds from inside cabin & outside view
– Better windshield effects
– HQ thunders sounds

Works with any Mods Maps

Different versions to choice:
– Realistic Rain
– Realistic Rain Lite version (Reduced numbers of raindrops)
– Realistic Rain for NaturaLux (use this version if you have NaturaLux Mod) <– Only ETS2
– Realistic Rain Lite version for NaturaLux (use this version if you have NaturaLux Mod) <– Only ETS2
– Optional Addon: Increased volume for thunders sounds files

Changes v2.6
– Some smalls tweaks to the windshield (all versions)
– Added more thunders sounds (all versions)
– Added: New version Realistic Rain for NaturaLux Mod, In this version the file of the rain spray particles has been deleted, the particles included in NaturaLux will be seen. Also added “smoke.pmg and pmd” files, the color of the rain spray particles will look correctly (thanks Kirill for the info)

News on 2.5
– Rain sound from interior changed (more realistic sound)
– deleted: Addon Alternative rain sound

News on 2.4.1 (10-07-2019):

– Tweaks for better rain effect from cabin
– Increased a bit : Particles rain of wheels (IA Traffic & Truck)
– Addon: Alternative Sound rain : Audio changed, better audio & more realistic 🙂
– Addon Increased volume for thunders effect: Now just contained files thunders sounds increased (deleted rest of files)

News on v2.4

– Added tobj files for compatibility with Season Mods by grimes (don’t use with Frosty Winter!)
– Added new Optional Addon: Alternative rain sound from inside cabin (more realistic)

New version 2.3:
Differences in the versions:
– Standard Version: More & realistic raindrops (Just Recommended for High Specs PC)
– Lite version: adjusted & reduced some values for better perfomance (Recommended for Low/Medium Specs PC)
*Optional ADDON: If you want increased sounds effects rain & thunders, put this Addon ABOVE!
The file “game_data.sii” has been removed for added better compatibility.
Now include “int_sound_config” file

News on 2.2 version:
– Adjusted Rain sound volume from exterior
– Adjusted Rain sound volume from interior cabin of truck
– Adjusted rain of wheel particles (Truck and AI Traffic)
– Increased rain drops
– Many tweaks for rain drops effects
– 2 Versions: Adjusted the sound volume independently