Life Update

Hey everyone –

First off, I owe you all an apology for being quiet the past couple of months. Life got busy—between health stuff, kids, and everything else real life throws at you, I had to step back a bit. But I want to make it clear: I haven’t stopped working. The projects are still moving forward, just mostly behind the scenes (which, to be honest, is kind of where I work best anyway).

Unlike some folks out there, I don’t thrive on attention or try to make myself feel important. I'm nowhere near perfect and I don't pretend to be. I just enjoy building cool maps and buildings and sharing them with you when they’re ready. I know that silence can be frustrating though, and I’m genuinely sorry to anyone who’s felt left in the dark or like I haven’t lived up to their expectations. I’ve always tried to be fair and honest with the community, and I care deeply about doing things the right way—even if that means taking a little longer sometimes.

For FS25, I’ve already released two maps to the public:

- Farmville, NC

- Monteith, IA (Normal and Row Crop)

On top of that, I’ve been working on two more maps behind the curtain, both of which are getting very close to beta testing. One of them gave me quite a headache during conversion as I learned the ins and outs of the new system—so if you’ve ever wanted to punch your monitor, trust me, I get it. Alongside these maps, several new buildings have been built—or are currently being built—by myself and Monaco Modding, either for these projects specifically or as stand-alone mods that will be released by themselves.

I also want to clear something up: The newest FS25 update has now been applied to all of the released maps. It hadn’t been until tonight, and I apologize for the 10-day delay in getting them fixed. That said, the terrain shader issues from earlier versions had already been addressed previously, and those fixes are still in place. With the latest patch now done, this particular shader problem should be locked down—so you shouldn’t have to wait for a fix next time Giants decides to shuffle things again.

I do plan to be more publicly active and share updates more regularly, but to be fair I'm not going to lie to you and pretend I'm someone I'm not. It's my biggest weakness and I'll be the first to admit that I'm terrible with keeping people updated. I will try my best to do better for you all, but with that said I will always put my kids and my health first—as I hope anyone would.

That said, I truly appreciate your patience, support, and understanding. Your feedback matters, and I want you to know that some really good stuff is coming soon very soon.

Thanks for sticking with me. Here's some shots of the progress on the two upcoming maps...

– DR Modding