Driver Hands Mod v1.4

DESCRIPTION

– Animated hands that grip and turn with the steering wheel from the first degree

– Hand-over-hand steering past 50°

– Palm steering on big turns while moving

– Indicator and retarder lever reach

– Horn / air horn hand press

– Rest pose by the door (above 50 km/h after 30 s of calm steering)

– BIG or SLIM hand size options

– 5 skin colours (Fair, Medium, Tan, Brown, Dark)

– Seated legs + steel wristwatch

– Occasional idle gestures on straight roads

– Supports all stock trucks (base + DLCs) – LHD and UK

– Plugin-based (no keys needed – reads steering, indicator and horn automatically)

– Fully configurable via NecroCXHands.ini


Changes in v1.4:


– Legs no longer clip through the steering wheel on low-dashboard trucks

– Updated 40 truck cab models including DAF XF Euro 6, Renault T, Renault E-Tech T, Iveco Stralis, Iveco Hi-Way, MAN TGX, DAF XD, DAF XF 2021, DAF XF 105, DAF XF Electric, Renault Magnum, Mercedes-Benz Actros, and more

– Steering wheel remains clear at all steering angles for both LHD and RHD trucks

– No performance impact: the number of vertices, triangles, and bones remains unchanged, with only the leg positions adjusted

– Removed idle driver gestures such as hand-to-mouth and chin-touch animations

– Driver animations now focus on steering, hand-over-hand movement, resting, gear shifting, palm movement, and horn usage

– Added support for DAF XG+ 30 Years Edition

– Added support for DAF XG+ Emerald Edition

– Significantly reduced RAM usage

– The plugin now reads only memory already loaded into RAM instead of loading gigabytes of unused game memory

– Improved overall efficiency and stability

– Added a new in-game settings panel accessible with ALT + .

– Show or hide the driver model

– Enable or disable steering animations

– Configure gear lever reach settings

– Toggle horn hand animations

– Adjust resting poses and timing options

– All settings are saved automatically


Controls

– Added show/hide shortcut using ALT + ,

– Custom key bindings can now be configured through the control panel

– Prevents assigning keys already used by the game


Additional Improvements

– Horn hand now remains steady on the steering wheel pad

– Wristwatch rotated by 40 degrees for a more natural appearance

– Added a new "No Watch" addon option

– Included Install_Choose.bat for easier installation management


Tested on game version 1.62.x

CREDITS

NecroCX

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