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How To Install Mods On Your Euro Truck Simulator 2 Server

To upload mods to your server you first need to activate them locally, here’s how to activate, export, and upload the necessary files to run mods on your new Euro Truck Simulator 2 server.

Locally Enabling And Exporting Mods For An ETS 2 Server

If you haven’t already, you will need to enable the ETS 2 in-game console, this can be done by following our guide here

  1. Open ETS 2 and under Mods select the mods you’d like to activate, then click Confirm Changes.
  2. Load into a career game, and then open console with ~.
  3. Type export_server_packages and press enter.
  4. Find the exported files by pressing Windows Key + R and entering this. 
    %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2
  5. Make a copy of server_packages.dat and server_packages.sii, then proceed to the steps below.

Uploading Mods To Your ETS 2 Server

Now that you’ve enabled and locally exported your server_packages.dat and server_packages.sii files, they just need to be uploaded to your ETS 2 server, here’s how it’s done.

  1. Access the Game Host Bros Panel and stop your ETS 2 server.
  2. Go to Management > File Manager.
  3. Inside of .local/share/Euro Truck Simulator 2 delete the existing server_packages.dat and server_packages.sii files.
  4. Upload your exported server_packages.dat and server_packages.sii.
    • Directory.local
      • Directoryshare
        • DirectoryEuro-Truck-Simulator-2
          • server_packages.dat Uploaded version
          • server_packages.sii Uploaded version
          • ..
  5. Start your server.