Driver Hands Mod v1.3 (1.61.x)

Driver Hands Mod by NecroCX for ATS – this advanced mod adds fully animated realistic driver hands and arms to **every stock truck** in American Truck Simulator plus the Road Trip cars. The driver wears a classic red/black flannel shirt with rolled-up sleeves. ETS2 version can be found here.

Features Driver Hands Mod:
– 🖐️ Animated hands for all stock ATS trucks + Road Trip cars
– 👕 Classic American trucker look (red/black flannel shirt)
– 🔄 Hands follow the steering wheel from the first movement
– ✋ Hand-over-hand and palm steering on big turns
– ➡️ Indicator lever reach animation
– 📯 Horn and air horn hand animation
– 😌 Rest pose (one hand by the door above 50 km/h)
– 📏 Two hand sizes: BIG (original) or SLIM (12% smaller)
– 🎨 5 skin colour options (Fair, Medium, Tan, Brown, Dark)
– 🎮 Fully automatic – no keys needed (plugin reads steering, indicators & horn)
– 🛠️ Supports 24 cab models and 281 interiors

Supported vehicles:
– All cab/interior variants of Freightliner Cascadia, International, Kenworth, Mack, Peterbilt, Volvo, Western Star + Road Trip cars (Ford Bronco, F-150, Mustang, Crown Victoria).

How to Install
– 🛑 Close American Truck Simulator completely.
– 📥 Download the file: NecroCX_Driver_Hands_ATS_v1.3_ALL_TRUCKS.zip
– 📦 Extract the entire folder anywhere (Desktop is fine).
– 🖱️ Double-click Install.bat. It will automatically find your game and copy all files.
– 🛡️ If Windows asks for administrator permission $\rightarrow$ Click Yes.
– 🚛 Start ATS $\rightarrow$ Click OK when the “Advanced SDK features” message appears.
– 📂 Go to Mod Manager and activate:
– One hand version only:
– ➡️ NecroCX Driver Hands ATS v1.3 BIG OR
– ➡️ NecroCX Driver Hands ATS v1.3 SLIM
– 🎨 Optional: Enable one skin colour add-on (place it above the hands mod).
– ✅ Confirm changes and load your profile.
– ⏱️ Start the engine and wait about 15 seconds the first time — the hands will appear and start working.

Important Notes
– ❌ Never activate BIG and SLIM at the same time.
– ❌ Never activate more than one skin colour.
– 📋 Recommended load order (from top):Skin colour $\rightarrow$ Hands mod $\rightarrow$ Other interior mods
– 📁 Copy all .scs files from the 1_BIG_hands, 2_SLIM_hands and 3_Skin_colours folders into:Documents\American Truck Simulator\mod
– 📂 Copy NecroCXHands.dll + NecroCXHands.ini into:American Truck Simulator\bin\win_x64\plugins (create the plugins folder if it doesn’t exist)

👉️ Tested on game version 1.61.x