Yep, SCS is pretty restrictive about modding their game, but the reason for that lies in their business modell which is quite different than most of the other game developers. They not only produce a game for the regular market but they sell their stuff to the military (which is probably pretty pricey for the military). Granted the stuff the military gets is a bit different (mostly the DB I would say), but thats their main customer. Now if they would be like Valve and give out their SDK and tell us "Feel free to mod everything", the military would certainly grab the SDK as well, put some of their own talent to use and SCS would loose a lot of money.
So, while I personally would appreciate having their SDK available to us and the OK to mod everything to our liking, I can understand their reasoning and live with it.
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