News
Progress posts, drops, and release notes.
PinnedSeptember 8, 2026
Two months full-time, and why this doesn't go on without you
How FS Modworks came to be, what goes into every update, and why I'm asking for your support.
September 29, 2026
Hotfix: DWA and Mining Layers work again with FS25 1.24
Patch 1.24 stalled two of our mods. The new versions are out and your Download Key stays valid. Update and keep digging.
September 29, 2026
Paradise Farm & Pit: Our first FS25 map (4x) is coming
A farm with a cheese dairy and bees up top, a pit all the way down to the gold below: our first 4x map for FS25. It starts at 50 % community funding.
September 28, 2026
FS25 Ammann ARS 200: The roller, before and after
From the rough body to a finished cab: the roller has been through two rounds of corrections. Before and after, shot from the same camera.
September 28, 2026
FS25: Design rework for the PV-235 E and Manitowoc 4600
Both mining machines are being rebuilt closer to the real thing. First stages done, before and after side by side. No download yet.
September 26, 2026
FS25 Manitowoc 4600: Magister members test the pre-build
Walkable machine, walk-in engine room, an 80s cab with levers: our Magister members are testing build 0.1.4.1 right now. Here's what's new.
September 26, 2026
Major Update: 11 buildings, Mining Layers, Dig With Anything
Real steel frames for the halls, Demolition Hall trusses you can cut anywhere. Your Download Key keeps working, even from your own FS25 mod folder.
September 25, 2026
Skookum Jim and George Carmack statues as FS25 3D models
The Gold Trader's bronze statues now come on their own: Keish, aka Skookum Jim, and George Carmack, 3 m tall each. Included from Magister, or 4.47 € each.
September 25, 2026
FSMW Carport XL V1 is out: three bays and a welcome after work
The carport for three vehicles is out: an 18 × 12 m solar roof, a workshop, a moving wash portal with mist, and whoever parks gets a welcome. Free, with a Download Key.
September 25, 2026
Asphalt 01: road asphalt for FS25, tileable in 2K to 8K
The sixth PBR texture in the shop: road asphalt in mid grey, even all over with no stains, 0.6 × 0.6 m per tile, grain about 5.6 mm. An AI design without a reference image. 2.47 €, included from Magister up.
September 25, 2026
Corrugated Metal 01: galvanised corrugated sheet for FS25, tileable in 2K to 8K
The fifth PBR texture in the shop: galvanised corrugated sheet with nine computed waves to the 76/18 profile, 0.684 × 0.684 m per tile. An AI design without a reference image, with the relief coming from a formula. 2.47 €, included from Magister up.
September 24, 2026
Cobblestone 01: setted paving, tileable in 2K, 4K and 8K — 8K native
The fourth PBR texture in the shop and the first stone one: cobbles with moss in the joints, 1.5 × 1.5 m per tile. The only one of our textures whose 8K is native rather than upscaled, and it involves no AI. 2.47 €, included from Magister up.
September 23, 2026
Dig With Anything V1: any tipper builds terrain, free with a Download Key
TerraFarm only knows the machines somebody wrote code for. The rest just sits there. Dig With Anything reads your tools when the game loads and gives them a profile. New in V1: the tipper. Dump the load, and it becomes ground.
September 23, 2026
Rusty Corrugated Metal 01: rusted sheet metal, tileable in 2K, 4K and 8K
The third PBR texture in the shop and the first metal one: rusted corrugated iron with flaking paint, rivets and a panel seam. The corrugation is real geometry, 13 waves per tile at 76 mm pitch and 18 mm depth. 2.47 €, included from Magister up.
September 21, 2026
PBR textures in the shop: Cracked Concrete 01 and Oak Planks 01, tileable in 2K, 4K and 8K
Next to the eleven 3D assets there are now two tileable PBR textures: cracked concrete and varnished oak planks, each with six maps in three resolutions, packed for GIANTS Editor, Blender, Unity and Unreal. 2.47 € per texture, included from Magister up.
September 17, 2026
PGA Claude Code Skill 1.0.0 is out: from one image to a game-ready 3D model
The Claude Code skill that built the bonsai and the eleven Gold Trader assets: reference image, Tripo AI mesh, Blender, GIANTS Editor i3d. 36 scripts, German and English.
September 17, 2026
Eleven 3D assets from the Gold Trader: furniture, pergola, DJ booth and pellet torch for your own map
What stands in the Gold Trader now comes piece by piece: eleven 3D models, each as a GIANTS i3d for maps and mods and as a Blender, FBX and glTF package. With a 3D viewer on every page.
September 17, 2026
FSMW Gold Trader V1 is out: roulette, table dance and a gold trader, free
The walk-in gold trader is out. Sell gold bars, door on a key press, inside a counter, a roulette table, one dancer on stage and a DJ desk with three tracks. Free, with a Download Key.
September 16, 2026
FSMW Demolition Hall V1 is out: a hall to tear down, free
Our new mod is out. A 28 m hall and a 22 m brick chimney you take apart piece by piece, plus a 1.65 t wrecking ball for the excavator and a demolition hammer. Free, with a Download Key.
September 11, 2026
Gold Trader V1: first look from the play test
The Gold Trader V1 is in the game for the first time: a shop you can walk into, with a roulette corner, music you can switch and gold bars you can walk off with.
September 10, 2026
Manitowoc 4600 Dragline — the first prebuild is on Discord
The Manitowoc 4600 Dragline has reached the point where it belongs in a game. The first prebuild is now on the members' Discord — for testing, not as a release. We want to know how it feels before it is finished.
September 10, 2026
Mining Layers 1.7.2.0 — new version, new Download Key
Mining Layers 1.7.2.0 is out. First things first: your old Download Key does not work with this version — get a new one in your account, free. Plus the excavator dump guard and a reworked key check.
September 8, 2026
Update: Eleven mods updated — the lock notice now also shows on savegame load
Digital Panel and Multi Digital Panel get a fix for stuck material icons, nine mods now show the missing-key notice on savegame load too, Dig With Anything ships with an encrypted core. All eleven fully tested by Tommy, with and without a key.
September 7, 2026
Mining Layers 1.6.5 — download here, no zip on GitHub any more
Spoil mode, grade lock, Spanish, and the Download Key. From now on the download, support and bug reports live on fsmodworks.com — GitHub keeps the source, not the file.
August 23, 2026
Mining Layers 1.6.0 — download
Mining Layers stays free, and this is where you get it now. Layers without a drawn area, the target height back in your hands, and the freeze with the bucket in the ground is gone.
August 23, 2026
fsmodworks.com is live
The dashboard, the modbase, and account-gated downloads — one account, one place.
