Is there still a pilot on the FS 17 aircraft? If nothing prevents you from launching another part of this legendary version of the game from Giants Software, what about the mods? Did everyone switch to 19?
It has been 6 months since Farming Simulator 19 was released. And the transition was not long in coming. Modders quickly looked at this latest version, gradually abandoning a game that was very successful.
On the side of Giants Software
The developer team seems to be focused on the latest version. When creating a mod in the site interface, only FS 19 is offered. To the question, "Is it possible to still have an FS 17 mod validated?" Giants will answer a simple "NO", you have to live with the times. Ditto on the official forum side. Time seems to have stood still and answers to questions are scarce or nonexistent. In short, if you want to continue to bring your old version to life, it is no longer on the official platform that you have to look.
On the side of the crooks
Farmingsimulator2017.com, fsmods17.com and others trash villainous download sites of the same kind sent FS 17 to oblivion. The domain name being well referenced, most of these sites kept the names 17 in addition to 19 on the URLs. Nevertheless, you will find in priority on these sites mods for Farming Simulator 19. Some have "archived" FS 17 in a corner but still continue to feed their section with mods from modhoster. Hey yes, if they can still scratch a few euros here and there ...
Modhoster as a Good Samaritan
Finally, it is on modhoster.com that we still find some semblance of activity, at the rate of a few mods per month. The latter no longer have large audiences but there are still some nice surprises like this remake of Goldcrest Valley. At a quick glance, we can still see very clearly that the most interesting mods (maps and agricultural machines) have hardly been released since February 2019.
Some modders, still reluctant to modding on FS 19, publish their latest creations on their own site or Facebook page. This is particularly the case of the French Arsenic Modding, which still resists the invader, and which offers on Facebook page ou his Youtube channel, content, which is more of quality, for Farming Simulator 17. Anyway, you will have to get used to it, a page has really turned.