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Haha! that's a somewhat easy one, but requires editing the map. In your map files, there's a file called `environment.xml` (if there isn't, it should be copied from the data directory, and you'll need to update the map.xml file to point to the new file)... but anyways.... The first line in the environment file is "latitude", and to change the start month (and the game winter/spring cycles) you have to tell the game that you're in the southern hemisphere, which means a "negative" latitude number. this is what mine says: <latitude>-15.684</latitude> (the rough latitude of the capital city of brazil)

@@gmngjoy thanks so much. I'll be looking to update my copy tonight. Thanks again.

Back for now, to finish it off at least - I haven't even gotten to 20 episodes yet!

@@gmngjoy I'm sorry to hear that you have to struggle with CoVid19 my friend.

@@Farmer-Mike thanks buddy - it is what it is… it was much worse the first time. this time was just a bad flu.

Good suggestion!

I like to GO BIG whenever I can... or is it just a _need_ to use every bit of available land? I'm not sure.

Thanks @keggarino! It's been a labor of love for sure, using every bit of this standard sized map with 200hp... but it came out amazing!

There is a bug / mod conflict with this map and the "Real Mower" mod - which causes mowing the meadow grass to not output anything. I'm assuming you have that mod, and the only answer is to disable it. The reason that the conflict exists is that the entire map is "painted" with meadow and flowers/weeds and the real mower mod adds code that will mulch those flowers/weeds. since every square inch of the map is that way, it basically turns your mower into a mulcher. I hope that helps! thanks for watching my series - I still have at least one episode left!

@@gmngjoy Hi you are correct I just disabled the mod and its working ok for now I just started again because I got myself setup for grass cutting without a loan then couldn't cut the grass Thanks for your help solving the problem I'm on Ep 14 Corn, Beets & Wheat I have been picking up a lot of tips and mods watching your videos so keep it up you are on my list of channels I follow now Cheers

@@cornwallfalcon i’m so happy that worked out for you, and that i was able to help! enjoy your mowing… it’s my favorite thing to do!

I hope that it will be some day - my thought is that with the added data points it'll be a bit more fun!

Thanks for taking on the challenge right away! it was great to see others doing what essentially was a challenge to myself.

Hey @Trevormurphy1491 sorry, you just missed the livestream, Let me know if you have any questions on the replay!

@joesfuneraltaylor8100 - I don't know how i didn't think of this one? that's a great idea, and in some way - maybe a good thing to track, but not something that is tracked by the game... so yet another thing to manually track.

Here's some food for thought, root crops shouldn't need to be rolled

The reason I do these videos is because is to allow everyone to learn new things!

That's very true, and something that the basegame should fix. :wink:

Thank you for commenting - the idea behind the office hours is to answer questions live, and at some point many of these "topics" should become a standalone video once I get the time to record it. In the meantime, at least there's a bit of a reference.

Glad to hear it! Let me know if there's any topics you'd like me to dive into - there's a #channel in my #discord for proposing topics!

Glad you enjoyed it! we're getting to the end of this series, almost there!

@gmngjoy it been a great series mate

Thanks Jake! only a few more to go on this one, then to finish up Middleburgh

@@gmngjoy cool

Thanks! The big piece right now is the data that the mod needs to work, which I have to track manually. I've got ideas on how to do it - but it requires tying into core engine systems that I'm not entirely sure will work yet. I'm hopeful though!

Great question - you actually can't select multiple nodes at a time - you have to move, change or delete them one at a time. The only way to change multiple nodes is to change an whole "segment" which you can do only from an "intersection". Think of a T intersection, where the top of the T is one path, and the bottom is another path. If you click on the intersection point, then hold down [shift] and when you click on the next point in the line, it'll change that whole line (until the next intersection point) to a secondary line, or (or primary if it was already secondary). OR you can click on the intersection, and hold down [CTRL] and click on the next point in the line, it will change the entire line's direction, or convert the whole line to a two way line... that's the only way to manipulate multiple nodes at once.

Some (that are sharable) are posted on my discord, link in the description!

@painedragon128 exactly - but it's all I know; I'm kinda old-school like that. SOMEDAY, you know when the CZcams money starts paying for stuff... :lol: I'd love to at least experience playing with a wheel to see how realistic it feels.

I'm happy you like it, and thank you for the content idea! It was a good short thing to do for a quick office hours - just enough content to dive in a bit!

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! The #OfficeHours is basically a template to try out ideas - most of these will become a recorded tutorial (with a bit less waiting for the game to re-open)

@@gmngjoy absolutely amazing idea. And thank you for making them available after the stream.

Thanks for the tips! That's a great idea to have a key-bind to save a timestamp so i can go back to something later. Time to look into Stream Deck plugins! Good idea on the Store Deliveries (and a good reminder, I haven't implemented that one yet into the skills). I'll have to modify the Store Deliveries mod a bit to make it work, or somehow add an extra surcharge when SD makes a delivery - since that mod has a fixed rate that isn't modifiable.

:banana: :donut: :party:

Thanks @CS-Benji2020. I appreciate you watching!

Thanks @Farmer-Mike! I really love seeing how a map comes together when you get to own the entire map and make it more than it was with a lot of hard work - but leveraging the map's terrain to make something that really fits! I did the same on NewLands (czcams.com/video/2IhMIVmFZXI/video.html) for a similar challenge, and loved it!

Thanks for watching & commenting! I see how you'd think that I may have failed, but the "goal" for this challenge was up for interpretation to every player. I decided to play my way, you can play your way. I did actually check with the challenge creator before using those items, and was told the same - to play how I wanted, with the main rule to adhere to being the 200hp limitation. That said - I realized after this episode how the container mod felt a bit like cheating and didn't use it again. I'd suggest that watch more of the series and see how it evolves!

Glad you enjoyed it! That tree had it coming.

Thank you! Cheers! Getting towards the end!

It kind of just happened. I’m determined to finish now!

@@gmngjoy Right on,you got it now!

@brucesgaming i think 2-3 episodes left, ill get a final harvest on each field, and call it done.

@@gmngjoy Nice,1 large crop harvest or mix and match?

@@brucesgaming planning on mix & match; debating on adding a crop or two to the map for some variety.

Converting mods (from an earlier version of FS to a current version of FS) is a somewhat lengthy process, and in most cases involves work in Blender, which isn't something I'm very good at.

Sorry I missed most of this stream service was not good at all but I’m watching. Now that I have time and good service

Awesome! I hope that everyone likes the idea!

Thanks Charles! I really LOVE me some bale-collecting with bale spikes (not at all!)

Thanks 👍 Still working on it, lots more work to do.

i agree 💯! this is my #1 map for fs22. it has a few things that needed fixing over time, but nothing game.breaking. this what a US american 4x map should be.

I personally don't think it's just the last DLC - in my perception, Giants has had issues testing mods on and off since release the release of FS22. I'd agree that it has gotten worse in the past 6-9 months, probably because their focus is split working on the next version of the game. What they need in general is consistent testing practices, especially when testing maps - YT is full of great map & mod testers, and players who actually care about the game being playable for everyone who do map tours or extensively test new mods and will reliably find issues and problems with just released mods & maps that should have been found during what we as players expect from "Giants testing". For that matter... the map makers & modders themselves need to be diligently testing their own work. Test your own shit, folks, don't expect Giants to do it for you!

Something you said here I think is the root of the issue - "some functions are done without the slightest quality of development, they seem to have been temporary fixes that have become permanent due to a lack of professional competence." I think the core of the issue that some people don't realize is that Giants is a small company, not a big massive gaming company like Sony Interactive or Bethesda. In smaller companies they don't have the luxury of doing everything perfectly all the time - they do their best with what they have. But to your statement - I think what we see is what seems like a "lack of professional competence"... which if we're trying to think positive about it may just be understaffing... but without communication to the players explaining what is going on, it feels like incompetence. The best thing that we, as players can hope for is that Giants continues to listen to the players (assuming that they are...) and potentially spends a bit more time building the game the players want instead of always focusing on the money and sponsorship. I personally think the game would be a different game if there was a higher level of focus on the players over the sponsorship. I think the DLC's speak to the skew of that focus, as most players will skew to the love of mods from the modding community over the DLC's themselves. I agree that I don't have much "hope" for the next game... but as long as it progresses forwards, I'll keep playing.

@@gmngjoy I understand... but sometimes the size of the developer team is a detail. They are making this game since 2003. First game was fs2009. and still having some bugs since fs11...fs13... and are the same bugs. Years passing by...new games, new engines, but still carrying the same old bugs. more than 20 years of development... But the real Giants no longer exists. Since 2020, Giants isn`t giants anymore. It is sad.

All good, thanks for watching the replay!

Hey, thanks for watching the livestream replay!

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful! I actually got the idea from @milkthathen because he's on console and doesn't have the "paint anywhere" tools we have on PC. I liked the idea enough to try - happy to pass it along!