Frequently Asked Questions

Q: My seeds keep disappearing?!

A: You are seeding in the wrong season. You can look in the Seasons menu when you can seed each product. Like in real life, if the soil becomes too cold, crops will not grow. This means winter crops needs to be planted before the temperature drops too much in autumn. You will also have to wait in spring until the soil is warm enough for seeds to germinate in the soil. The temperature limit for sowing is set to 5℃.

Q: Why is snow limited to 6 cm (1 layer)?

A: Snow is a swath. You can handle it with any bucket you would be able to use on grass. Because of the Tip Anywhere functionality, there is this new feature called the TipCol. This is a way for map developers to decide where swaths can't be placed. Good places are inside buildings, or on roads that are made of models. (The swaths would not be able to be cleaned up by machinery because the road is in the way). This technique is also present in Goldcrest Valley (it is why you can't tup on the road).

We can't use this TipCol (for performance and technical reasons), so we place snow everywhere. This will sadly cause a lot of ploblems on roads where it can't be cleared by a snowplough. So we added a way for map makers to tell us where we can and can't place snow. As long as the map does not tell us this, we will keep the snow till a minumum, which is 1 layer (6 cm).

If you want more fun with more snow, ask you mod-map maker to update his or her map for Seasons.

Q: Why can't I work on the fields in winter?

A: If the soil is frozen (soil temperature below 0℃) you will not be able to do any field work.

Q: Why is the costs for hired helpers varying?

A: Hired workers now have work hours between 6 am and 6 pm Monday to Friday. The wages has been reduced compared to the original game. Overtime will be charged outside regular working hours as 150% of the regular wage.

Q: I pay much less for machinery upkeep now. Why is that?

A: The machinery upkeep system has been changed and is now based on real data for the operating costs of agricultural machinery. By using this mod you will pay a low daily interest and tax as basis for the machinery upkeep. In addition you will be required to do maintenance twice a year or every 30 engine hours for any motorised machinery to avoid an increase in machinery upkeep.

Q: It says that I need to maintain my vehicle. How do I do that?

A: The maintenance can either be done at the dealer or at the placeable workshop. It is more costly to conduct maintenance at the dealer than at your own workshop. It is more costly to maintain machinery that has been used much or that is older. But unused machinery has a low maintenance cost. In case maintenance is overdue, both upkeep and the maintenance cost will be higher. The longer you wait the more costly it will be.

Q: Why does my tractor break down?

A: Motorised machinery with overdue maintenance might break down. The longer you wait the higher the chance is that you will experience breakdowns. To avoid breakdowns you should do maintenance in due time. There is no need to manually maintain equipment that is not motorised (i.e. not with specialization ) as this is done automatically.

Q: I see the sell price of the machinery is different than it used to be. How is the sell price determined?

A: The sell price of the machinery is revised in the mod and based on actual data for depreciation of value of agricultural machinery. The model has been benchmarked towards advertised machinery. Note that machinery requiring maintenance will have lower sell value. Operating hours are now more important for the sell price than the age of the machinery.

Q: Why do you now support adding the Seasons mod to an existing savegame?

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