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I don't personally know of a limit, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. I know that in the past I've had quite a few textures and seen other maps that had lots also. I can't remember the exact number, but I'd guess I had at least 20, which may not be "lots" to some people. lol.

Every little bit helps. I need to get off my a$$ and get some more videos done. It's been a hot minute.

@bauerbrown got any good vids on l.o.d

Strange. I can verify that the method still works in 25. Maybe try the most recent video and see if there is anything different in there that can help? th-cam.com/video/sT4GR4z7EBc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cncdb42jwEQYsz6C

Did get it to work use other weight files and it worked Thx you

LOL! Glad it worked out for you!

I believe FarmerBoysModding has updated versions of their scripts on their site that work with FS25.

For some reason, you can only snap to other splines. If you're trying to snap to a point on the same spline you will need "S" for stitch.

@ I ended up deleting my water plane and now I can get them to connect easier.

LOL, thanks!

The link are blind? Not sure what you mean. Make sure you are logged in. I just checked the download and it works ok. farmerboysmodding.com/index.php?/topic/2439-new-spline-paint-height-csv-field-creationdimension-panel-scripts/

Which stuff? SSC is an external program and should work regardless of the GE version. If you're referring to the FarmerBoys scripts ... yes, they have updated versions for GE10+.

@bauerbrown where do i find These scripts? I can only find the old ones

@@Colin-hi3qs farmerboysmodding.com/index.php?/topic/2495-fs-25-updated-scripts/

@@bauerbrown thank you very much!

@@bauerbrown I have another problem, if i create my spline and press ctrl x and put this spline at the right end of my crossing the spline is somewhere in the middle of the map and not at the point of the crossing where i need it

I'm currently set to Vulkan and have no issues. It used to be the case that Vulkan was specific to AMD systems (or rumored to be so), DirectX for Intel, and OpenGL was universal. I can't remember what the default used to be in the editor (I believe it was OpenGL), but I'm sure it was not Vulkan. I did notice the Vulkan thing on the newer versions of GE but I just left it as it was since it wasn't creating any problems. It's weird to have issues out of the blue when everything was working fine previously, but it's not unheard of. The only time I had an issue graphics-wise I was able to resolve it by just updating the driver for my GPU.

@bauerbrown thanks for that. The Vulkan was apparently more of an issue with the latest AMD's. There have been reports of the latest Windows 24h2, causing Vulkan issues with games. Crashing games with black screens, etc, sometimes within minutes up to a few hours of playing. I'll have a look on the AMD website and see if there's an update for my one. According to my device manager, it's all up to date, but it also said my external drive was up to date and had the best drivers installed, too, and it wasn't. I'll leave it set to Vulkan and Medium performance. I was doing some stuff with ground textures and had the block procedural checked, and i did do quite a lot of painting like that, so maybe that could have been part of the problem, too.

It's a bit long and drawn out, but there is some good info in there.

¡Me alegra que los tutoriales te resulten útiles! Tengo algunos buenos por venir, solo necesito tiempo para terminarlos.

I never attempted textures on a tree, but I would think any image editor would ok as long as you are properly creating the albedo, normal, and specular images. Materialize is a good free option once you have a good albedo or diffuse layer to work with.

The LOD is more for saving on resources so the engine is not rendering every single item in the scene at full resolution even though it's not close to the player and it's super important IMO. A rigid body on anything other than LOD0 should not matter because they only come into effect when you are a certain distance away from that object. Unless something changed, you shouldn't need a collision at all depending on what the object is. A collision is only needed when you want to trigger a certain action/reaction in the game mechanics when two collisions come together. For something like a deco object, a collision was never needed.

Yes but LOD0 won't take the rigid body. Ingame i can walk through it. Nothing under the visuals_lod transform group takes the rigid body and like you say, lod1 also shouldn't. That's why i created the collision outside this group. If you say i should create the rigid body on lod0, i must have messed up some settings why it won't work 😆

Ah, I see what you are saying. I've seen this before but cannot remember what it is that keeps you from setting the rigid body. Even in cases where a collision is used, you can still check rigid body so I would think it's one of the settings, but then I tend to be wrong about these things, LOL. In any case, if you have a working collision that should be just as good, no? Rigid body is set on the collision so I might not worry about it at that point if you have a collision in place. I know this doesn't answer your question of why you cannot set the rigid body, but I honestly cannot remember - it's been so long since I encountered this issue.

@@bauerbrown ok, then i will try to find out what's the problem. I'm curious now 😆 Worst case, i put the collision in and move on.

@@fpvnico Is this a custom model that you made in Blender?

Yes, I have it working on 4km but I use my own scripts. The problem could be with the script itself, but I doubt it. All of your masks should be 4096 (or double whatever the standard size is).

@bauerbrown thanks for your reply👍 im currently just making sure theres nothing under the map that might be interfering with placement. I still have alot to learn regarding Lua to be able to write my own. Slowly learning tho, i managed to write a script that prints out the texture layers in the consol. Getting there lol. I'll double check the masks and see what size they are. I no when i create a new mask it will say something like (2048 or 4096) and i type in 4096, but i dont remember it asking that when creating a new blockmask 🤔

​@@bauerbrown Well now its working, but it does seem to have a mind of its own for whatever reason. It works, and then it acts up, more than likely from human error lol. Hopefully your not too far away from doing some tutorials on procedural placement. Looking forward to them when they do come out.

@@kevydd-h2p Hard to say what's going on there, scripts can be weird that way. I think some of it depends on your computer maybe because they can run super slow for some people and not for others (the same script). I might have a channel update coming soon about what to expect (possibly) for 2025. I'm sure I'll cover procedural placement some, but I'm not sure how much different it will be from what StrauntMaunt has out. I'll likely break it down more into the basics so it's more understandable.

@bauerbrown Yes if you could break it down into smaller sections i think that would be super helpful for alot of us. But im making progress on my 4km map with the procedural placement. Theres quite a few more steps to remember when setting things up, compared to foliage and tree creator. It's probably just a case of me forgetting to do this or that more than anything. Like for example i didn't even see the block procedural checkbox in the texture paint mode 🙄

I never found a way to do it in the past, but that doesn't mean it's not possible. It would be an extremely handy feature for sure, but everything I found previously made it seem random. I'll try to look into it a bit more but I'm way behind on FS25 this year.

@@bauerbrown No worries, I'll keep tinkering and let ya know if i have any luck. cheers.

Drag and drop is a windows function even though you are able to use it in GE. This doesn't mean the issue can't be tied to GE somehow, but I would start looking on the Windows side of things for D&D that is not working correctly.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean, but this video MIGHT be what you're looking for. th-cam.com/video/SpUADjMNQkM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9TU0gyE3QLCrtZEN

@@bauerbrown my English is very bad kkk,,, it would be land on the map that I could pick up with machines

LOL, I'm glad it worked out for you!

Sure, it's easy. In the meantime you can get rid of fields using the field toolkit. It should be fairly self-explanatory when looking at the toolkit what you need to do.

For locally hosted you mean? You would change it in the placeables.xml but I must be missing something because you shouldn't have to do it that way (it does work though).

@ sorry, its about the part that starts 20 min in to your video. I followed your steps there and created a folder but when I was trying to save I coudlnt because there are no files to save? I’m 150% noob when it comes to GE. And another couple of questions, when we drag and drop from game files, it creates a copy right? We arent moving the files from base game? And what about the placeholders that was required in fs22, does that still apply?

@@carlandersson8467 What folder did you create, and what file are you trying to save? I'm a bit confused there. Correct, when you drag and drop you are just creating a copy - nothing is being physically moved from the base game. The placeholders is still required if you would like a copy of your placeables to remain on the map as you work on it. Without the placeholders you will need to delete all of the placeables from your map before you publish it, if not you will have two copies on the working map - 1 functional, and 1 not functional.

@ I’m just as confused as you right now. 😅 I thought that you just changed the filepath for future changes. Isn’t that what you did?

@@carlandersson8467 I have additional videos on Placeables that might help you ( th-cam.com/video/mV1o3KP_77U/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Ld5-XLvfo38GFqD- ). If you want to change the structure of a placeable from it's original base game state, you'll need to host it locally and that entails changing file paths etc. If you plan on using the placeable exactly the way it is in the base game, you simply need to make an entry in the placeable.xml and the storeitems.xml (this is slightly different for FS25).

They're easy enough to add after the fact :)

@bauerbrown yes, already made them. I was just building a lot, starting to have fun in blender and putting stuff in my map but i totally forgot about them even existing 🤣

@@fpvnico Haha, sounds like something I would do :)

In the video, that particular issue was that the normals were facing the wrong direction. If you view normals and they show up red, they need to be flipped (they should be blue).

Did you even watch the video before you start trolling? Anyone with half a brain cell knows that the roads themselves aren't decals and I even stipulate in the video that it's a solid object and merely a "decal system" which Giant's themselves refer to it as. Somehow you feel like you're the only smart one on the internet and need to defend the position that the roads aren't actually "decals." No $hit sherlock, anyone can tell you that. BTW, the roads do in fact use decals, look at any Giant's map (as you say). So how about this? Do your homework and know wtf you are talking about before you start spouting off your own rubbish.

Registering a roller coaster? I'm not sure what you mean.

Mine did 720's and I still don't have it quite figured out so you're doing better than me, LOL! I started getting a handle on it but it's been a while - I'll make that one of my missions for 2025 to get that all worked out.

To be honest, I haven't tried many of the scripts yet but from what I understand none of them work correctly in the new editor - it's been a time issue for me lately. I've been following a guy that made a lot of progress with procedural placement and PP makes this script (and many others) obsolete, but the only drawback is that you need to have an idea on how to work with Lua. I'll eventually test out some of these scripts for the guys that are not code savvy and prefer not to mess with PP .... all I need is time :)

@@bauerbrown no worries, thx for reply

That could be an interesting project :) I've been SLOWLY working on a 4k Riverbend and it looks promising so far.

Yup, still 8 bit for ground textures, etc. I don't think it makes as big a difference for models but I tend to stick with 8 anyhow. The DEM is 16 bit. DXT1 unless it has some sort of transparency and then it's DXT3 or 5. Height maps are DXT4.

Actually, I'm mistaken. It does make a difference on models or you'll get some funky artifacts when you convert to DDS. This is especially true with the specular and normal maps. Stick with 8 bit for everything but the DEM.

@@bauerbrown yeah, i tried with 8 bit png converted to dx1 dds but i got these funky little artifacts. Tomorrow i'll try with the other normal. I used the normalGL because online info told me i needed these.

@@bauerbrown the height map needing dxt4 i didn't know yet. Thanx for this amazing series also, helped me out again

@@fpvnico Also remember that your specular is made from 3 separate images and those should be 8 bit as well or the defect will be baked into the final specular image.

Yup. There are some changes to 25, but everything in 22 still applies.

Make sure you have the parent transform group "Fields" highlighted in your scenegraph when you run the script.

@@bauerbrown when i run the script and create the fields they come out the wrong size how would i fix this -- Set filename to a bitmap file (*.grle) local filename = "C:/Users/lukek/Documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2022/mods/FS22_TheHeathOfEire/maps/map/data/infoLayer_fieldDimensions.grle" --Set bits of bitmap (normaly 8 bits) local bits = 8 --Set size of map (normaly 1024) local size = 2048 --Set factor for bigger grle's local factor = 2 --Set field factor (glreSize/mapSize) (f.e. standardmap: 4096 / 2048 = 2 local fieldFactor = 2 thats the setup of the script its a 2048x2048 map and the dem is the same size

Yes, the infoLayers still work the same for FS25. Since it's a modded map, make sure the file path for the infoLayers are pointing to your project map and not the base game map. You can check by viewing the map.i3d in a text editor and searching for "infoLayer." Id it starts with $data, it's using the base game.

@@bauerbrown Do you happen to have any clips, maybe in one of the other videos I can go look at for this? Im not sure what to look for as i didnt find anything matching what you said, But Im also not sure if Im looking at it correctly as there are a lot of lines with "infolayer" as a possible search point.

@@VikraalTheFluffDragon There may or may not be an example of this in one of the infolayer videos, I can't recall off the top of my head. For a modded map, you should find around 9 entries for infolayer. Just look at the file path, if it looks like 'filename="$data/infoLayer_something.png" then it's using the base game, anything else and it's correct for a mod map.

I haven't attempted to use it yet. I suspect many of the scripts are not working. Once I get a little more time I'll start troubleshooting and rewriting some of the scripts that I know will never be updated by the author.

@@bauerbrown Great thanks, you always have so much great advice for doing these fs builds.

Completed maps can be used on Xbox however when building the map, the editor needs access to the game. Many people have accomplished this, but I have no experience with consoles.

PNG will work just fine. Are you running into issues with the GRLE?

They were supposed to have been released with the 1.3 patch but I honestly never looked in the dropdown. There hasn't been an update since, so I would assume they've been there. I figured I knew how the masks worked, just needed the code to know how they were implemented. I would think the masks are not generated by the code, they're made in photoshop etc. The masks are then used to place objects, paint ground markings, foliage, etc. when the code is run. At least any experience I have with placement masks have worked in this way.

@bauerbrown ahh i see what your saying. I just assumed they could be painted in the editor because if i click on terrain foliage paint mode, and then procedural placement in the side panel there's a drop down for PPlacement where you can open pg_forest, pg_acres etc and the blockmask was interesting with a few different colors. But what i found was i for the blockmask i could ctrl r on the different colors and it would change the tick boxes, so for example if i ctrl r on the green it would check mark the block foliage and the erase unmasked. If i ctrl r on the greyish color it would check mark all the boxes except on the fly placement. And was able to paint the same color with what i had done ctrl r on. With the PG masks i found that i when i did ctrl r, the opacity slider and value would change but the check boxes were all checked except for on the fly placement. And same with the pg ones, i was able to paint the same color with what i had selected via ctrl r. So much to learn yet lol

@@kevydd-h2pThat's just my experience and it's always possible Giant's is doing something differently. I really need to sit down with the Editor and get in deep with it, I just haven't had nearly as much time lately as I have had in the past. Things are moving slooow in that dept, LOL.

I haven't tried it yet, been kind of busy. I'll have to grab a copy and give it a shot to see what's going on. I assumed the old one wouldn't work anymore so it's good they're updating it.

@bauerbrown its one of those tools that you become lost without it lol especially on a larger maps. I had a play around with the code to see if i could get it to work properly, but i really don't know enough about lua yet. Slowly learning lua though. Hopefully, it's a simple tweak somewhere. I tried it on both 2x and 4x maps and got the same results. All good, I've plenty of other stuff on the map to keep me going, and some more vehicle mods to do 👍

What i did for my map was paint down asphalt underneath the road decals. It then has the correct road noises etc. If you pick apart the base game map you'll see they have painted asphalt under the road decals aswell.

Just do what Kevydd said! There are attributes assigned to each texture like hardness, etc. Putting the appropriate texture underneath will fix that problem.

@@kevydd-h2p great thanks, yes that makes sense. I should have thought of that.

@mobias7 i did the same as you when i did my roads too, something so simple but easily overlooked. I also used farmerboys modding spline panels to paint down the asphalt with a moss pebble edge on both sides, if your pc struggles with painting long splines, you can duplicate your spline a few times and make each one a shorter lenght and paint your road in sections. Its another something so simple but easily overlooked situation.

@@kevydd-h2p Yeah I used that spline mod on the FS22 version of the map I'm making. Its really good. I'll need to instal it again in GE10. Haven't got round to it yet.

Yes, the modhub. You will see a link for "login" and you can submit through your account. Obviously, if you do not have an account you will need to create one.

@bauerbrown yes, i already have an account. For fs22, i recently got my first maps online and for fs25 got some mods pending now but wasn't sure about the prefabs. Thanx.

@@fpvnico Yup. The process is the same for everything. At least I'm pretty sure :)

@@bauerbrown yeah, seams logical actually but didn't want to just try it out and rather ask someone first 😅

It's explained in the video, you may have to watch it more than once. Once it's converted and you changed the file path in the I3D to png, you'll open and save the map in GE, delete the png, and change the file path back to grle in the I3D.

We'll eventually get into all of that and more. A video on placeable basics should be coming soon. I'm a bit behind at the moment.

I do. That's going to be one of my future videos, but I'm not sure how soon. I'm a little behind on videos at the moment, but it's definitely on the list to get done.

@@bauerbrown I am eager to watch all your videos!!!

Sounds logical, I don't see any other way with only two textures.

LOL, yeah ... I couldn't leave it the way it was!

No, I haven't tried. Black artifacts sound like it could have something to do with the Alpha channel, but I could be completely wrong on that. I'll have to check it out and see what's going on. Any texture in particular, or are they all giving you issues?

@@bauerbrown Hey man, managed to get it working with Gimp, save as .png settings were, default settings plus tick Save color values from transparent pixels, left automatic pixel format and exported...then drag onto texture tool.YAY.

Don't feel bad, I didn't see it either!! LOL! I haven't tried any placeables in-game yet, I'll do some testing and see what I get.

@IRGoat I am having the same issues with the sellpoints. I worked on getting one working for over 6 hours the other day, it started accepting grain but wouldn't pay you... freaking thief lol! I don't even know how I managed that but I did.