Better Mod Management Using PV Tools - Farming Simulator 19

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  • @mesamkiv7960
    @mesamkiv7960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As I’ve never played PV I wasn’t aware of this miraculous app until you spoke about it a few videos ago. I took the plunge and spent about 30 minutes sorting it out and setting up my various game save files and discrete mod lists for each. This is a brilliant file management tool for FS. I quite immediately experienced an efficiency in loading each of my assorted saves. The only requirement is having significant disc space to store multiple copies of a mods folder.
    I do use an external 3TB hard drive and tried that first with only one save. My external drive is much slower in terms of file read speeds. I’ve set some files for my internal SSD (certain 4x and 16x saves) and the rest are on the legacy hard disc drive - the file read speeds are much faster with storage on the internal drives.
    Ultimately, I use a slim fraction of the time now when switching between active saves. Thank you for highlighting this app as playing the game as soon as possible is the focus.
    Also, thanks for the tip in setting up a new map default mods folder. Well done, sir. Well done. Sláinte and stay safe.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Mesa, I agree the faster the drive the better, but on the whole it’s a much more agreeable way of keeping your mods in check 👍

  • @ScottFree4all
    @ScottFree4all 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    PV Tools is very convenient. It beats having to edit the game settings XML each time. I wish it had the option to copy in multiple different “favorites” folders. For example, I could have a “JD tractors” folder, “classic implements” folder, “Polish placeables”, etc.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah now that would be a great addition 👍

  • @scottdejong1307
    @scottdejong1307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Been using PV Tools for a couple of weeks now. Love the program. Thanks for the Vid!

  • @jimmelvin5556
    @jimmelvin5556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the in-depth tutorial. It looks like I set up my tools correctly. Now to just build the folders and make up my mind what I want in the favorites. I have a tendency to "O look. I like that" and in the folder it goes to set there for all eternity. Looks like if you can master this, you'll be able to find conflicts easier.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha yeah I’m a total mod magpie too 😂👍

  • @SkuttleNickles
    @SkuttleNickles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the vid, heard you talk about this a few times and have been waiting for you to explain it in detail. Looking forward to setting this up. It is definitely going to help separate the mods used on the MP server from the ones I prefer. Keep up the good work, looking forward to catching the next stream if I can.

  • @MarkSimpson50
    @MarkSimpson50 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video FSG makes it really easy to understand how PV tools works, tried this after watching one of your earlier live streams when you mentioned it, and as you say its a fantastic tool. I would highly recommend it to any FS user, I found it improves my loading times no end. 🚜

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great to hear Mark! Thanks as always for your support 👍

  • @farmercowboy6075
    @farmercowboy6075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How is this fir luck...i am just busy sorting out mod folders and all those things and here you come with PV Tools. Gonna give this a try...thank you FSG

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There you go!!! Everything happens for a reason 😊👍

    • @mesamkiv7960
      @mesamkiv7960 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You won’t regret setting this up! Take your time to understand each of the few steps and you will - much sooner - experience playing FS and the joy it brings.

  • @vergyltantor3211
    @vergyltantor3211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If storage space is an issue the mod manager called Vortex from Nexus Mods might be worth a look. It allows you to create different profiles for your playthroughs by using a virtual mod folder. Instead of copying the files to your mods folder it drops one of Microsoft's "hooks" into the mods folder. A hook is a small file that redirects a file call to a different folder or drive. For example if the game needs to use courseplay the game will look for the Courseplay.zip file in the mods folder, instead it will find the Courseplay.zip hook file which will redirect it to the folder you actually have the file stored in and use it. This is all transparent to the game, and it will not see the hooks any differently than it would the file it's self. It is more complicated to learn than PV tools would be, but there are some benefits such as conflict detection and resolution and reduced storage space that might make it worthwhile.
    I know this subject is way too complicated for a comments section but if you are curious you can search TH-cam and you can find general videos on its use and how it works, but I don't think videos specifically for FS19 exist because it is mostly used by Skyrim, Fallout4 and Cyberpunk2077 players.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice one Vergyl sounds interesting, do the hooks slow down the load times a lot?

    • @vergyltantor3211
      @vergyltantor3211 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy Not that I have noticed. It could though if you use a SSD on the C: drive and store the mods on an old hard drive. I have used it with Skyrim and Fallout4 with hundreds of mods and while changing between profiles might take 1/2 hr if moving mods manually it only takes seconds when using a manager that uses hooks like Vortex or Mod Organizer (sadly Mod Organizer doesn't support FS19).

    • @awevtrading
      @awevtrading 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vergyltantor3211 and @The FarmSim Guy I use a program that extends the ability of file explorer. It is called Link Shell Extension [details and download can be found at schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/linkshellextension.html], and it lets you create symbolic links, kind of what Vortex is doing. I have one folder where I download and sort all of my mods, :/downloads/games/fs19/, then I'll have different folders, such :/downloads/games/fs19/base_mods, :/downloads/games/fs19/small_equipment, and :/downloads/games/fs19/large_equipment for example. I will then create a symbolic link for say Bulk Buy from e:/downloads/games/fs19/scripts/FS19_BulkBuy.zip into e:/downloads/games/fs19/base_mods since it is one of the mods I load every time. The truly nice thing is that if I notice a need to update it I only need to update it in the game save I am playing - say Rustic Acres, and it will be updated in all other maps/save games, as it only updates the original, and everything else points to, or reads from it.

  • @ArgsyGaming
    @ArgsyGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Something else to add to the list of things to do, download and install PV tools 👍

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That list just keeps growing doesn't it 😉

  • @anthonymillard5181
    @anthonymillard5181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, been playing Millenial farmer, your video on the silo was superb very easy to understand, not like some others I've watched. one thing about the map, the cow shed triggers for feed and straw, don't work correctly, you have to reverse into the shed at the rear to get the straw to unload, the feed you have to reverse almost into the shed bars to get it to work, another thing, Course play, the other day in field 3 got 2 combines working, did the headlands ok then one was at one side of the field the other on the other side, pandemonium, now I have another version which has changes slightly, the combines used to have there number on the map screen, now they have a yellow square with cogs or something in the square with the combine number below, seems to work ok, still can't master the unload very well, when it works the tractor drives the field eventually but at 6 mph can't Catch the combines, then it stops working, I'm recording the course to the silo, do I have to do a course generation, like the combines is there anything else I have to do? One last thing sorry about saying you don't share your mods, you did mention that the modders would loose out, but surely if more people could find the mods they wouldn't loose out because more people would download then, didn't mean to upset you, but been playing the game since FS2013, one map your ought to try is FS19_Project_NDS, superb multi fruit 4Fac map, worth a look.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t worry Anthony you didn’t upset me, I will try and share mod links if I can, most of the time the issue is I can’t remember where I’ve found them or it’s been so long since I downloaded it. My advice is to google the name of the mod and add FS19 after it, it pretty much world for me 100% of the time.
      Finally on your unload course, go into the speed adjustment and Max everything out, that should solve your speed issue (do the same with your cruise control too, make sure it’s maxed and not as tuck at 6 mph) 👍

    • @anthonymillard5181
      @anthonymillard5181 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy Hiya, thanks for that and your time, I always Google mods and add FS2019 after the mods name, but most of the time I get an address on Facebook, I don't use Facebook, so it stumps me, I've been trying to fine the Case planter that you used in your video think its the 1265, the big one, got the small one, but like I said always get a Facebook address. Anyway thanks again, Keep safe!!

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anthonymillard5181 Check the comments and replies on this vid th-cam.com/video/Uu_Ts_Q4Y_M/w-d-xo.html

    • @anthonymillard5181
      @anthonymillard5181 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy Thanks but its Facebook and I don't have or want an account, so can't use it. don't really matter will probably find it elsewhere

    • @anthonymillard5181
      @anthonymillard5181 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy Hiya, like I said I would like the link to the Case 1265 planter you used in one of your videos but all the links go to the Facebook site, which I don't use, so I can't get it, can you help. Also I mentioned the Custom Modding JD2680 High Performance Disc, which is always Totally White, even from FS.com, however I've found another which is exactly the same from LR Modding but its a Case Speed Tiller 475, but its great, Case Red but who cares!!!. Last but not least, I've been playing a game where most of the fields don't seem correct in that when I use AI say for plowing or whatever AI doesn't follow the field , leaving spaces, can I us Easy Developer to square the field, i.e change the angle, can you also hep me there. It was on Bulls Gap , your the best!!!

  • @shawnwaguespack1130
    @shawnwaguespack1130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the vid mate very helpful

  • @tappedmaple8349
    @tappedmaple8349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so handy thanks man. Another sub here!

  • @PVT_Barry
    @PVT_Barry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super helpful. New user of FS19. Thanks!

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent you should find it very helpful, enjoy 👍

  • @FarmSimGamer
    @FarmSimGamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video as always. I had a look at this after your 25 mods video, but good to see your tutorial on it. Very helpful. 👍

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No worries, hope you are doing well 👍

  • @ZekenStreak
    @ZekenStreak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for explaining this. Well done. Cheers

  • @hefilump
    @hefilump 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this video, hopefully this will solve some of my issues with mods and pc running slowly.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope so too, good luck setting up

  • @NeoTheSeventh
    @NeoTheSeventh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely awesome, congrats and thanks for sharing, mate! Now I have just 100 mods in folder, I can handle that, but with your suggestions, probably this number will increase soon

  • @Oldcranky1
    @Oldcranky1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid FSG, very well explained.

  • @TowManG
    @TowManG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've been waiting on this video since you first brought it up a month or two ago. Looks cool, will be checking it out! Thanks again for the quality content as always!

  • @ShelsleyT2GT
    @ShelsleyT2GT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Interesting mod! Presumably it ends ups taking up more space on your hard drive due to the same mods being stored in various folders? (dependent on your running the same mods across several of your maps?)

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes exactly, it should be a huge issue as the biggest mods are likely to be your maps And you won’t have duplicates of those, but Definitely more space required 👍

    • @Gazbeard
      @Gazbeard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy I'm currently solo playing 3 different versions of Six Acres (heavy editing of the map in each) plus 2 versions each of Lone Oak and Greenwich Valley, plus customised versions of each of those on our community server, and then all of my unedited maps too ... once you start duplicating and custom editing maps, it becomes very easy to have multiple copies of them.
      Re: what you said in the video about limiting map mods per install - I believe the Giants advice about only one mod map per mods folder was for consoles not PCs, due to slot counts.

  • @Gazbeard
    @Gazbeard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'll give it a go with a couple of new saves to see how it plays (might be too late for my existing ones) - I see it being very useful for when you edit maps and might have several very different edited versions of a map for different savegames. I'm hoping (probably against all hope) that Giants include something like this in FS22 this autumn, otherwise it could be the very first mod I install on that if I find I like it.

  • @dylankitching5371
    @dylankitching5371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you set it up so that your mods are on a different drive and they still load up in game? Ive tried to do the same before but they wont load up.... Also your tutorials are very helpful, i always come back to them when CP or autodrive are going through the horrors.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You need to go into gamesettings.xml and change modsdirectoryoverride active="false" to "true" that should make it work. PV Tools should do the rest 👍

  • @paulcampbell7826
    @paulcampbell7826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    does the SSD drive really help performance, if so, on startup or even in game?

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely much much faster than a standard drive so it can access the data faster, I’d recommend running windows the game and your mods from an SSD if you can 👍

  • @lfla0179
    @lfla0179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This thing IS BRILLIANT. Some maps I don't use global company, have to use place anywhere, this tool sorts them out.
    I use outdated mods too! Omg life changer!
    No man's land has a documented apostrophe problem (') preventing mods from working properly, now I can isolate the map.
    I also 'edited' some mods to work to my liking, and can also isolate the maps that need them.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💪😊👍 sounds like you are a happy man Luiz

  • @RaymondVolker
    @RaymondVolker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where does the knowledge of FSG end.....🙌🙌👍

  • @254_aw
    @254_aw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just wish there was a 'launch game' button on the interface

  • @sandrabeaumont3111
    @sandrabeaumont3111 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will that work with older Farm Sim versions such as FS 2013, 2015, 2017? Or indeed with other Farming Simulators such as Crops and whatever?

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No specifically with that version of the game unfortunately

  • @BirconuGaming
    @BirconuGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice 👌😁

  • @holden3083
    @holden3083 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍. So the default mod folder button must be linked to the main mods folder on the same drive as the game?
    I have changed the location of the mods folder to a different drive.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it will but you can just create a button to your moved folder, that’s what I do, all my mods are on a separate drive too 👍

  • @Jayhawk226
    @Jayhawk226 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Been using the first version of this since I started playing ...way back in Oct 2020...

    • @Gazbeard
      @Gazbeard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL - "way back" in October 2020 ... so in essence you've been playing for 6 months, or since Precision Farming released?
      (I started playing PC games in 1989, and computer games back in about 1964 or 65 when they were only available in seaside arcades and in cabinets the size of upright fridge-freezers)

    • @Jayhawk226
      @Jayhawk226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Gazbeard i started playing FS19 then. I've been playing other games before.

  • @davidmaras8875
    @davidmaras8875 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have a video walk through of installing and setting this up?

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it’s this vid, it shows you how to set it up

  • @DaemosDaen
    @DaemosDaen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too bad PV tools does not point the game saves folder to a new location as well. Would be nice for keeping series saves separate and organized.
    Still gonna pick it up and use it for my game.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a pretty good Idea! I like that

  • @chrisasst
    @chrisasst 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to use it, but if I wanted to go back to default, it wouldn’t. I had to go into the game files and manually change the location.

  • @midnightrizer
    @midnightrizer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have had an issue with my game from the start. The first save game slot is unused. and my game plays fine on game save slot 2. BUT if i try to start the game with Game save slot one the Giants game engine stalls with an error and throws me back to steam. as a result i am unable to save a game in Slot one. i am running Rravenport. on pc 16 gig memory medium settings. i have also verified the files using steams method of doing that i am at a loss as to how to correct this issue.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like you have a corrupt save, if you go into Documents > My Games > Farming Simulator 19 you will see save game folders (Save Game 1, 2, 3 etc) just delete the entire save game 1 folder. Then open the game and try creating a new save using save game slot 1 and see if that works 👍 good luck

  • @madslarsen8418
    @madslarsen8418 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey. i cant find any link to the mod in the desription.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  ปีที่แล้ว

      There’s a link there to PV tools who make it 👍

    • @ayle1312
      @ayle1312 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheFarmSimGuy looks like the domain name expired

  • @KaiserStormTracking
    @KaiserStormTracking 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it out for Mac? I might need it since I have a folder monster

  • @temiller63
    @temiller63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why arent you playing Pleasant Valley County???

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like the functionality of the factories and production aspects of it, but I like realistic maps or maps based on real places, just my preference

  • @conallplatts5244
    @conallplatts5244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Downloaded it and now everything is gone. Is there a way to fix this or am I screwed?

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn’t delete or change anything other than the file path, so everything is not gone, it’s just not pointing at your mod folder, follow the instructions in the video you should be fine. And I recommend not downloading something before you have done your research and are fully aware of what is does 👍

    • @conallplatts5244
      @conallplatts5244 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy well I got it sorted. Just needed to get it back to how it was before and press the default folder, and also this video was the research

  • @diagofox1
    @diagofox1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know this is probably not the right place for this, but since this occurred due to this video, I thought you ought to know.
    Anyways, I don't know who it is that runs SGA, but it seems they aren't very nice. After using PV Tools I've found I wanted the FS22 one only to find I had to go register on SGA. This isn't the bad part. The bad part was instead of approving my registration, they just banned me. No reason. They said spam but that wouldn't make since for a person whom has never visited their site before. I cannot think of any reason for my registration to be denied in such a way. Oh well, guess I will never recommend any of their stuff.

  • @bokkiegamer2363
    @bokkiegamer2363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where can I download a John Deere 9r

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Google is your friend 👍 it’s available in all the main mod sites

    • @bokkiegamer2363
      @bokkiegamer2363 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy thank you for helping me I really appreciate it

  • @puddles5247
    @puddles5247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3 base game maps? iv only ever had 2 :O iv been robbed

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry I should have said 3 Giants maps, Earlengrat is the Alpine DLC map

  • @johnbradshaw7525
    @johnbradshaw7525 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    PV tools is a waste of time. It took a while to set up with the maps and mods i have. But every time I try and play FS19 using PV Tools, its not saved the buttons I have set up. So I have to spend more time setting things back up.

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a sweeping generalisation saying it's a waste of time, I know many people including myself that use it and have never experienced that problem so possibly an issue with your setup that's causing it?

  • @_Juke_
    @_Juke_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the manager couldnt find my mods and now the game wont even launch fuck

    • @TheFarmSimGuy
      @TheFarmSimGuy  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you mods in the default place? Create a new button and manually link it to your mod folder, be patient when the game launches too, sometimes the first load after changing folders can take a little while.

    • @_Juke_
      @_Juke_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheFarmSimGuy i got the game working now, i dont have my mods in the default location because they take up so much space had the same problem with vortex wich i would have used if got it working, since more options