It has been no small operation believe me, i knew nothing about map making to start with.
Hi there guys,
This is the place to have a look at comments, also where i will post my changes and progress to the map. So feel free to post.
About the map, The map is called Nevada-ZA the ZA is for South Africa :) for those who wondered.. I will do a separate post here to give a history of the map and how I got to the idea and what inspired me etc.
My map is big in size but it makes up for it hopefully in content. :)
I have bundled it together with 4 mods, I just had to add this 4 mods as they are 4 of my favorites and i'm sure there will be lots of guys that will enjoy them as much as i do. Maybe ill add some more who knows...
A few things or specs about the map:
6 Sellpoints, 15 fields (I mean really how many can you actually manage)
It has multifruit: Carrot, onion, hops, rye, poppy, spelt, millet, tritycale, tabacco, Lucern
This is the field sizes:
Field 1 (field01) : 2.064 ha
Field 2 (field02) : 2.069 ha
Field 3 (field03) : 1.066 ha
Field 4 (field04) : 1.065 ha
Field 5 (field05) : 15.269 ha
Field 6 (field06) : 8.382 ha
Field 7 (field07) : 6.137 ha
Field 8 (field08) : 7.686 ha
Field 9 (field09) : 13.995 ha
Field 10 (field10) : 7.536 ha
Field 11 (field11) : 8.107 ha
Field 12 (field12) : 5.354 ha
Field 13 (field13) : 3.709 ha
Field 14 (field14) : 8.666 ha
Field 15 (field15) : 11.661 ha
Standard game starts with Farm, 2x Lands, 5 fields and a huge array of equipment, but not the big stuff, this is so there is much room for expansion and growth. But there is way enough to start and have lots of fun from the word go.
There is a 4x4 track to the west, the road to access leads from the west side of the cow stable... The track has a "i am a sissy" piece and a "bring it on" for the brave hearts. As you reach the top of first very steep hill, the road splits, to the right is the extreme track and straight on is the easy one to the finish. With a nice view from the highest mountain over the whole farm.
I am busy with the signs for the track, this is still beta so i am testing like crazy.. found a few problems so far, but nothing that hinder game play.
The rules for the 4x4 track is as follow:
1. Stay inside your vehicle at all time (This is to have the best real 4x4 experience) So no external views allowed. Maybe 1 could be said as fair.
2. The flat bits can be driven at a safe speed of 10-15km/h and the bad bits 3km/h or 2mph 3.The best is to get on a horse and drive the track first..
4. For the most fun try it in the Mahindra Retriever 5. Best vehicle is the John Deere 6155m or something similar. As this is a Farming game, tractor is the way to go!!!
For the 17 birds/animals
I would suggest scout the map on horseback. All can be heard from the roads, so it makes a great past time, 2 of them are nocturnal and can be heard only at night from 9pm on wards..
I will still post a list of the lot so guys can have a checklist to work from.
On the South side of Forest 2 is a lonely forest road, there is a nice hill to have hill climb challenges, something for the release version.
Otherwise there is so many options to start different farms on different locations, so everyone should enjoy... i hope :)
I have my PC volume at 50%, in game vehicle sound roughly 30-40% I am still working on the sound volumes..
There is a whole list of a thousand things to tweak, but as it stands it is ready to play. with the odd thing here and there that needs attention.
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