Farming Simulator uses xml files for it’s configuration. Just about everything the game engine needs to know is in an xml file somewhere. Here are some tips for working with xml filenames:On Windows computers in their default configuration, telling which file is an I3D file and which is an XML file is pretty difficult, especially […]
When you make edits to the terrain in a map using Giants Editor, the edits won’t show in the current savegame you are using.To get the edits to show, you will need to do the following steps to continue on your current save file:1. Create a new savegame.2. Copy the following files in the new […]
I get asked a lot for help in troubleshooting why the game won’t load or why it crashes. To do this, we need to understand what is happening in the background when the game loads. First, the game loads all mods/maps located in the default/chosen mod folder. The mod folder the game loads from is […]
This comes up a lot. You download a new map, put it in the Mods folder, run the game and the map isn’t listed. Why? There are several reasons why this happens. One is that the map zip file you downloaded has other zip files inside of it. Some map authors like to include mod […]
If you’re using a map that hasn’t been updated to the v1.3 patch, this tool will make to add all available grass textures to the landscaping tool in FS19. Included in FS19 Dashboard and also available as a standalone program, updating the map is as easy as 3 clicks. Just select the zipped map file, […]
If you’ve downloaded a map that has the auto-sell of milk turned off, you can turn this back on by opening /map/map01.i3d in a text editor and searching for “automaticallySellMilk” and setting it to “true”. The placeable mod “stopmilksale” will allow you to turn it off again without having to edit the map again. Click […]