Adding Multi Terrain Angles or MTA to your FS22 Map! The easy Way!

[@XCE55IVE]

Farmer Bob you've earned a follow!

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Bless you 🙏

[@tomknight3856]

I have tried and tried and tried, and cannot get this to work. I have made sure I have followed your steps perfectly, but when I go to open the i3d file in giants editor it just crashes. The editor log has the following errors: Error: GDM file has wrong number of channels (10 should be 12) Error: DensityMap failed to load GDM file. Error: Can’t load resource ‘C:/Users/admin/OneDrive/documents/My Games/FarmingSimulator2022/mods/FS22_AustralianFarms/maps/data/densityMap_ground.png’ Error: Failed to load terrain detail layer ‘terrain detail’. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am at the end of my fuse with this. Cheers.

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Hi Tom.. send me your vanilla map.. (map before you added anything) ill add the MTA for you.. my email.. [e-mail]

[@m4rtik_cz997]

i have the same problem

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Is this on fs22?

[@totenfarmer6645]

I have a question about this; if I add MTA to a map that I am currently playing on, will it need a new savegame for it to work ? EDIT: I thought it was working but it wasn't, I followed the tutorial to the letter and did several attempts, I did get the terrain angles, but the fields were scewed, looking at the map at what fields needed plowing the map has drawn 4 square fields which "needs plowing"..however those fields does not exist on the map and ploughing actuall fields doesn't register as ploughed although they most certainly are. Something must be off in this tutorial or the video at this time, maybe Giants changed something. This was done on a freshly created Erlengrat map.

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Hi there... definitely. Heres what to do. In old game, harvest and store/sell all your crops then start a new save game, making note of your new and old savegame slot/position. Save the game. Now in the fs22 directory. Copy all the.xml files from the old save to the new save. 😊 If you cant see the file extensions click on the show icon in the menu bar and select extensions. Then just start your new game and everything you had should be in there. (Except terrain changes) Thise cannot be recovered.

[@stomy4645]

If your having trouble converting gdm file,make sure your converter is on the same drive as your map, or copy and paste gdm file from your map into the converter folder, convert it and paste the png file back to your map. Also make sure u dont have the map zipped up on the same drive as the map you are working on, or the editor will pull the gdm file from the zip for some strange reason. The editor has a log file in your user/appdata folder but youll need to view systems files to get to it.

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

thanks for the tips :)

[@stomy4645]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin Your welcome sir. Thank You for the info. Also ive seen other tutorials say u need terrainShader, not really sure about that, but i did it and everything seems to be working fine. Good Luck All

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

@@stomy4645 yes, with th3 latest update of the game, as i said in the video, the need for a custom terrain shader is not needed anymore, so it is best to use the ingame shader as this will be updated with the game.

[@Andy.H5]

Hi, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've followed the steps fully. Inside the Giants Editor and in the dev controls whilst inside the game it shows I have all the new angles. But when I mow/harvest anything it's still using the old set of angles. Please can you help? Thanks

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Hi there, it sounds like all is well, just remeber to start a new savegame. 😀

[@Andy.H5]

That was it, thank you

[@WVFakeFarmer]

I have tried this 6 times with a map and I cant get map i3d to load again in GE afterwards. GE wont load but works with other mods and the map before changes. Do the infolayer files need converted to PNGs too? The read me doesnt have that but the infolayer files in the map I am working on are GRLE files not PNG like your example shows.

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

I have done this probably a thousand times by now. It works perfect every time. Just follow the video watch pause do, very important not to confuse the terraindetail layer with terrainhight layer, if you change the hight layer your map will not ooen again. No the info layers not need changing only the densitymapground.gdm. Do everything i do on the video even if it looks unimportant. Every step is crucial, even the last step to renamr back to gdm

[@WVFakeFarmer]

@FarmerBoBonKZbin I did that, it works in game it seems but it won't boot in GE.

[@WVFakeFarmer]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin used my easy dev and have options of all the angles for field work. Just won't open in GE. Thanks for responding.

[@BLYFACTOR]

@@WVFakeFarmer densitymapId"***" must remain unchanged when copying that line after I did that GE opened

[@coatsy35]

Great video. Well done. I have a question, in your downloadable text file, you have a different item 6 to that in your video? Does this need to be done? as I can't find a terrainsahder.xml file in my map? 6. Edit terrainShader.xml and on line 445 adjust the number of angles float angle = float(i_angle)/32*3.14159;

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Let me check, i did updaye the txt file, i hope its not still the old one. Will het back to you. No you dont do any of the terrain shader stuff

[@coatsy35]

@@kentuckyfarmsmappingyeah I saw that. Just confused me as FarmerBobs download file still contains a step which is not in the video

[@coatsy35]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbinwell I missed that part out and added it to a map I play. Super easy to follow so thank you for that

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Yes that was still the old txt file, i updated again. Please re download and let me know. Bless you.. 👍 😄 🙌

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Thanks for getting back to me 😊

[@jhoss8524]

something with the conversion to the png messed up getting an error of 10 channels should be 12 can not find a fix

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Indicates a problem with your .png or you have the original still in the map, or you didn't rename the gdm line in the map.i3d..

[@jhoss8524]

@FarmerBoBonKZbin im gonna guess a problem w the png as the others I already checked on is there a fix you know of?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

@@jhoss8524 well there are so many variables in this stuff.. verify the following is correct from my text file on the steps to follow: Before making any changes, please back up your entire Map. 1. Convert densityMap_ground.gdm to PNG with GRLE converter, delete original from map folder. 2. Copy $&data/maps/mapUS/fieldGround.xml to map folder 3. Edit i3D with text editor 4.1. Change densityMap_ground.gdm to .png 4.2 adjust the numbers for the channels under the "terrainDetail" DetailLayer. Adding 2 here gives 32 angles. 4.3 Under Group "GroundAngle" add the number of channels and the angles. These must be calculated for the number of angles. Here 180/32=5,625 4.4 Correct the start channel under group "SprayType". 5. Edit fieldGround.xml, contains the information from the i3D in addition to the standard information 6. Adjust the path to fieldGround.xml in map.xml 7. Load the map in the Giants Editor, check the log for errors and save again. Then you have a new densityMap_ground.gdm and the PNG can be deleted. change densityMap_ground.png to .gdm

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

also make sure you edited the correct dinsity line, not the terrain height but rather:

[@jhoss8524]

@FarmerBoBonKZbin yes checked that when I converted it said in the conversation that there were 10 channels after converting to png and thats the error could it be an issue with the original file

[@alwayshardstyle1623]

Hello, did you maybe know what the error below means? 2024-02-27 16:30 Error: addDensityMapHeightType: maximum number of height types already registered. Has this something to do with the terrainDetailHeight maybe?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

yes correct, the highttypes, is set for your fruit, in this tutorial we work with the terrain, not the terrainhighttypes, i think i showed both here in the video, so if you were to add more fruit channels you would watch my video on adding 64 fruits to your map. but for MTA we need to work only with the terrain layer and the densitymapground.

[@alwayshardstyle1623]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin thanks for the answer 👍 I already watched that video, but I still have the error 😬

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

@@alwayshardstyle1623 ok.. when you changed the channels in the i3d this is the incorrect channel to change (

[@alwayshardstyle1623]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin Thanks for the example. I will check it tomorrow 👍

[@alwayshardstyle1623]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin So here i'm back. I check and underneed the values i have: i checked the fruit also: Could you check if this is wrong? And what i need to change to get the error gone : Error: addDensityMapHeightType: maximum number of height types already registered. I really appreciate your time for it ! If it's smoother for talking on discord, just invite me > Michaelj15#9641

[@shawnbecker1026]

Awesome tutorial, thank you. Im new to modding, I was wondering when I plow for example and I go around in a circle how is that set up so the rows follow the direction of the tractor? Just curious really

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Yes, exactly, thus is what multi terrain angles guve you. This however is not for foliage, so all your fruit will still grow in a set pattern. To have the crops plant in rows is a mod called rowcrop. This requires modification to equipment as well as the map. It limits your equipment though.

[@shawnbecker1026]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin Ah i understand, Ya my next question was going to be what if any changes would need to be made to equipment

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

For MTA no equipment changes is needed as you made changes in the map.i3d ​@@shawnbecker1026

[@XCE55IVE]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin Will also drop your frames too!

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

@@XCE55IVE Is it excessive dropping? I have not noticed anything on my sysyem yet.. but thanks for letting me know.. ​

[@vermillion4971]

i tried to make 64 angles, but nothing seem to work, all angles seem to be broken, tried to tingle with numbers but nothing. Can you please make a video about how to make more Angles?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

i have not spent time on that, dont know if it is even possible.. currently have my hands full with map dev.. :)

[@vermillion4971]

@@FarmerBoBonKZbin i can't even implement 32 angles, giants editor doesn't want to open and just crashes, i guess it was a bad idea...

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

If it crashes, you have an typo in either the map.xml or the i3d .. does the map open in the editor, check console for errors?

[@Andy-el3ht]

Would it also go to make 360 ​​degree floor angles? If so, could you make a tutorial about it?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

How do you mean with floor angles? Explain what you want to do. 😊

[@gridoo]

I was just talking about how to do this in Discord. Thanks for this video, perfect timing for me because my fields are not 90 or 45 degrees from the map. Will this work for console?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Thanks so much 👍 🙏

Thanks, will it be in fs25?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Not sure yet.. have not looked into that yet.. so many new things heheheheh

[@danjay9457]

Does this work for FS25?

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Ooooh i have no idea.. backup your map, give it a go and let me know. Be interesting to see.. hehhehe. Sorry i havent spent time on mta yet as there are a hundred thigs more important to figure out heheheheheh😊

[@danjay9457]

@ I gave it a go, the angles seemed a bit messed up, I have found a mod map on a site that has 32 angles so I’ll have a look tonight what’s different

[@valdurrandmaa2593]

34 minute video 10 minute usefull info 24 minutes the heck information ...

[@vermillion4971]

shitloads of talking, and not even links to these effing grele converter, i was seeking for it for 30 minutes!!!

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

it is a video and a advanced procedure, there will be talking..... a lot of it... it is not a process for noobs, though i try my best to make it as clear and easy as possible by even providing a download with the procedure in it.. if you bothered to check the whole video at 5:00 i show you the links :) as far as the links, each and every video i make has the links to all Giants stuff, where you will find all giants downloads like grle converter, editors, texture tools and many more... my own website with all my content and even my support links, should you feel so inclined.. :) . just open my video description you will find every link that is needed in there :)