How to have 65+ farmlands on your map: Difference between revisions

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in your map's custom farmlands.xml you will change the numChannels number from 6 to 8.

typically you will find farmlands.xml in maps>mapUS, mapEU, or mapAS then config

to: numChannels="8"

EXAMPLE farmlands.xml in plaintext:

from here:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no" ?> <map xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../shared/xml/schema/farmlands.xsd"> <farmlands densityMapFilename="mapUS/data/infoLayer_farmlands.png" numChannels="8" pricePerHa="28541">

       <farmland id="1"  priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="2"  priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="3"  priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="4"  priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="5"  priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="6"  priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="7"  priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="8"  priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="9"  priceScale="1" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="10" priceScale="1" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>

       <farmland id="12" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="13" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>

       <farmland id="17" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false" />
       <farmland id="18" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="19" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>

       <farmland id="22" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="23" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="24" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="25" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="26" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="27" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="28" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="29" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="30" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="31" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>
       <farmland id="32" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>

       <farmland id="34" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="35" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="36" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="37" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="38" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="39" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="40" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="41" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="42" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />

       <farmland id="44" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="45" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA"/>
       <farmland id="46" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA"/>

       <farmland id="47" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="48" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="49" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="50" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="51" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="52" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="53" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="54" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="55" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="56" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="57" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="58" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="59" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="60" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="61" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="62" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="63" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="64" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="65" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="66" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="67" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="68" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="69" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="70" priceScale="1" npcName="HELPER" />
       <farmland id="71" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="72" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="73" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="74" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="75" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="76" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="77" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="78" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="79" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="80" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="81" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="82" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="83" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="84" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="85" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="86" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="87" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="88" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="89" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="90" priceScale="5.4" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="91" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="92" priceScale="1" npcName="ANIMAL_DEALER" />
       <farmland id="93" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="94" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="95" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="96" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="97" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER" />
       <farmland id="98" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="99" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="100" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="101" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="102" priceScale="1" npcName="FARMER"/>
       <farmland id="103" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="104" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="105" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="106" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="107" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="108" priceScale="1" npcName="GRANDPA" />
       <farmland id="109" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />
       <farmland id="110" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" />

       <farmland id="251" priceScale="1" npcName="FORESTER" defaultFarmProperty="false"/>

</farmlands> </map>

END of xml <<<<<::to here::

farmlands.xml briefly explained:

this line: <farmlands densityMapFilename="mapUS/data/infoLayer_farmlands.png" is referencing your farmlands.png or .grle-as written upon saving in GE- said image that represents and defines your farmlands and farmland boundaries within the game itself. this png is is the "outside Giants Editor" visual respresenation of the farmlands info layer mask. conveniently you can manipulate this is with common freeware graphics editors such as Paint.net (PdN), Gimp, and Photoshop.

edit this line from a .grle extension and change to .png extension.

if editing in a 3rd party editing software, be sure to save as a png. Important: if you edit and keep the farmlands image as a .png, you MUST change the file extention in the map.i3d from infoLayer_farmlands.grle to .png as seen in the attachment.

more info to come soon