Changelog PMC Ohio Arcanum 8km Farming Simulator 19 Terrain

v0.1 Unreleased

2020-05-18:
- ohio arcanum choose location using google/maps terrain view so you can see the fields
- ohio arcanum click map, pin is inserted, click the bottom center new dialog, copy paste lat/lon coordinates
- ohio arcanum global mapper online sources world street map, view -> zoom view -> zoom to spacing -> view spacing selection 10, fits 8km grid with plenty of free space around
- ohio arcanum global mapper CTRL-HOME insert coordinates, find the spot
- ohio arcanum global mapper switch to UTM projection
- ohio arcanum global mapper create 4096 or 8192 user created feature grid
- ohio arcanum global mapper open online data -> u.s. data -> united states elevation data (NED) (10m resolution)
- ohio arcanum global mapper export heightmap
- ohio arcanum global mapper export kmz
- ohio arcanum terra incognita map source -> openstreetmap -> zoom level 500km
- ohio arcanum terra incognita file -> load waypoints,tracks -> kmz
- ohio arcanum terra incognita full screen, zoom into kmz black rectangle (8km is ok with openstreetmap 250m 4m/px but 16km is 500m 8m/px), draw selection rectangle
- ohio arcanum terra incognita waypoints,tracks -> visible to disable kmz black rectangle
- ohio arcanum terra incognita map source -> esri arcgis, zoom level 17
- ohio arcanum l3dt file -> import -> heightfield, choose your heightmap.asc
- ohio arcanum l3dt CTRL-E -> file format -> PNG -> map_dem.png
- ohio arcanum terra incognita download oziexplorer map format
- ohio arcanum global mapper open -> oziexplorer .map/.jpg satellite imagery
- ohio arcanum global mapper file -> export -> export raster/image format -> png -> file type 24-bit rgb, sample spacing 1, export to bounds -> crop to selected area feature(s)
- ohio arcanum edit _run_generate_terrain_template_from_sample_data.bat for terrain name and run it
- ohio arcanum powergrep run FS19_terrain_class_name_i3d_xml.pga
- ohio arcanum execute _run_graphicsmagick_FS19_weight_density_to_standard_8km.bat
- ohio arcanum open name.i3d in GE, do some basic cleaning up, save and exit
- ohio arcanum powergrep run FS19_png_to_gdm_grle.pga
- ohio arcanum execute _run_delete_gdm_and_grle_png_equivalents.bat
- ohio arcanum gimp open satellite texture, resize to 4096 res, export to name/maps/pda_map.png, convert it to dds with _run_imagemagick_png_to_dds.bat
- ohio arcanum gimp export satellite texture as GoogleEarthPlane/back_of_sign_a.png
- ohio arcanum gimp satellite texture resize it down to 2048, crop to 2048 x 1024 and save as name/map_preview.png, convert it to dds with _run_imagemagick_png_to_dds.bat
- ohio arcanum create copy to mods dir robocopy bat file and run it
- ohio arcanum try in-game, check error log.txt and if there is errors fix them then loop this until log is error free
- ohio arcanum create backup bat, run it the first time
- ohio arcanum GE file -> import -> GoogleEarthPlane/back_of_sign_a.i3d set scale x and z to 4096 or 8192 depending on terrain size
- ohio arcanum align careerstartpoint to players farm or suitable location
- ohio arcanum import prefabs/FS19_vehicleShop_prefab and the triggers, also name.xml hotspot coordinates correctly
- ohio arcanum https://www.farming-simulator.org/19/terrain-selling-points.php
- ohio arcanum GE scripts -> fs19 -> map -> create ground collision map, then copy name.i3d.plcColMap.grle to name.i3d.plcMap.grle
- ohio arcanum try in-game, check error log.txt and if there is errors fix them then loop this until log is error free
2020-05-22:
- ohio arcanum open satellite in gimp, create fields layer and paint fields as some bright color like red
- ohio arcanum resize to 8192, background RGB 0,0,0 and red color to RGB 1,0,0 export to cultivator_density.png
- ohio arcanum RGB 0,0,0 to RGB 130,0,0 and RGB 1,0,0 to RGB 0,0,0 export to fruit_density.png
- ohio arcanum powergrep run FS19_gdm_grle_to_png.pga
- ohio arcanum GE load name.i3d and verify that fields are painted without grass in them, save
- ohio arcanum import fields_template, create only one field for now
- ohio arcanum try in-game, check error log.txt and if there is errors fix them then loop this until log is error free
2020-05-28:
- ohio arcanum once the first field is working, do backups and then create rest of the fields :)

Known Issues

2022-06-08T17:59:00Z Updated.

- too many to list, its a WIP