Section Control for sprayers in FS19
This script is beta. It should not make any problems but there's always the possibility that something could stop working.
Section control allows you to turn off certain parts (sections) of your sprayer if you don't need the full working width. The sections can be controlled manually and automatically.
The script works with fertilizer and herbicide.
The HUD shows all sections of the sprayer. With the ON/OFF button you can switch between manual and automatic mode. Turning sections on or off is done by clicking on the red/yellow/green spray in the HUD.
- RED: Section is turned off.
- YELLOW: Section is turned on, but sprayer is turned off.
- GREEN: Section is turned on and sprayer is on
- LCTRL + B to toggle HUD
- MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON to toggle mouse cursor (only when HUD is visible)
At first you will need the script. Download it here.
The script alone does not give you any functionality, you need adapted sprayers too. If Giants had made one workArea per section, this would not be necessary. But as there is only one workArea for the full working width this is not possible.
As of v0.4.0.0, creating testAreas is no longer needed!
Converting sprayers to work with section control is not difficult. You need some entries in the XML and one workArea per section in the i3D.
Warning: The HUD is restricted to 13 sections. If you have more than 13 sections you need to group them for a correct HUD display. In automatic mode, they will still be controlled separately.
Create one workArea for each section you want to have and link them in the xml. There is no limit of maximum sections. However, it is recommended to have less than 25 sections due to performance drops at high section counts.
The XML part is mainly copy-paste. The following lines need to be copied into the sprayer's XML file.
<sprayerSectionControl>
<sections>
<section workingWidth="3" workAreaId="1" effectNodeId="1" />
<section workingWidth="3" workAreaId="2" effectNodeId="2" />
<section workingWidth="2.5" workAreaId="3" effectNodeId="3" />
<section workingWidth="2.5" workAreaId="4" effectNodeId="4" />
<section workingWidth="2" workAreaId="5" effectNodeId="5" />
<section workingWidth="2.5" workAreaId="6" effectNodeId="6" />
<section workingWidth="2.5" workAreaId="7" effectNodeId="7" />
<section workingWidth="3" workAreaId="8" effectNodeId="8" />
<section workingWidth="3" workAreaId="9" effectNodeId="9" />
</sections>
</sprayerSectionControl>Although the entries should be self-explaining I will explain them for you:
- All sections get linked to their workAreas and effect nodes here.
- workingWidth is the working width of this section. All section working widths combined should be equal to the total working width (24m in this example). This is used for calculating the spray usage.
- workAreaId is the index of the workArea in the
<workAreas>part. The first workArea has index/id 1. - effectNodeId is the index of the effect node in the
<sprayer> <effects>part. Again, the first effectNode has index/id 1. If more than one effectNodes are used for one section, you can add them like this:effectNodeId="1 2 3 4" - To set up the groups mentioned earlier paste this before
</sprayerSectionControl>:
<groups>
<group sectionIds="1 2 3"/>
<group sectionIds="4 5 6"/>
<group sectionIds="7 8 9"/>
</groups>This will group sections 1, 2 and 3 to the first HUD section, sections 4, 5 and 6 to the second, etc. There can be up to 13 groups.
For a more convenient way of XML editing you can use my XML Helper tool which automatically generates the XML entries.
That's it!
A sample sprayer (Hardi Mega 2200 from the base game) prepared for section control is available here.
Alternatively, every GIANTS sprayer equipped with SSC is available here.