I do love the fact you have a local accent ,I have the Lancashire Geo on chellington and it hardly ever rains I’m thinking the moder hasn’t been anywhere near the North of England haha
That map was one of my all time favourites. Might have to go back someday now I know how to tidy it up. Giants editor.... probably one of the clunkiest pain in the xxxx bits of 3D software I've worked with in nearly 30 years. Patience is the word lol Great vid matey, thanks!
this is nice and all, but how do i get the map im currently playing on with all the items i placed ingame, into this editor to make changes? so i just edit the map state from that specific save and not the map itself? somehow the game saves terrain state and objects to my savefile and so i should be able to load that into GE without changing the core map file from the game data folder... but i cant figure out how to load these states or settings in GE
Been warm today where I am scroft. Love these tricks and tips. I’ll use them now I know how to. Been uploading some fs videos but only small videos with no voice. 👍
also if you want to move around faster you can hold the left shift key and use wsad. if you hold the left shift key you can also delete multiple things at once
One suggestion i would make is to save a copy of the map folder in a different location before editing the map. If you mess up the map you are editing too bad and can not or do not use undo you have an original backup and dont have to re install the map or the entire game if it is an original game map. I learned that the hard way. You can also make a copy and edit the copy instead and save it as mapnamev2 or something to use it as a comparison.
Thanks, great and easy explanation, I want to move so bits of junk from Chellington map I am playing on. Be great if there was a rag and bone man mod lol.
Figured out how to do this last year its excellent. I was wondering if you knew how to add sell points into a map from other maps like bale sell point crop sell point wool etc. or even how to take a trigger for cows straw and put it into another map? plus buildings as well man? great video mate. you could show people how to either use easy dev controls or even using notepad++ (to edit like tractor hours or days of usage)? i like the idea of this series mate. and one last thing i was wondering how you get the player conversations into your roleplays like daggerwin does?
All really good ideas, thanks. regarding sell points and triggers, you can add in your own triggers for sell points or you can extract the sell point and create a placeables mod to use in other maps but it's a little more in depth. I've done this for my roleplay a couple of times. To make the conversations I use templates I've set up then edit in over the audio, if that makes sense 👍
Hi Scroft great channel. I followed this turtorial with the FS22 County Line map to remove a farmhouse - farmhouse number 2 in the northeast side of the map way on the top to the right of the map I was able to remove the house and saved it, and when I went back in game all the trees are now white ? Do you know why this would happen ? Thanks
Looking for some help. I followed your steps once and it worked fine, but after I’d been playing on my new edit, I realized I wanted to make some new changes, (just deleting dirt road sections as they were too rough). I deleted them in GE and saved, then zipped it back up and placed in my mods folder as before, but the changes don’t show up in game, as if I never made any changes the second time around. Any advice would be great
Try testing it out on a new Save with just the map to see if it's the save game. I'd be surprised if it is but I've not had this issue before. Has Giants editor been updated since the first time you made changes ?
@@Scroft hey again. So I’m still having this problem. I tried that map on its own and still the same. Now I’m trying a different map and it’s doing the same thing, I save and zip it back up, place into mod folder, and the buildings I deleted are still there, I do have the newest version of GE. Just wondering if this might be a glitch on my end or if there’s any other way of doing it
Hope you don’t mind me asking this random question but when I go into any map and go to contracts there never is any ploughing contracts just cultivation ,or do I have to activate something else I’m playing on normal and seasons thanks 😊
Well I may be stupider than the average user here.....How exactly did you get from downloading the editor to the talk about zip and rar files and what to open and copy to actually get started in the editor..... NFI....
That’s a very great video sir I have one question regarding this map can i edit the silo to hold straw and grass? I search in all the xml files and couldn’t find the silo of all oxygendavid maps any idea where he hide them?
It depends, if the door is separate to the shed then yes you could remove it. If it's one whole prefab then it would remove it completely. But you could always then put your own shed in game that's better suited 👍
Hi. I keep trying to do this with chellington Valley. When I double click the .I3d file it opens giants editor but then crashes and closes 2 mins later tried doing it by opening giants editor first then opening the map in then and the same thing happens then any help?
Hi, I asked in my discord because I'm sure someone had the same issue. he said "It was the fact I’d reinstalled GE and didn’t have the game path set in GE". if you join the discord and ask in there someone will be happy to try and help more 👍
need youre help knew hoffman map 1008 beta you have to buy it but i think its worth it hommer has video on it but every thing is different calves that you walk bulls and many others lot of work but good very hard map now can you have a look plsss excelent map for you i think see you buddy
hello there , i have been wanting to do something like this for ages , i`ve followed you step by step but giants software closes when i try and load the map ? is my gamer laptop not up to it ? cheers for your awesome vid
It can be demanding, if you are running the most latest version of the giants editor, which I guess you are then try opening the software first and pressing file, open then open the map i3d that way. And wait for it. Hopefully it won't close down 👍
@@Scroft thanks for replying , I am able to edit the map by going into the editor and using the open mod , just trying to work out how to save it to over right the original , I will get there , I’m not a pc person to be honest
@@Scroft hello again , I can delete objects and save , it’s says it’s saving to the mod folder but when I fire farm sim everything is back , when I go direct to my mod folder , I can see it’s not showing today’s date , so once I can locate the save file I’ll be sorted
Can this method be used on savegame files? I’ve accidentally flattened a few road signs and they never recovered. I’d like to use the editor to stand them back up. 🚏 Oh! And delete teeny annoying grass clippings left behind in places the forage wagon can’t reach. 😅
@@Scroft yes sir. I can get the previous version to work but it's missing many details. For some reason the most up to date will not work. Iv tried both on opening the map.
i followed ur vid and i zipped it back up but the map is not showing on my end now is there something i did wrong i only deleated one house fs22 greenlands
how do you remove the animated doors and the lights on buildings? I have removed some buildings on a map but I can't seem to find ANYWHERE to remove the lights and moveable doors/gates that now hang in the air?
They will be on the left hand side, it depends on the map and how it was created by the Author. I'd tab through untill you find it highlighted if your unable to select it
hello there question for ya i followed ur vid and i zipped it back up but the map is not showing on my end now is there something i did wrong i only deleated one house
I have a problem with a map's parked cars. I was able to remove them and everything is great, yet all gates around buildings, some concrete pads, and literally EVERY SINGLE TREE is white. I did not change anything but delete the parked cars. Any advice?
so i am trying to do this on the WestTexas map and even if I click check for the File Name Extension, it still wont show any with .i3d. only shows .xml
Hi there was wondering if you could assist - have done this many, many times on a few different maps to either remove things completely or to move some stuff around, but the map i am currently playing on(bessybeneath) has this cluster of milk jugs i think they are right in the middle of a plain, flat area. They show up ingame but when i open the map up in GE they aren't there... I've clicked around in the general area of where they are to see if anything comes up but nothing(this has successfully worked in the past where I've taken out a gate but left the trigger behind) Any ideas? Thank you in advance!
@@Scroft they are down by the bga plant, on the flat grey area. There is supposed to be a milk selling point there but I've managed to remove all but those jugs as I'm not going to be doing milk on this map. Thank you for having a look!
There is a bale trigger blocking them, if you try to delete them from the other side you can get them. delete the bale trigger first. also, delete exactfillrootnode then the jugs can be selected. they are in husbandrycowsmall, visuals, milkcontainers (bottom one) then there are 6 to delete 👍
when I extract it to the file I don't see Mod Map i3d sirestu from there to me it is unzipped only: foliage, maps, seasons, defaultitems.xml, defaultVehicles.xml, icon.dds, map_preview.dds and modDesc.xml What can I do?
Except it doesn't really work like that evrytime I remoe a building the mod won't load I hate these stupid videos where they say it works so easy but you do what they say and it doesnt
Hey JB... it works fine for me on FS19. Which is what this video is for. And it's helped a lot of people. I've done some more for fs22. And they have also helped people. My guess is you're not doing it right because I do this weekly for my series, and I've never had that issue. But because your comment is just rude, you can find help elsewhere. If you had just asked, I would have tried to help. All the best 👍
Love using GE to tweak a map to my liking. It can be intimidating at first but easy to use and very useful! Great tutorial!👍👍👍
Thanks. Yeah I agree it's simple when you've done it a few times
I do love the fact you have a local accent ,I have the Lancashire Geo on chellington and it hardly ever rains I’m thinking the moder hasn’t been anywhere near the North of England haha
😆 Yeah, us northern folk know about rain 👍
awesome video i was pulling my hair out trying to sort this and you save my sanity lol
Top job again loving the tips and tricks 👍👍
Fantastic! Thank you for addressing this subject and providing the education, I appreciate it mate. Cheers!
No problem. Happy to help 👍
That map was one of my all time favourites. Might have to go back someday now I know how to tidy it up. Giants editor.... probably one of the clunkiest pain in the xxxx bits of 3D software I've worked with in nearly 30 years. Patience is the word lol Great vid matey, thanks!
Thanks 👍
Been looking for a way to remove the sticking light poles in one of the FS22 maps. Thank you very much!!
You sir just made me make one of my favorite maps better thanks for this video!
Happy to hear you found this useful 👍
THanks a bunch for a perfect tuorial. Helps a lot. :-)
this is nice and all, but how do i get the map im currently playing on with all the items i placed ingame, into this editor to make changes? so i just edit the map state from that specific save and not the map itself? somehow the game saves terrain state and objects to my savefile and so i should be able to load that into GE without changing the core map file from the game data folder... but i cant figure out how to load these states or settings in GE
Thank you very much! Easily understandable explanation :)
You're very welcome!
Been warm today where I am scroft. Love these tricks and tips. I’ll use them now I know how to. Been uploading some fs videos but only small videos with no voice. 👍
Happy to hear it's been nice and this video will help you out 👍
Cheers for this, perfect little guide.
also if you want to move around faster you can hold the left shift key and use wsad. if you hold the left shift key you can also delete multiple things at once
Thanks, good to know 👍
One suggestion i would make is to save a copy of the map folder in a different location before editing the map. If you mess up the map you are editing too bad and can not or do not use undo you have an original backup and dont have to re install the map or the entire game if it is an original game map. I learned that the hard way.
You can also make a copy and edit the copy instead and save it as mapnamev2 or something to use it as a comparison.
Thanks, great and easy explanation, I want to move so bits of junk from Chellington map I am playing on. Be great if there was a rag and bone man mod lol.
Haha that would be perfect 👍
Thank you so much! This was exactly what I needed.
Happy to help 👍
I will use this tip to clean up Chellington junk. :-)
👍 legendary. It could be dangerous now I saw this vid. Thanks.
🤣 I just saw your comment from before asking for a video on this. glad you found it before I sent you think link 👍
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Figured out how to do this last year its excellent. I was wondering if you knew how to add sell points into a map from other maps like bale sell point crop sell point wool etc. or even how to take a trigger for cows straw and put it into another map? plus buildings as well man?
great video mate.
you could show people how to either use easy dev controls or even using notepad++ (to edit like tractor hours or days of usage)?
i like the idea of this series mate.
and one last thing i was wondering how you get the player conversations into your roleplays like daggerwin does?
All really good ideas, thanks. regarding sell points and triggers, you can add in your own triggers for sell points or you can extract the sell point and create a placeables mod to use in other maps but it's a little more in depth. I've done this for my roleplay a couple of times. To make the conversations I use templates I've set up then edit in over the audio, if that makes sense 👍
@@Scroft would you possibly be able to do a video on how to do that please?
@@Scroft would it be possible to make a video on how to do a template at all. And possibly email it to me?
Thx so much
You're welcome!
Hi Scroft great channel. I followed this turtorial with the FS22 County Line map to remove a farmhouse - farmhouse number 2 in the northeast side of the map way on the top to the right of the map I was able to remove the house and saved it, and when I went back in game all the trees are now white ? Do you know why this would happen ? Thanks
Nice!
Thanks!
Looking for some help. I followed your steps once and it worked fine, but after I’d been playing on my new edit, I realized I wanted to make some new changes, (just deleting dirt road sections as they were too rough). I deleted them in GE and saved, then zipped it back up and placed in my mods folder as before, but the changes don’t show up in game, as if I never made any changes the second time around. Any advice would be great
Try testing it out on a new Save with just the map to see if it's the save game. I'd be surprised if it is but I've not had this issue before. Has Giants editor been updated since the first time you made changes ?
@@Scroft I’ll try that thank you, and no it hasn’t, I’m on the latest update as I only moved to pc about a month ago
@@Scroft hey again. So I’m still having this problem. I tried that map on its own and still the same. Now I’m trying a different map and it’s doing the same thing, I save and zip it back up, place into mod folder, and the buildings I deleted are still there, I do have the newest version of GE. Just wondering if this might be a glitch on my end or if there’s any other way of doing it
There is actually a mod, called MAP OBJECTS HIDER. This does most of this. Without exiting the game!!!
Yeah, it's Really good but has limits and can cause some issues
@@Scroft Exactly, had some problems removing doors that's why I looked this tutorial up. Really helped me out. Thanks 😊
No problem, glad you found the video useful 👍
Hope you don’t mind me asking this random question but when I go into any map and go to contracts there never is any ploughing contracts just cultivation ,or do I have to activate something else I’m playing on normal and seasons thanks 😊
Yeah some of the contacts are not the best. Try downloading the mod called better contacts 👍
@@Scroft thanks I have that mod installed to, it was just a thought thanks for getting back so quickly
No problem
Well I may be stupider than the average user here.....How exactly did you get from downloading the editor to the talk about zip and rar files and what to open and copy to actually get started in the editor..... NFI....
Thanks bro, you're a legend !
No problem 👍
@@Scroftdoes wirk on ps4
really helpful can you show use how to add roofs or do up buildings if possible
I'm not sure it can be done unless you actually create a prefab to insert into a map like the map creators do 👍
@@Scroft okay thanks no worries
That’s a very great video sir
I have one question regarding this map can i edit the silo to hold straw and grass? I search in all the xml files and couldn’t find the silo of all oxygendavid maps any idea where he hide them?
Thanks, I'm not sure to be honest because I've never tried to change a silo but I will have a look
amazing, can you open doors in those non usable sheds that way too?
It depends, if the door is separate to the shed then yes you could remove it. If it's one whole prefab then it would remove it completely. But you could always then put your own shed in game that's better suited 👍
Hi. I keep trying to do this with chellington Valley. When I double click the .I3d file it opens giants editor but then crashes and closes 2 mins later tried doing it by opening giants editor first then opening the map in then and the same thing happens then any help?
Hi, I asked in my discord because I'm sure someone had the same issue. he said "It was the fact I’d reinstalled GE and didn’t have the game path set in GE". if you join the discord and ask in there someone will be happy to try and help more 👍
need youre help knew hoffman map 1008 beta you have to buy it but i think its worth it hommer has video on it but every thing is different calves that you walk bulls and many others lot of work but good very hard map now can you have a look plsss excelent map for you i think see you buddy
I've heard about the update but not sure what it's added. I will have a look
Great video! :)
Thanks buddy 👍
@@Scroft Your welcome
when I save my edit and extract the new version I can't find the map when I try starting a save file.. but it shows it the downloaded in the modhub...
hello there , i have been wanting to do something like this for ages , i`ve followed you step by step but giants software closes when i try and load the map ? is my gamer laptop not up to it ? cheers for your awesome vid
It can be demanding, if you are running the most latest version of the giants editor, which I guess you are then try opening the software first and pressing file, open then open the map i3d that way. And wait for it. Hopefully it won't close down 👍
@@Scroft thanks for replying , I am able to edit the map by going into the editor and using the open mod , just trying to work out how to save it to over right the original , I will get there , I’m not a pc person to be honest
I'm sure if you press save it will over right. Glad you got it working 👍
@@Scroft hello again , I can delete objects and save , it’s says it’s saving to the mod folder but when I fire farm sim everything is back , when I go direct to my mod folder , I can see it’s not showing today’s date , so once I can locate the save file I’ll be sorted
I gotta question my modmap is .lua not .i3d is there away I can convert it or something thanks in advance
So when I try and open the map with the editor, it stays open for like 3 seconds then closes. What am I missing?
Can this method be used on savegame files? I’ve accidentally flattened a few road signs and they never recovered. I’d like to use the editor to stand them back up. 🚏 Oh! And delete teeny annoying grass clippings left behind in places the forage wagon can’t reach. 😅
every time i go to open, GE crashes. Please help!
Have you got the most recent version on GE. Also try opening the map from within GE
@@Scroft yes sir. I can get the previous version to work but it's missing many details. For some reason the most up to date will not work. Iv tried both on opening the map.
@@jhs459 OK maybe I was on the older version
Have you ever come across an issue with opening an i3d? Im trying to edit GrayStone, when I try to open the map file, it just closes Giants Editor..
I want to do on haut bayleron but don't know where to find map folder
i followed ur vid and i zipped it back up but the map is not showing on my end now is there something i did wrong i only deleated one house fs22 greenlands
on the website which one of the downloads did he use because there are so many for me
how do you remove the animated doors and the lights on buildings? I have removed some buildings on a map but I can't seem to find ANYWHERE to remove the lights and moveable doors/gates that now hang in the air?
They will be on the left hand side, it depends on the map and how it was created by the Author. I'd tab through untill you find it highlighted if your unable to select it
hello there question for ya i followed ur vid and i zipped it back up but the map is not showing on my end now is there something i did wrong i only deleated one house
I have a problem with a map's parked cars. I was able to remove them and everything is great, yet all gates around buildings, some concrete pads, and literally EVERY SINGLE TREE is white. I did not change anything but delete the parked cars. Any advice?
Hi, is there anyway i can make the trees just abit thicker than usual
so i am trying to do this on the WestTexas map and even if I click check for the File Name Extension, it still wont show any with .i3d. only shows .xml
Have you downloaded the giants editor software?
@@Scroft yes
I can’t do that because I don’t have a pc
Hi there was wondering if you could assist - have done this many, many times on a few different maps to either remove things completely or to move some stuff around, but the map i am currently playing on(bessybeneath) has this cluster of milk jugs i think they are right in the middle of a plain, flat area. They show up ingame but when i open the map up in GE they aren't there... I've clicked around in the general area of where they are to see if anything comes up but nothing(this has successfully worked in the past where I've taken out a gate but left the trigger behind) Any ideas? Thank you in advance!
Hi Gemma, I will take a look for you and see if I can help. where about on the map are the milk jugs you want to remove?
@@Scroft they are down by the bga plant, on the flat grey area. There is supposed to be a milk selling point there but I've managed to remove all but those jugs as I'm not going to be doing milk on this map. Thank you for having a look!
There is a bale trigger blocking them, if you try to delete them from the other side you can get them. delete the bale trigger first. also, delete exactfillrootnode then the jugs can be selected. they are in husbandrycowsmall, visuals, milkcontainers (bottom one) then there are 6 to delete 👍
they do show for me though in GE. maybe I'm looking at different ones 😅
after you delete the 6 milk containers there, delete the sub group they were in
when I extract it to the file I don't see Mod Map i3d sirestu from there to me it is unzipped only: foliage, maps, seasons, defaultitems.xml, defaultVehicles.xml, icon.dds, map_preview.dds and modDesc.xml
What can I do?
Have you downloaded the giants editor software?
@@Scroft yes,version 8.2.2
@@Scroft I wanted to see if fs 17 is the same problem and yes it is exactly the same
how do you download it
work on ps4???
Pc only. Oh well.
Except it doesn't really work like that evrytime I remoe a building the mod won't load I hate these stupid videos where they say it works so easy but you do what they say and it doesnt
Hey JB... it works fine for me on FS19. Which is what this video is for. And it's helped a lot of people. I've done some more for fs22. And they have also helped people.
My guess is you're not doing it right because I do this weekly for my series, and I've never had that issue.
But because your comment is just rude, you can find help elsewhere. If you had just asked, I would have tried to help.
All the best 👍