I'm assuming this mod allows for the same thing.
[FSF] Simply Soil

I would love an update. The mod really goes well with the way I prefer playing.

Doing a medieval run, what's available for me in this mod at that tech level?

Here is version 1.5 page

https://steamproxy.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3225843229

Thanks for the effort, Jamaican Castle! o7

yes, but until I fix the terraform no need for material and sound effect errors.

@Greysuki Thanks for the fix. just our of sheer greed and laziness, is it possible for you to upload to the workshop?

@Greysuki how to make it work?

one small bit of functionality I am not seeing is the progress bar on the compost bin. This is one of the items that had broken due to a method change. the code to draw it is still there, but for whatever reason it is not drawing it.. you can see the percentages working on the selection info panel though so I can personally live with that.

I updated the mod in my local environment today and so far it's running without issues. Only been testing for about 15 minutes. have teraformed down to deep water from soil and waiting for compost to turn to fertilizer to go the other direction. I'll be DMing the mod owner to advise on the three things that were broken due to 1.5 that I could find.

@Greysuki I haven't done much modding so I haven't looked too into how to configure Visual Studio to start fixing the bugs myself. It seems to me that the error might not be all that much to fix. 1.5 might have just changed some sort of signature on a type that's throwing a bunch of stuff off. Might look into it tomorrow myself if the mod owner doesn't update us soon.

I remember leaving bad review to this mod because I did not understood some mechanics, but I loved it later and now I cannot wait for it to update to 1.5

I've taken a look at the code, and it really causes a lot of issues in 1.5.

Add another to the list of requests.

I agree with Ranger below; this has always been the best mod for terraforming. Here's hoping for a 1.5 update.

AFAIK this is the best mod for terraforming. Anyone know any alternatives I can use while hoping for an update?

Is 1.5 in the works, hopefully? :D

could you make this compatible with Expanded Materials - Stone and Mortars?

Abandoned mod, lot of incompatibilities.

I'm also having the problem where I can't terraform plain soil. It started happening in one game, but if I start a new game with the same mods it works fine. For me, removing ReGrowth: Core resolved the issue in the affected game.

@WJSabey it should be part of the chain of making rich soil. If you have fertilizer, you can apply it directly to the ground with a terraform operation, or you can create "dirt" by combining it with sand & clay.

Did you actually find a recipe that *consumes* ash? I don't seem to find it. I thought it would be at the butcher table, but maybe there's another workbench? The compost recipe doesn't have ash as an ingredient.

What do I do with the Ash?

The same issues apply with the full version of DBH set to Lite mode.

This mod seems incompatible with Dubs Bad Hygiene Lite. If both are installed, lots of red errors appear (at least for me). Could it be that FF sees DBH-Lite and expects the full version of DBH, thus applying the compatibility features, which DBH-Lite doesn't support?

Yes, I crafted some and now I have no idea what the hell to do with it.

You craft it I think

What exactly is the deal with the ash that we can burn sludge from dubs hygiene into? The description suggests that it can be used to make fertiliser, but I can't make any of my pawns load it into the compost barrel.

Same here. I can Terraform from one type to another without problem EXCEPT for terraforming from regular Soil to something else. Stony Soil to Tilled Soil? Works fine. Shallow Water to Rough Gravel? Not sure why you would want that, but it works great. Soil to Rich Soil? Doesn't work.

I think I'm getting the same issue as Oobaneko below. The mod can't seem to affect soil that was generated with the map. I can change rough stone, sand, stony soil, and rich soil

Never had any problems with either... Also that comment is hard to understand

Looks like it conflicts with Vanilla plants expanded. There are Tilling command, that works on soil from that mod, yet, it works ok with stone terraformed into soil, so as Fertile Fields, while with generated on map soil terraforming is not working at all.

Maybe you didnt get the appropriate research yet

How can I transform soil into fertile soil so that I can transform that into rich soil? I don't see an option under Farming or Terraforming for turning a tile into fertile soil.

I have a really tough time growing hay, but I have plenty of plant scraps. Could we please use plant scraps for straw flooring?

In the Harmony prefix for DesignationCategoryDef.ResolveDesignators (found in your DesignatorTerraform.cs), I am guessing that the second foreach loop is intended to simply replicate the vanilla behaviour (as the code pertaining to terraformers is found further up).

However, it's missing a line:
dictionary[item.designatorDropdown].Order = item.uiOrder;

This results in all dropdown designators having a UI Order of 0 and appearing at the start of the architect menu regardless of the XML defined uiOrders of the buildings.

Create a local copy of the mod (Assuming you use mod manager)

Open install path
\Program files\Steam\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods\__LocalCopy_Fertile Fields [1.1]_-4-12\Defs

Open ResearchProjects_RFF in Notepad++

Just change <techLevel>Industrial</techLevel> to Medieval

@Ticket that sounds like a reasonable alteration.
Probably really easy, as well. Have you considered making that change yourself, in your local copy of the mod?

When doing a medieval run which caps tech levels at medieval, the terraforming research project is not available, as it is set to industrial. I think it would be fair to make the terraforming research project medieval in tech level. This would open up the ability to backfill shallow water, convert stone floor to dirt, during a medieval run. All those things do not require electricity and could be done long before the industrial era anyways. Thoughts?

I'm gonna translate it into Chinese, hope you will notice.

i have found that having a terraform job on a tile with a forbidden deep drill will quickly freeze up all colonists cause they cant interact with the tile but are trying to anyway. funny little bug. everything back to normal when unforbidding the drill.

Could we please get an option to remove the temperature problems from composting barrels? It isn't realistic and it makes them less useful than just the wooden bins.

You might wanna reconsider the value of clay, it's more valuable per unit than STEEL, and it's easier to get in huge quantities if you're doing a lot of terraforming.

How do you get plant scraps? I dont' get any from the fields?

So my problem was caused by 1 terraforming tile that was being build under a skipdoor from vanilla psycasts expanded, it throwed exceptions and pawns couldn't start this kind of activity. But after I removed that tile it all works ok. :)

Does this still connect with [RF] Concrete (Continued) updated by Mlie? (sand to concrete, etc)

I would love to see that but I do believe this mod is in maintenance mode. That's a shame because this is hands down the BEST terraforming mod out there.

Would you ever consider mod support for the Regrowth added biomes? :)

Maybe terraforming has a priority elsewhere?

@Demopan

You mean the building tile? Nothing is wrong, they can be built if forced. It's just that pawns almost never do it by themselves. I found some similar jobs in growing, but setting them to 1 doesn't change anything either.

Tried right clicking a job to maybe see whats wrong?

I have fluffy's work tab. I set all construction jobs to 1 and they still don't build it. All other priorities work fine. Thanks for the response though, I may try something more.

It's technically a construction job, but its way down on the list of priorities for that job type. There's a mod that lets you set individual task priorities WITHIN job types. "Fluffy's Work Tab" i think is what its called. That would let you assign the terraforming tasks ahead of other building tasks if you wanted to.