How to create, enlarge and convert a map to a 4x Map! 

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Thanks John

Thanks bro. 😊

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid I have a 2X map that I’m designing Factory Farm 22 on, I would love to hire you to put the 2X map on a 4X! Let me know if you’re interested in that :-)

@@Nightcop35 sure brother, i need to warn you that building a 4x map is a lot of work. 4 times the time of a standard map. I am almost done with the WA console map. Think another week or 2 max. But yop i will be available for that. My normal rates are measly cheap at $20 per hour already when i help guys with issues. But we can negotiate on that as it is for a whole map. Let me know. 👍😉🤗

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid That’s awesome buddy, and yes I know 4X is big, I built Factory Farm 4X on FS 17. I have a lot of stuff on the 2X map, and would love if you could put that on a 4X! Buddy you do that and you will be my hero, when I grow up I will want to be just like you lol

@@Nightcop35 is your 2x map finished? If so we can chat on my email and send me a link then i can scout it so long. Boetfaas@gmail.com

Hi brother, 1. Check your farmland that the fields are all on one farmland as well. 2. Delete the two unwanted fields and expand the remaining one to become the field in the blue (render field areas) 3. If you named your fields transforms into field1, field2 etc repair the name structure. 4. Save the map, then close the renderfields (with main field transform selected) otherwise it crash, then go to scripts, and select create groung colision map, wait till its done then save and test with a new save game. Those changes will not show on a old save.

Hi brother, i already did one on productions. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yL2KN2icQZY.html 👍😄🤗

Hi Jason, there is no terrain outside the map, when you are in the editor, click on terrain and it will highlight the terrain, that is it. Everything outside of that is just planes that has texture and objects on it. In future i am going to make a video on how to build distant planes for those distant hills etc inside blender and then import it into your map. But that is the process. It is not possible to make it in the editor. But if you watch my videos on the mapmaking course, i have shown easy ways of getting distant hills and things from other maps.

No worries brother, if you actually enlarge the map, yes everything need to be scaled to proportion. Everything physical like buildings roads etc cannot be scaled, those you need to rebuild. What you can do as i suggested in the editor under prefabs is an already built 4x flatmap. Use that as your base and just bring everything over, that way you will have the correct scaled infolayers and gdms etc. Then all you need to do is take 1 file at a time in the data folder go to the new map, for example convert the densityMap_fruits.gdm to .png using the grle converter tool from Giants. then you can see what size it is. Then convert that same file in your old map, resize it and replace the file in the new map ( remeber when you save the new file use 32bit for .png) then you need to open the new map i3d in notepad++ (make sure your map is closed) and find the reference to that file, change the extension to .png in this example .gdm to .png, save the notepad. You can leave this open for next steps and files. Then open your map in GE. Check that there are no errors in the log regarding your file. Save and close the map. Check in the data folder and a new densityMap_fruit.gdm will be there. Now simply delete the densityMap_fruit.png, then in the notepad rename it back to .gdm then save. This is the process for each file. You will find there might be some info layers that are not in the new map but they are in thebold map. Just ignore those. Your map_dem is the only file that is 1 pixel bigger than the normal size, but just follow the example. Oh one big problem when you enlarge a .png is the loss of quality, especially inside the .png where are edges between colors. The edges need to be sharp and clean. To check this zoom in close and check ie. On the edge of a field you should have a sharp clean edge, no blending. If there is blending it wont work. So when you resize the .png files (i use paint.net) in the options when you have selected resize, make sure you have nearest neigbour selected at resampling. Then save as 32bit. Once you have done all of them, finally open the map.i3d in GE and go to scripts, map, the select "create ground colision map" this will take a while, it will show ur editor is not responding, just leave it till its done. Then save the map, and ur done.

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid I really do appreciate the feedback. I did most of this last night while watching this video but i screwed up somewhere and im just gonna restart and go slower. im trying to make the virginia richmond map a 4x instead on the 2x that it is.

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid Actually quick question. Since the map i am trying to make bigger is already an fs22 map would it still be easier to use the 4x blank mao or just convert the files that are already part of the map? thanks again

@@brandonspivey4968 sure brother, i hope it works out great 👍

@@brandonspivey4968 sure np, ok if the map is already in fs22, then all should be well. Just use the map itself. Ps. Make sure the map is error free first. Also remeber to set the new terrain size on very top of the map.xml it should now be 4096x4096

Hi brother, do u mean like making a map from google earth? 🤔

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid yeh mate to get the actual ground height of real life places

Sure brother, i will upload one, just hang on. Im out today, so maybe tonight when im back👍🤗

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid Really?! Awesome man! I dont know if my pc can handle the 4k map. its a little slow going on the on I've started. kind of jitters and wont paint a continuous line but leaves dots every few meters. Soooo I'm thinking just make a 2k and focus on the learning and using what i learn and just go for a solid quality map. your awesome and very generous man!

@@spacemanplayz5690 hi brother, thanks for the great compliments👍🤗, i had that troubke on a 16x map, so yeah if the 4x give u grief go with 2x, to be honest it is an amazing amount of work to fill a 2x map let alone 4x.. so like u say learn an make an amazing map with what u have. 👍👍🤗

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid ive been wanting to make a map but I feel like 4x is too small for me I like giant maps so can you make a tutorial on how to convert amap to a 12x or maybe even 64x?

@@winniethexiping1062 hi brother, i hear you. 😄👍 ok, check my website there is a blank 16x startmap, then follow my map conversion for Ravenport, it is step by step, so you can build ur map following that. Let me know how it goes, also check my video on the 16x map so u can see how to use it and what comes with it. 👍😄

Hi brother, there could be a million possibilities for what is wrong, i will sugguest check the log file for errors. If there is nothing there regarding the problem, upload your map and send me a link so i can look. 👍🤗

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid ok brother

Also remeber, changes to ground can only be seen in a new savegame. Dont look for it in an old savegame, start a new game. 👍🤗

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid oh I dont know that

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid oh nice bro problem solved. Thank You 👍 Brother

Hi Sassa, the prefab is not as generous as my 4x Startmap, rather use mine it has everything in it including placeables, Multifruit, loads of textures, trees etc which the prefab does not have. here is the download :) www.nexusmods.com/farmingsimulator22/mods/56

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid Ahh thank you Bob. You’re awesome. Just wanna start to make my own map and collecting infos from your videos. Big respect to you and thank you for your efforts and helps.

@@sassa77anytime.. 😊

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid thank you. Ohh btw! Bob. Is there any chance to resize an existing mod map? I fell in love with a map which is a Hungarian map. But I would like it a bit bigger. Actually a 4x or 8x map because its a normal or 2x map

@@sassa77 hi, there are 2 ways, 1st is a direct size up, so the whole map get scaled, the 2nd way is to keep the map and place it in the center of a blank large map. But both of tge are extremely time consuming as ur basically rebuilding the map. Bear in mind in the first option you cant scale the buildings as they will lose their perspective and will look strange. So only terrain is done then everything needs to be re-added.

Have you watched my videos on my The Wild map? Far nicer map than no mans land. But not a 4x map.

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid I really need it 4x for an upcoming multiplayer stream game.

@@FlexibleGames i hear you :)

Hi brother, if you have ever made a map before or played on a 16x map you will learn it is not recommended to go bigger than 16x, the map becomes to big and you will not be able to enjoy the map. Do me a favor and download a 16x map, play a few games on it and if you then feel it is too small let me know.

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid I am currently playing on a 16x map thats called rennebu and I think its big enough yeah I alsotougth 64x was too big but Iw as just curiouse if it wa spossible and I think 16x is good and alsoI like to use huge maps tomake maps because forthis map I want to make it liek a mountain map with lots of forests and mountains

@@winniethexiping1062 ahhh yes.. i have never seen a 64x map, but i cannot imagine the amount of work it is to make such an map.. a 16 x map is already more than a years work. to give you an idea.. 16x map = 64 squre kilometers 64x map = 256 square kilometers (4 x more work) so an estimate of 3 years sweat and tears not even to say you need nerves of steel for a project like that especially if you do it alone. imagine driving your tractor from one side to the other, the width is 16 kilometers in game. so 16km x 16km it is crazy brother.. :) But yes it can be done.. :) Needless to say you will need quantum computing to run it in the editor. heheheheh

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid I mostly was thinkign about a 16x I was just curiouse about a 64x but if I was gonna make a 64x most of it would be mountains and forests since im plannign on making a mountaine map well and it would be probably hard to run it I have an rtx3080 and a ryzen 7 its really good specs but im not sure if it will load the map and also I am Polish so my internet is potatoe

Hi bro. Not sure what you mean, is there something on the map i missed?

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid no buddy... I mean how to remove fs22 tractor mod cabin...like windows wiper... Or hood...

@@canadianmunda3801 hehhhe, brother ok, you got me good, thought ur comment was about the video here. No brother you cannot modify the ingame vehicles, you have to create a mod from the particular one you referring to, then add it to the game as a mod once you have modified it.

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid i know buddy i can't modified in game vehicle...but can i modified other mods...which is downloaded in fs 22 site....

@@canadianmunda3801 yes you can brother. Normally those types of modifications happens externally in programs like blender or mia. But to make some changes to a tractor you can do it in the editor, and remember that the changes needs to reflect in the xml as well. Well it depends on the changes you want to make, removing the cab will mean moving lights, doors etc.

hoe meen jy waar is my version ? :)

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid ok in die vid jy se dat jy n placeables folder in gesit het en dat on dit vir ons makliker te maak en ook gese dat ons dit kan download die map wat jy kan download het nie die folder in nie so waar kan en die map download met jou folder in

@@DinDjarin48 ahh ok ... wil jy 2x 4x of 16x map gebruik?

boetfaas.wixsite.com/farmerbob/fs22-downloads al my maps is hier by my website.. gebruik die 4x een die placeables folder behoot daarin te wees :)

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid ja die het ek al klaar gedoen. Het daai map gedownload 4X soek net jou placeables folder waar kry ek die waar kan ons daai download :) lol

Hi brother, i have tried. The best you can do is substitute fs22 layer for fs19 layers. The ones i have seen converted looks horrible. There is no software available that can open a fs22 ground texture and save it again to be usable. 👍😆😄

So we are waiting for giants to wake up and give us a texture tool.

@@FarmerBoBonRU-vid oh ok, looks like we will be waiting a while 😆

@@harveystott7460 yip, there is a clever guy i found who investigated this matter of the textures, he found that giants went and messed around with the .png header code so that its not recognised by editing software. That is why we cant get our textured saved in the right format because there isnt one.

@@harveystott7460 but there is a way to trick it, i still need to read up on it when i have time, you copy the code from an existing texture file into the new one you bring in.. 😉