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FS25 Freeform Pastures

This mod allows for the grazing of sheep and cows in any grass field, and within any enclosed fenced area on grass/meadow foliage. Load sheep, goats or cows into a livestock trailer, drive into a valid field or fenced paddock, then use the action prompt to unload them ('R' on the keyboard). To collect them again, bring a livestock trailer back to the same field and use the load prompt. The enclosed fence works on any grass/meadow foliage, and allows for sheep/cow grazing on areas that aren't basegame or modded husbandry's. This is an initial beta release, as there are a number of planned updates to this mod - this is merely the start of something much bigger. Woodland and browse grazing Freeform Pastures can now recognise vegetation inside an enclosure: bushes and undergrowth provide a separate browse resource; trees provide some browse but primarily contribute shelter; goats preferentially browse shrubs and bushes; sheep use browse more as a supplement; browse and grass availability vary seasonally; consumed bush areas can become visibly depleted; woodland or scrub enclosures can function without planted grass; a bare or surfaced paddock remains a valid enclosure but supplies no grass unless browse is present. The vegetation survey detects suitable tree objects and foliage layers such as decorative bushes and forest plants. A tested woodland enclosure could therefore operate entirely from browse rather than requiring meadow grass. v 0.1.22.20 This is a big update to the Freeform Pasture mod which bring the following new features: Compatibility with the LSFM herding system within the Animal Transport Package. In order to use the herding function, you will also need to download the "FS25_DM_LSFMHerdingBridge" modCows can now also be unloaded into a pasture or grass fieldCows and Sheep can occupy the same pasture at the same timeWhen you have an empty animal trailer, you can choose which animals are loaded via the F1 menuStraw can be added to added to the pasture for bedding, either as a bale in the pasture, or by use of a straw blower. There isn't any visibility of the straw in the pasture, but the info hud will show the amount of usable straw. Poor conditions, and rain will rot straw, hence the amount shown in the hud, may not match what you've addedAdditional food and water troughs* are available for purchase from the shop, and when placed in the pasture, and activated, provide additional food & water points. These aren't necesary, but will enable longer pasture time for the animalsRainwater will provide an additional small amount of water in the troughThe Freeform Pasture calculation has been refined, and will now look to recognise previously placed areas surrounded by a mix of fences, walls, hedges and multiple gates. This is highly dependent on the map, and how collisions have been setup by the map maker, so you may still need to place your own fences and gates v 0.1.22.28 A bug fix release, fixing an issue with RLRM where animal states weren't syncing correctly. v 0.1.22.33 Added a new small water trough for the sheep that can be picked up by hand or pallet forks. A small patch to make compatible with the Realistic Farm Finance mod v 0.1.22.36 A small patch to make compatible with the tenancies within the Realistic Farm Finance mod * I'm aware of issues with the collisions on the feed ring, and this is being worked on A huge thank you must go to Second Chance Gaming for the Watson and Tarter troughs! Thank you for your work to model them for me.