Extended seasons support

Is there any plans to add snow missions (contracts) for Saxonia with Seasons?

That's a pity. Latest release of Seasons, version 1.1.0, added snow contracts. This is pretty cool as you can grab a mission to remove snow from some areas and make some winter money. Also it makes winter a bit less slow season for the game. For all realism-oriented players I would like to vote for that! Shouldn't be that complicated to add to the map, but I won't bet my head on it.

Some more info you can find in Seasons Git repository and way more on their Slack, like:

# Snow missions
## Create in the map
- Create a new transform group named 'seasonsContracts' or alike.
- In there, create another transform group. This will be the first mission. You can name it 'snow1' for example, or 'snowBakery'
- This group needs 3 more transform groups. You can name them 'clearArea', 'dropArea' and 'sign'.
   - The clearArea is areas just like the foliageAreas/clearAreas in the placeables. This is where snow needs to be removed by the player.
   - The dropArea is such area as well. This is a place where a player is able to freely dump snow.
  - The sign group is shown when a mission is active and can be used to add some visible border on the ground, or add some 'drop here' sign.
- In the contract group, add new user attributes:
  - clearAreaIndex, integer: the index within this group where the clearArea is placed (likely 0)
  - dropAreaIndex, integer: the index within this group where the dropArea is placed (likely 1)
  - signIndex, integer: the index within this group where the sign is placed (likely 2)
  - onCreate, script callback: modOnCreate.SnowContractNode. This is for linking the transforms to the XML we will write
  - name, string: snow1 or snowBaker or something else. This is also for linking the transforms to the XML.
- Define areas in the clearArea and dropArea groups. This is just like the placeables. 1 area inside is a TG + 2 child TGs for the opposite corners.

## Configure in the map.xml

In the map.xml we will define the contract.

We do this inside the <seasons> block we used for the mask already.

<missions>
<mission name="snow1" type="snow" rewardScale="1" npcName="NPC_11" location="Bakery parking" text="The bakery parking lot is filled with snow. Our clients can't safely get their bread and pastries. Please clear out the whole lot." farmlandId="6" />
</missions>

- name has to be the name defined in the user attribute
- type has to be snow
- npcName can be any NPC
- location is shown in the menu. It can also be an $l10n string.
- same for the text.
- farmlandId is optional. When it is defined and the specified farmland is owned by a player, this contract will not be offered anymore.

Also, a Salt factory would be great. Maybe production with Lime (Kalk)?

That's a pity - it's my favorite map. There are some quirks and small issues I would love to see fixed, but have no knowledge myself on how to do that...

• Let start with a simple thing - some of the road signs are like a wall when you hit them, and some are just like a ghost and you can drive through them.
• On the left top corner of the map AutoDrive and CoursePlay go nuts because of some strange elevation issue...
• I would love to remove those grass and hay bale storage area next to fertilizer/lime/seed silos. Just an empty area so I can put some of my mods there...
• Snow missions would be awesome. But even more a non-leaking buildings would be even better - it's really annoying to see wipers and rain going through when it rains...
• A house you can sleep in... well, would be nice

And that is just top of my head.

Also, a strange thing with Saxony - after a playing for a while the save is really, really slow. I have a powerfull workhorse of a computer here, like Ryzen 3900X, 64GB of RAM and RTX2800Ti... and yet the save, after some time of playing the map, can take like 2 minutes. Each. Very slow. I am not sure if it is the map or just the game itself, but I cannot observe as bad behavior on other maps...

OK, I learned few things and I would be happy to help out with some updates to both Saxonia and MultiMap - how can I contribute? Do you have a GitHub repo or something?

Well, OK. Meaning you do not allow to share my updates with the community?

OK, I will update localization, some miscellaneous stuff that annoyed me and share with full credits - maybe someone who plays those maps will find them usefull.

OK, then the previous message was confusing:

Zitat von uded

Well, OK. Meaning you do not allow to share my updates with the community?

Zitat von FalPos

I do, but you don't get your updates

I do would suggest that I can republish those changes as you do not mind me to share them.

OK, fine - I will keep them to myself then.