Why do I have to pay to use my own windmill water pump?

[dragonsphotoworks]

It has no electric connections, or pipes. Yet when use it to refill tank I get charged a ton?I have a pump on my property and other then small electric fee "its ongrid not wind or solar YET"" I dont pay for the water...

If was a hookedup to grid system I would understand. But self contained offgrid system shouldnt charge me for water.

[Sistermatic™]

Certainly in Australia, and I presume other parts of the world, pumping water from the aquifer comes at a cost. I don't know what the price is in the game because I don't use it, so can't tell you if it's commensurate with RL - but that could be why it costs.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Have not seen that in my area. Most homes in my area also use onsite wells. "Which homes vs agri are two different things." But friend down road who ran a huge farm also didnt pay for water. And now its rented out to cattle farmers and they still dont pay for water. I live in farmland and have not come across this. Also size of windmill well isnt that large to be what Id consider commercial size/use. So again shouldnt charge per gallon.

Though im not in australia so dont have that knowlege. You guys have to pay for water on own property? I did not know this. I only am a hobby sized farm so not sure on commercial sized ones. But the small farms around me use deep wells or pump from lakes on properties to water. And other then electric bill if use electric pumps have no cost.

[SniperWolfMGS]

And yet pumping copious amounts of water into rice fields is free.....

Also FYI you can fill your water trailer off your rice fields for free too.

[m61a1]

I pay nothing for water in real life aside from electricity to bring it up and filter it. I guess you'll have to wait for a mod to get around paying for your own water.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Ah I might start a rice field just for that. I wonder.. do they plan to add the Pumps DLC to 25 again? Would be cool to use with rice fields.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Originally posted by m61a1:

I pay nothing for water in real life aside from electricity to bring it up and filter it. I guess you'll have to wait for a mod to get around paying for your own water.

Home use or agriculture? As that is a difference.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by dragonsphotoworks:

Though im not in australia so dont have that knowlege. You guys have to pay for water on own property?

Most large pastoral properties don't pay by the litre or anything silly but they certainly pay a license fee and have to disclose all new mills and bores.

Suburbia have to apply for a license and some areas charge for consumption. In the dry states, water can get very scarce during a drought and/or water restrictions and if people could draw and sell with no cost it would kill our aquifers.

I'm guessing wetter areas with high aquifer recharge are less prone to costs or regulatory limits - as it is in northern Australia for example.

And I'm only surmising that's what your costs might be because I cannot think of another reason for it.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Originally posted by Sistermatic™:

Originally posted by dragonsphotoworks:

Though im not in australia so dont have that knowlege. You guys have to pay for water on own property?

Most large pastoral properties don't pay by the litre or anything silly but they certainly pay a license fee and have to disclose all new mills and bores.

Suburbia have to apply for a license and some areas charge for consumption. In the dry states, water can get very scarce during a drought and/or water restrictions and if people could draw and sell with no cost it would kill our aquifers.

I'm guessing wetter areas with high aquifer recharge are less prone to costs or regulatory limits - as it is in northern Australia for example.

And I'm only surmising that's what your costs might be because I cannot think of another reason for it.

Ah ok this makes sense. Like how i think california would be. Im in wetter area so it wasnt as prevalent here. So I didnt think about those aspects. Though going by the amount of lakes and rivers on this map. Id expect it to be in wetter area :-) So I either deal with it, wait for mod, or make own mod.. I will choose lazy way and just deal with it lol

[Minie1000k]

Originally posted by m61a1:

I pay nothing for water in real life aside from electricity to bring it up and filter it. I guess you'll have to wait for a mod to get around paying for your own water.

there is yet a mod for that

[dragonsphotoworks]

Originally posted by Minie1000k:

Originally posted by m61a1:

I pay nothing for water in real life aside from electricity to bring it up and filter it. I guess you'll have to wait for a mod to get around paying for your own water.

there is yet a mod for that

Could possibly make one. It would really just be value edits in a xml likely. But finding file then string then value to change... Bit more then i want to do atm lol

[Minie1000k]

https://www.kingmods.net/es/fs25/mods/57642/antiguo-molino-de-agua

[dragonsphotoworks]

Good thing I also kinda speak spanish :-) But ya that mods is just value edit as well. I have not started downloading offgame mods yet so not sure ill get that one. I tend use only ingame mods or rare mods from sites i really trust.

[Minie1000k]

some of the kingmods mods are already in the game, but not all of them.
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algunos de los mods the kingmods estan ya en el juego, pero no todos.

[MajorTom]

Because the devs LOVE adding weird, questionable limits in the game. I just use the local river. Back your tanker trailer into the water and fill it up for free.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by dragonsphotoworks:

Originally posted by Minie1000k:

there is yet a mod for that

Could possibly make one. It would really just be value edits in a xml likely. But finding file then string then value to change... Bit more then i want to do atm lol

Think it might be priceScale="1"

FILE: windWheelMediumWater.xml

    <buyingStation node="fillTrigger" supportsExtension="false" >
        <loadTrigger triggerNode="fillTrigger" fillTypes="WATER" fillLitersPerSecond="150" autoStart="true" />
        <fillType name="water" priceScale="1" statsName="purchaseWater" />
    </buyingStation>