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Trigedakru Dec 14, 2014 @ 4:30am
Machines sliding on fields/harvesting issues?
Hello everyone - I bought the game recently, it's the first of the series I've bought. If this was meant to go in tech. support, I apologize! But, I seem to be having issues where my machinery slides like crazy, all over the fields. It's only when I drive them - I haven't seen it happen to the workers. They've got the weights on them and everyhting... is it because they're the starter machines/they're cheap?

Also, I can't seem to harvest corn. Is it harvestable only as silage, or can I use the standard combine harvester? Thanks in advance to any help!
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ScareCrow Dec 14, 2014 @ 4:34am 
Its supposed to be like this, youre constantly have to correct it, its to simulate real life physics, its worst on plows, then alittle better with cultivators, then it gets better with sowers and in harvesters you can barely sense any sliding :) youre better off with a steering wheel if you want to bother with that.. some use a mod called courseplay which makes you play like a hired worker... but try to live with it its not that bad after 3 -400 hours gameplay :)
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Trigedakru Dec 14, 2014 @ 4:36am 
Does it ever get better with the higher priced machinery?
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ScareCrow Dec 14, 2014 @ 4:37am 
Originally posted by Geekii Bookworm:
Does it ever get better with the higher priced machinery?

yes it does
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goldmos Dec 14, 2014 @ 5:39am 
For the corn, you need a special head and not all combine can equip a corn head.
Last edited by goldmos; Dec 14, 2014 @ 5:39am
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Trigedakru Dec 14, 2014 @ 10:05am 
I bought a header for my corn, thank you! :)
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Ferrus Dec 14, 2014 @ 10:31am 
Originally posted by goldmos:
For the corn, you need a special head and not all combine can equip a corn head.
you sure about that?
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Arcticspyder Dec 14, 2014 @ 11:40am 
Originally posted by Geekii Bookworm:
Does it ever get better with the higher priced machinery?

Sorry but it really doesn't. The harvesters all slide on fields and when your harvester slides away from your tipper it really gets annoying.
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Rickenbacker Dec 14, 2014 @ 11:47am 
You need a special corn header, the store has suitable ones for all the combines. You CAN put any header on any combine, but it's best to stick to what's recommended in the store descriptions. Goldmos is talking out his ass, though, all combines can equip corn headers just fine.

The sliding issue most people talk about is when machines that are parked start sliding slowly downhill, messing up unlolading and making the AI miss entire rows. That will hopefully get fixed one of these days. Machines being hard to control is probably not a bug, but it's hard to know exactly what you mean...
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Trigedakru Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:15pm 
Originally posted by Rickenbacker:
You need a special corn header, the store has suitable ones for all the combines. You CAN put any header on any combine, but it's best to stick to what's recommended in the store descriptions. Goldmos is talking out his ass, though, all combines can equip corn headers just fine.

The sliding issue most people talk about is when machines that are parked start sliding slowly downhill, messing up unlolading and making the AI miss entire rows. That will hopefully get fixed one of these days. Machines being hard to control is probably not a bug, but it's hard to know exactly what you mean...

The sliding for me is when I'm plowing, sowing, etc. I'll be going straight and then the machine just starts to go off track (even if I'm cruising/not turning it myself) and I have to correct it.
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EN16M471C Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:28pm 
Originally posted by Geekii Bookworm:
The sliding for me is when I'm plowing, sowing, etc. I'll be going straight and then the machine just starts to go off track (even if I'm cruising/not turning it myself) and I have to correct it.

Like ScareCrow already said it's normal don't worry. It's game simulating traction which plow/cultivator creates while going (cutting) thru soil. The weaker the tractor the bigger resistance equipment makes hence you get more "sliding". Hired workers are pros so they have bo problems keeping tractor in straight line :)

Some interesting material to read while plowing:

http://www.pan-ol.lublin.pl/wydawnictwa/TMot6/Rucins.pdf
Last edited by EN16M471C; Dec 14, 2014 @ 1:29pm
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Harmonica Dec 29, 2014 @ 1:33am 
I am also new to the game and experiencing this sliding for the first time, on a custom map, 'Folley Hill Farm' (which is a really nice tiny English starter farm). I didn't experience it during the tutorial on the large maps, but now my tractor is sliding around when I lower or start up the equipment for ploughing, cultivating and sowing. Ploughing was like crusing around an ice rink, sowing is almost as bad, my rows are all over the place. The field does have a slight tilt to it, so it's not perfectly flat, but it's not a hillside.

Is there anything I can do to improve my control? Weight up or down? Stick to a certain speed?

Also - for anyone who uses a controller, how do I use cruise control? It suggests LB+LStick but I can't find any combination where it holds my speed for me.
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OriginalGrubby Dec 29, 2014 @ 1:39am 
This is down to broken physics. People wanted better phycis and Giants went WAY overboard with it on this one. The recent patch fixed some of it but it's still a major issue, the fact that trucks will slide away while trying to load logs on and so on if they aren't on flat ground is annoying as hell. If anyone tells you it's to simulate the real thing they are lying as this doesn't happen in real life.
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Rickenbacker Dec 29, 2014 @ 2:43am 
Originally posted by Knagar:
This is down to broken physics. People wanted better phycis and Giants went WAY overboard with it on this one. The recent patch fixed some of it but it's still a major issue, the fact that trucks will slide away while trying to load logs on and so on if they aren't on flat ground is annoying as hell. If anyone tells you it's to simulate the real thing they are lying as this doesn't happen in real life.

Wrong kind of sliding. The OP is talking about the way weaker tractors will slip and slide when pulling heavy equipment. Which is as it should be.
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tryonedustbiter Dec 30, 2014 @ 1:12am 
Originally posted by Arcticspyder:
Originally posted by Geekii Bookworm:
Does it ever get better with the higher priced machinery?

Sorry but it really doesn't. The harvesters all slide on fields and when your harvester slides away from your tipper it really gets annoying.

Trying to sow a steep field with the lighter equipment and your sower (or even the cultivator) will slide downhill causing you to miss a little bit of the row -- you then have the option of going over it again, and again, and again. The bigger / heavier tractors as well as the cultivators and sowers slide less than the cheaper / lighter ones .. they still slide but not as much.

There is a disadvantage for using the bigger equipment though, turning radius makes them skip chunks of your fields when they have to turn and make another run --- of course if you are the one steering then you can overcome this issue, it's only a problem when hiring help.

Sometimes though it is fun to take a tractor up to full speed and turn it suddenly to the side ... especially if you can get it to tip over. I've done this with the frontloader with the arm fully extended as well as the chipper. I can get the harvesters to do complete 360's.
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