Open-Source alternative

[frimurarn]

Good day everyone.

Since i am not able to log-in / post on the official Cattle And Crops forum anymore, i will go ahead and post here instead.

With hope, that those possibly finding interest in this alternative project / having access to the forums, would let the rest of the community know.

There is actually a fully Open-Source alternative to Cattle And Crops, that has been in the making, for a while now.

I have personally been working on the project, as well as paying an additional developer to take care of the most essential basics, since i did see the outcome of where we are standing today, with the development of Cattle And Crops.

Don't get me wrong, i am not advertising a finished farming simulator solution, rather a starting point, in the direction that the community has been talking about lately.

The project currently takes care of the most essential details i feel is needed, for a modern farming / heavy machinery enviroment, by creating a fully deformable voxel terrain, with sizes up to 20x20km at 1:1 scale, featuring highres 12K Orthoimages, by just a few clicks.

For reference, there is a outdated devlog available at Open-Crops Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0NYOqqhjng

You can also have a look at the source code over at our Github repo:

Game engine project file: https://github.com/EramarkMedia/Open-Crops

Geotiff module: https://github.com/EramarkMedia/geotiff
"Takes care of georeferencing to IRL WGS-84 Coordinates, and a lot of other stuff"

There is also a Discord server available for the project: https://discord.gg/B3ZAQ23TZK
if you have further questions, or would like to contribute / participate in the project.


Have a good day everyone.
Take care.

[limejet]

This looks neat, if early days as you say. I really like the idea of using a standardized geographical image format for maps, that's a great way to get new levels added.
Do you have some sort of roadmap set up or are you still finding your feet?

[frimurarn]

@limejet Thanks alot for the feedback.
Idea, was mostly to be able to create a somewhat easy way for users / players, to create maps of their "home" area for example, without spending months on modeling it.

Well, the roadmap is somewhat in my head, but it exists.
Currently still working on grass root level details, as well as fixing some errors that were left behind, due to other duties.

Building on Windows, will also have to have some attention, as all of us involved so far, are actually using Linux.

Feel free to chime in on Discord, and i can happily share the roadmap with you, also feel free to post requests, or why not even contribute your own ideas if you want : )

Its alot harder, for a single / couple persons to try to shape something that should fit many peoples visions : )

[Bob]

whats point of that youtube video. Pushing rocks around. Dont understand it. If thats a showcase of a farmgame i would say its very early.

[dctoe_US]

Originally posted by Bob:

whats point of that youtube video. Pushing rocks around. Dont understand it. If thats a showcase of a farmgame i would say its very early.

Ah Bob. I do believe that is what was written early on in this post. If you don't understand it, perhaps it would be better to sit back and watch and see if you can contribute anything other than negative opinions. With that said...

@frimurarn - I had suggested to the Devs over at Brainbytes that opening up the code might allow us to continue development on our own, but never received a response. I prefer "community-based" games anyway, because they encourage everyone to have a stake in the project. I will go over and star, follow and track at github and take it for a spin.

I am a FS fanboy, but would love to see something that was a little more open and easier to work with and I don't think I'm alone. Not looking to replace one with the other, but always looking for something fun and different. If I can help and/or get others involved, I will put the word out with the modders that I know and have them take a look as well. Best of luck and I hope that I can be useful going forward! Good day everyone!

[frimurarn]

@dctoe_US. Thank you for your words and interest, respect to you.
Open-Crops, has never yet stated to be a game, or a farming simulator.

Rather a the very early bare minimum, for a terrain, that could end up being a heavy-machinery / farming enviroment in the future, where everyone is free, to experiment with what is of their interest.

Be it excavating ground, or farming crops.

It is still lacking a lot of the basics even in Ui, and has alot of issues and flaws. But it is open, free, and there for anyone to take, or contribute to.