Weather calendar & Crops planning [Sept 2018 game version]

What will the weather be like tomorrow in Life is Feudal: Your Own ? When will your crops be ready to be harvested ?

Introduction

In spite of appearances, weather is not random in Life is Feudal: Your Own. Below is the default weather calendar, assuming that your server admin didn't change it of course.

Now you can know what the weather will be like tomorrow in your game ! You can also know when your crops will be ready to be harvested (see explanations in the following section).

Tip : In order to know the date of the day in game, just display the map.

Crops mechanics

As explained by devs, crops receive growth increment once sunny weather changes into shower weather and vice versa. All other types of weather (cloudy and snowy) are not taken into account.

Crops growth :

• 4 weather changes (from Fair to Shower or from Shower to Fair) for crops to reach middle state
  
• 4 weather changes (from Fair to Shower or from Shower to Fair) for crops to fully grow
  
• 4 weather changes (from Fair to Shower or from Shower to Fair) for crops to die

It's the change from Fair to Shower or from Shower to Fair which matters. If you get for example three sunny days in a row, your crops don't receive growth increment the second and third days.

So, as you can see in the calendar below, during Winter, crops don't grow at all, because there is only one weather change that matters, at the very end of February.

Link to the official FAQ : https://lifeisfeudal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/214347465-New-crops-mechanics

Last day to plant crops before Winter

According to the explanations above and to the calendar below, the very last day you can plant if you want to harvest before Winter is November 4. But if it's a leap year (see the following section for explanations), it is November 3.

Warning : Leap years

Beware !

If the current year in game is a leap year (with an additional day), this calendar will be shifted one day after the additional 29 February, and you'll have to look at day + 1. It means that to know the weather for 10 March in game, for example, you need to check 11 March in the calendar below. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Tip : Any year that is evenly divisible by 4 is a leap year. The year 1040, for example, is a leap year, since 1040 / 4 = 260.

Troubleshooting

If weather in your game doesn't match the calendar below, or if your crops don't grow, check these points :

• ask the admin of your server if he didn't modify the cm_weather1.xml file. Maybe he used the Weather XML Generator by Nyuton.
  
• check if it's a leap year. For more explanations, see the "Warning : Leap years" section of this guide.
  
• ask the admin and the GMs of your server if they used a console command to change the weather in game. It's a common mistake made by GMs. For example it was raining and a GM used a console command to stop the rain and change to a sunny day. After that, the weather will be stuck until the next server restart ! Weather stuck = calendar mismatch and no more crops or apples growing... So don't do that !
  
• your server must run 24/7. When your server is shut down, the days still go by but your crops will not grow. That's how the game is designed. That's why LiF:YO is advertised as multiplayer only, and there is no singleplayer mode. Of course it allows you to host a server on your PC, but you still have to run it 24/7.

Caption

	Cloudy
	Shower
	Snowy
	Fair

January

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

February

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28

March

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

April

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

May

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

June

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

July

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

August

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

September

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

October

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

November

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

December

Warning ! During a leap year (for example 1040), see day + 1.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

Credits

Special thanks to matantemetal, my partner in crime who introduced me to LiF:YO, and who taught me how to play, with the patience of a saint. She is a wonderful teacher, and the Queen of shoveling !
Many thanks to King Cador, Peter and Atikamekw who kindly accepted me on their servers. Great admins !
And of course, thanks to Bitbox for their amazing game. Long life to LiF !

Conclusion

Don't forget : life is feudal !

[Elgar]

Merci infiniment pour tes tests, matantemetal ! Tu as prouvé une fois de plus que ton trône est bien établi. Salutations reconnaissantes

[matantemetal]

Bonjour. Et bien je reviens donner les résultats de mes petits tests en jeu. J'ai suivi l'évolution des températures en les comparant au calendrier de m'sieur Elgar et tout est conforme. 1er avril il pleuvait, 2 avril il fesait soleil, 3 avril c'était nuageux, le 4 pluvieux, le 5 pluvieux.

Alors @generalnibbler, je ne sais pas ce qui a pu arriver sur votre serveur mais je confirme qu'il semble n'y avoir aucune erreur dans le Weather calendar & Crops planning [Sept 2018 game version] de m'sieur Elgar.

Salutations à tous.
La reine de la pelle (matantemetal/Laura)

[Elgar]

Heeeey bonjour m'dame ! Pardon, ma Reine. Je ne savais pas que tu avais repris LiF ! Merci beaucoup, c'est très gentil en tout cas de regarder ça. J'espère que tout se passe bien sur ton serveur. Si je n'étais pas tant pris avec Ark, je serais volontiers venu te donner un coup de main pour tes clôtures, comme au bon vieux temps.

[matantemetal]

Salutations m'sieur Elgar. Il n'est que mi-septembre sur le serveur où je suis mais je vais tenter d'être en ligne le 2 avril pour surveiller la température. Je précise que dans les fichiers du jeu le 2 avril est vraiment dit comme ensoleillé. Reste à voir ce qui se passe en jeu sans intervention GM ou autre. La reine de la pelle te fera son rapport.

[Elgar]

Ok thank you, maybe it's an error with April 2 then. I'd have to reinstall the game to be able to check it. I will do it soon. Thanks !

[generalnibbler]

nope
well a few weeks ago i did use the gm command to fly cause i got stuck in a mine shaft :) but not recently
this is why i brought it up cause normally ya calendar is spot on.

[Elgar]

Ok, that's odd. And you didn't use any console command ?

[generalnibbler]

i was not talking about the crops not growing i was talking about the day had rain when the calendar said it was supposed to be sunny.
i also had the game running for at least an hr b4 it switched to the rainy day as well so it was not from me just logging into a raining day etc.

[Elgar]

That's the cause then. Look at what I wrote in the last paragraph of the Troubleshooting section of this guide :
"your server must run 24/7. When your server is shut down, the days still go by but your crops will not grow. That's how the game is designed. That's why LiF:YO is advertised as multiplayer only, and there is no singleplayer mode. Of course it allows you to host a server on your PC, but you still have to run it 24/7."

[generalnibbler]

i play single player and do exit etc