Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Farm Upgrade
53 Comments
Nick3069  [author] Feb 22 @ 8:05pm 
This mod it still functioning perfectly fine for me.If you're having issues, try moving the mod to the top of the mod list.
I don't have Retold yet. I probably will be porting some of my mods over when I do get it.
CyborgParrot Feb 20 @ 8:54pm 
It'd be cool to see this remade/ported over to AOM Retold.
koulis Jan 15, 2023 @ 4:01am 
iii
Armilus Feb 3, 2022 @ 5:55pm 
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shnittzhell Sep 13, 2021 @ 2:31pm 
is it still broken i want to try it? XD
den-e Jul 13, 2021 @ 11:26am 
I think the mod broke today. Did the game get an update?
karrazco Nov 27, 2020 @ 12:12pm 
nice, it would be cool if shaduf tech also got an impovement
DuX1112 Jul 6, 2020 @ 5:24pm 
Looks a bit too symmetrical... Can you make the farms look a bit more "fluffy" and natural? The rows are too straight, every plant is identical etc. Thank you and keep up the good work!
elbeto_kpo May 17, 2020 @ 11:35am 
I didn't see that there was a special effect when you developed Scared Cats, so I was extremely happy when I saw a little black cat roam each one of my farms. Thanks for this one man! Currently subscribing to some of your mods, hope to see more
RubyDragon Dec 24, 2019 @ 5:15pm 
Works great, 12/24/19
Retoree Dec 1, 2019 @ 6:48am 
Still working 1/12/19
SerialMurmaider Jul 27, 2019 @ 8:18am 
So I love this little mod. It's great, really. But ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ does it cause the game to lag if there are a lot of farms around :( which the Ai seems to love doing.
Don the coding Cat Oct 19, 2018 @ 4:10am 
This is one of my favortie! great idea well implemented!
conorbebe Oct 16, 2018 @ 7:40am 
How do I use the old version? I don't understand the instructions.
M1K3L17 Aug 4, 2018 @ 5:14pm 
can i use this online with someone dont doesnt have it?
June Apr 2, 2018 @ 9:53am 
good!
Ritter in Rot Sep 30, 2017 @ 1:14am 
awesome :shcscribe:
Alloc May 17, 2017 @ 3:34pm 
very beautiful
Nick3069  [author] Feb 15, 2017 @ 12:24pm 
I have now updated the mod so it is less taxing on the hardware. It doesn't look as nice, but it's still better than before and it won't drop your framerate.

The files for the old version are still included and if you don't mind the frame drops, you can switch back to it by replacing "world a farm grass.brg" with "world a farm grass HighPoly.brg" in the [AoM folder]\mods\Farm Upgrade\models\ folder.
Samaritan Jan 21, 2017 @ 8:59pm 
I love how you added the mythical improves as well, I'm going to give this a try!
XLightningStormL Jan 13, 2017 @ 5:42pm 
@AK
It doesn't, and this is logical, as it is an RTS, not a 1st or 3rd world game, the closest you will get to an LOD, is in the Vanilla game, in "Low Poly" mode.


The FPS drops because you are rendering more objects, when zoomed in, less are rendered.

@Arwin
It's possible by using/making the center attach-point have a cat model walking around the radius of the farm (like the dock seagulls in a way) as for making it a sep. unit and having an AI to do that is indeed impossible, and impractical.
Nick3069  [author] Dec 3, 2016 @ 11:44am 
@Dead A
I didn't touch the LOD settings, besides I don't think AoM's model format allows for LOD.

@Arwin Hochauser
I don't think that's possible. If it is possible, it would be very complicated to make: it would require creating a seperate unit for the sacred cat and program its AI to go from farm to farm.
Tom Jackal Dec 3, 2016 @ 11:27am 
What if sacred cats only added 1 cat to each farm, instead of every bush, and it walked around the entire farm?
Krezmick Nov 20, 2016 @ 9:34pm 
A long time ago as a kid in the editor I moved the grass and bush objects on to the farms without any drop in framerate. Also do you have a LOD set on them? When zoomed in close my fps goes back to 60, when zoomed out thats when the fps drops.
Nick3069  [author] Nov 20, 2016 @ 6:44am 
Hmm... You're right, if there are more than 8 farms on screen, then the framerate starts to drop. The upgrades don't seem to make a difference though.
I have tried cutting the triangle count in half and that seems to have stopped the frame drops, but it doesn't look as nice.
I'll continue working on it and I will update the mod soon.
Krezmick Nov 19, 2016 @ 5:50pm 
yo with a GTX 970 my fps goes from 60 down to 30 when I have a lot of farms lol. Nice touch though.
Enquidou Nov 14, 2016 @ 8:21am 
I'm honestly not sure why things like this weren't included in the first place
Hoot hoot (im an owl) Nov 13, 2016 @ 2:13pm 
AMD Quad-core A6-3420M ( overdrive to 2,3Mhz)
AMD Radeon HD 6520G+7470M
4GB RAM
Nick3069  [author] Nov 13, 2016 @ 11:27am 
I tried to keep the triangle count low, so I'm not sure what else I could do to be low-end PC friendly. I could still look into it, what are your specs?
Hoot hoot (im an owl) Nov 13, 2016 @ 11:13am 
It looks awesome, but, I dont have the best PC and when I build like 8 farms next to each other my FPS drops to half and even more with every upgrade :/
FX Oct 29, 2016 @ 9:06am 
Amazing, the standard farm was just a ugly 2D model
♿ Pepe ♿ Oct 4, 2016 @ 12:53pm 
nice ;)
Nick3069  [author] Oct 4, 2016 @ 12:53pm 
Yes, it should work in multiplayer with no problems.
♿ Pepe ♿ Oct 2, 2016 @ 12:16pm 
can I use this in MP?
CEDuisant Aug 21, 2016 @ 5:10am 
Thank you so much for the cats upgrade <3
Jcraft153 Aug 14, 2016 @ 4:14am 
Wow! you are really becoming a part of the modding community for this game! Good Job!
Dollynho your little friend Aug 10, 2016 @ 1:35pm 
i sent you a request, so we can talk better
Nick3069  [author] Aug 10, 2016 @ 12:47pm 
@Papaco
How do you plan to use my mod?
mikulas Aug 10, 2016 @ 11:55am 
@Nick3069
Also good job. Thanks.
Dollynho your little friend Aug 10, 2016 @ 6:04am 
Can i use your mod with mine?
IrreleVanDT Aug 7, 2016 @ 1:41pm 
Alright nice, I will Test it directly^^
Nick3069  [author] Aug 6, 2016 @ 5:30am 
@Android
Not sure, it seems like the model file was corrupt.
Android Aug 6, 2016 @ 3:30am 
Nice. What was the problem?
Nick3069  [author] Aug 5, 2016 @ 6:21pm 
Updated again!
The bug when placing the farm should be fixed now.
Also, I've added detail to the default farm.
IrreleVanDT Aug 5, 2016 @ 2:45pm 
I got a Bug where i have a line on my screen when im Placing farms. It even moves up and down when i move the farm. Any Idea why?
Android Aug 5, 2016 @ 2:40pm 
I just got the artifacts in a random map game. One of the models might be somehow corrupted. Anyway, don't worry about it :)
Nick3069  [author] Aug 5, 2016 @ 1:10pm 
@Android
I know they have a weird bug when placing them in the editor where it looks like there is a sandstorm, but I haven't noticed it when placing them while playing a game. I'll look into it.
Yeah, I'm not 100% satisfied with the current version of flood control either, I'll play around with it some more.
Thanks again.
Android Aug 5, 2016 @ 1:00pm 
Looking forward to your next mods =)
Android Aug 5, 2016 @ 12:59pm 
Love it :) But sometimes I now get weird artefacts when placing farms, maybe that was in the previous version too though? Love the new fences but if you pushed them a little more inside one would be able to see the selection box better :) Anyway just some minor nags I guess, overall great job!!
Nick3069  [author] Aug 5, 2016 @ 12:50pm 
Updated!
Changes:
- fixed hovering irrigation water bug
- added detail to flood control barriers
- added detail to Winter Havest plants
- added variety to sacred cats so they aren't all in sync
- evenly spaced dirt mounds for Plow

@Android
It was a silly thing, in the AMP menu, I needed to check the Conform to Terrain checkbox.