Take as tongue in cheek, but a tractor needing roads? -Call it a glitch, as in You can't see every stone a 'tractor-road' have. Some times a tractor moves in 'mysterious ways'. A tractor is more 'agile' than where 'roads' are put. -If You can't cross corners, aye, your question is valid...
How do you put down tractor roads without them breaking up?
What do you mean? Can you post a pic of what you are trying to do? I've only put down the tractor paths in a simple circular path, i.e. only using curved pieces and strait pieces. Nothing more complicated than that. I just place them so they form a continuous path. The highlights, especially of the curved pieces, will overlap a half tile or so.
If by "breaking up" you mean them flickering in map view, then I don't know if there's a way to stop that.
The flickering is annoying. I'm not sure there is anything that can stop it.
@siminsc are you saying that you downloaded the lot and the tracks didn't work from the start? If so it's a shame the builder didn't check that.
What do you mean when you say that you can't match up the broken parts of it? You do have to play around with it so all the pieces work without overlapping. All I've done is to make an oval as well. You also need to make sure that all the track pieces arrows are pointing in the same direction. Without a better understanding of your problem I'm not sure what else to suggest.
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Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
I found 3 "Fertile Fields" lots on google. None of them appear to have the Grandpa's Grove tracks on them. So I'm lost. I still don't know what you mean by "broken parts." Hopefully someone else can help.
I'm not sure of what you mean but. The tractor track requires a flat surface. When I'm laying a tractor track on ground level of a lot I put it in first. Before building any part of the build. Or I leave a huge space for it on the lot.
I use the terrain tool to flatten the lot. Then I apply free wood floor tiles to the whole lot in one single action. The game is very picky about what it considers flat. Clicking more than once when applying the wood floor tiles could result in the tiles being at slightly different levels which make it not exactly flat. If this happens the track won't work.
Once you have a flat lot covered with flat wood floor tiles you can build your track. Test it with the tractor to make sure it's flat. Then if it is flat you can delete the wood floor tiles if you don't want them in your build.
If you have a lot with a build already on it you can try to fix it and you might succeed but often it just won't all go perfectly flat.
I found 3 "Fertile Fields" lots on google. None of them appear to have the Grandpa's Grove tracks on them. So I'm lost. I still don't know what you mean by "broken parts." Hopefully someone else can help.
The lot is Fertile Feilds. The misspelling is the creators.
I'm not sure of what you mean but. The tractor track requires a flat surface. When I'm laying a tractor track on ground level of a lot I put it in first. Before building any part of the build. Or I leave a huge space for it on the lot.
I use the terrain tool to flatten the lot. Then I apply free wood floor tiles to the whole lot in one single action. The game is very picky about what it considers flat. Clicking more than once when applying the wood floor tiles could result in the tiles being at slightly different levels which make it not exactly flat. If this happens the track won't work.
Once you have a flat lot covered with flat wood floor tiles you can build your track. Test it with the tractor to make sure it's flat. Then if it is flat you can delete the wood floor tiles if you don't want them in your build.
If you have a lot with a build already on it you can try to fix it and you might succeed but often it just won't all go perfectly flat.
Thank you for all this info. I might get brave enough to try making my own lot from scratch.
Right now I.m playing a different lot I downloaded with the Dicksons doing the farming. The original Grandpa's Grove makes my game crash whenever I go upstairs.
@TreyNutz@siminsc I also googled it, and it's the McDermott's farm in Riverview - which is a free world. So if you have issues with the lot, just download the whole world. And then add Grandpa's grove tracks yourself...
Fertile Fields – 3br, 1.5ba
Address: 180 Bounty Drive
Lot size: 60x60
Occupied by: McDermott
Lot description: The family farm is alive and well on this exceptional property. Featuring many acres of tilled fields, a barn and paddocks, and a large pond, this home will inspire the farmer in all of us!
I've been playing Riverview so it was easy finding the lot. I took down the barn and most of the fencing. I have the track layed but it don't match up even at the end when I put in the section for the tractor. It says not valid but thank you for the heads up about this lot. I'll keep messing with it until I get it to work.
I'm not sure of what you mean but. The tractor track requires a flat surface. When I'm laying a tractor track on ground level of a lot I put it in first. Before building any part of the build. Or I leave a huge space for it on the lot.
I use the terrain tool to flatten the lot. Then I apply free wood floor tiles to the whole lot in one single action. The game is very picky about what it considers flat. Clicking more than once when applying the wood floor tiles could result in the tiles being at slightly different levels which make it not exactly flat. If this happens the track won't work.
Once you have a flat lot covered with flat wood floor tiles you can build your track. Test it with the tractor to make sure it's flat. Then if it is flat you can delete the wood floor tiles if you don't want them in your build.
If you have a lot with a build already on it you can try to fix it and you might succeed but often it just won't all go perfectly flat.
Thank you for sharing how you do it. It worked! I layed a track and built a house special for the family I'm playing.
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What do you mean? Can you post a pic of what you are trying to do? I've only put down the tractor paths in a simple circular path, i.e. only using curved pieces and strait pieces. Nothing more complicated than that. I just place them so they form a continuous path. The highlights, especially of the curved pieces, will overlap a half tile or so.
If by "breaking up" you mean them flickering in map view, then I don't know if there's a way to stop that.
@siminsc are you saying that you downloaded the lot and the tracks didn't work from the start? If so it's a shame the builder didn't check that.
What do you mean when you say that you can't match up the broken parts of it? You do have to play around with it so all the pieces work without overlapping. All I've done is to make an oval as well. You also need to make sure that all the track pieces arrows are pointing in the same direction. Without a better understanding of your problem I'm not sure what else to suggest.
Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?!
I use the terrain tool to flatten the lot. Then I apply free wood floor tiles to the whole lot in one single action. The game is very picky about what it considers flat. Clicking more than once when applying the wood floor tiles could result in the tiles being at slightly different levels which make it not exactly flat. If this happens the track won't work.
Once you have a flat lot covered with flat wood floor tiles you can build your track. Test it with the tractor to make sure it's flat. Then if it is flat you can delete the wood floor tiles if you don't want them in your build.
If you have a lot with a build already on it you can try to fix it and you might succeed but often it just won't all go perfectly flat.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg
The lot is Fertile Feilds. The misspelling is the creators.
Thank you for all this info. I might get brave enough to try making my own lot from scratch.
Right now I.m playing a different lot I downloaded with the Dicksons doing the farming. The original Grandpa's Grove makes my game crash whenever I go upstairs.
Fertile Fields – 3br, 1.5ba
Address: 180 Bounty Drive
Lot size: 60x60
Occupied by: McDermott
Lot description: The family farm is alive and well on this exceptional property. Featuring many acres of tilled fields, a barn and paddocks, and a large pond, this home will inspire the farmer in all of us!
Thank you for sharing how you do it. It worked! I layed a track and built a house special for the family I'm playing.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW44b3uCMtCSaq4gwC8EZg