Realistic Water & Soil Management

This comprehensive gameplay mod expands Farming Simulator with a realistic simulation of weather, soil water, irrigation, soil compaction, plant roots, weed competition and yield development. Values are calculated locally for individual soil areas, meaning different conditions can exist within a single field – from dry and stable to waterlogged, compacted or damaged by repeated passes.

• Weather and Regional Climate Data: Real climate and precipitation profiles from the last 10 years for 39 countries and all 16 German federal states with regional subdivisions. Takes into account precipitation amount, temperature, evaporation, dry phases and seasonal differences between hemispheres.
• Multi-Layer Soil Water Balance: Calculation across three layers (topsoil 0–10 cm, root zone 10–30 cm, subsoil 30–60 cm) with values for water content, saturation, infiltration, drainage, evaporation and waterlogging.
• Soil Types: Loamy sand, sandy loam, clay and silty clay – each with individual values for field capacity, wilting point, saturation, infiltration, drainage, compaction sensitivity and bearing capacity.
• Bauer Rainstar T32: Up to 220 m hose length, movable sprinkler cart, automatic hose retraction, adjustable pump pressure (3.5–11.0 bar) and irrigation radius (27–38 m) with realistic water jet and visible ground impact effects.
• Diesel Pump and Groundwater: 450-liter diesel tank consuming approximately 5 L/h under high load. Water is drawn from unlimited groundwater and refilled automatically.
• Soil Compaction and Vehicle Traffic: Calculation of topsoil and subsoil compaction, track depth, bearing capacity, sink factor and trafficability based on vehicle weight, wheel load, tire width, ground pressure, tire pressure, slip, speed and soil moisture.
• Root Health and Weed Competition: Simulation of main and fine roots with damage from waterlogging, drought and compaction. Living weeds compete for water and nutrients and can be removed with harrow, hoe or herbicide.
• Realistic Yield Calculation: Server-side calculation of actual yield based on soil moisture, root health, compaction, weed pressure, nitrogen and pH, temperature and crop-specific requirements.
• Precision Farming and Multiplayer: Automatic detection of Precision Farming. Server-authoritative calculation with full savegame and multiplayer synchronization of all soil, weather, root, weed and irrigation data.
• Water-Soil API: Versioned public interface for compatible mods such as Visual Mud Tracks, enabling shared ground condition data without duplicate calculations.

Author: Sherman