Realistic Soil & Fertilizer

Enhance your farming experience with the Realistic Soil & Fertilizer Mod. This mod introduces dynamic soil fertility, nutrient cycles, and realistic fertilizer economics, making farming more challenging and strategic.

Key Features:

• Dynamic Soil Fertility: Tracks nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium levels for each field. Soil nutrients deplete as crops grow and recover when fields are fallow.
• Realistic Nutrient Cycles: Different crops extract different nutrients. Organic matter content affects long-term fertility. pH levels impact nutrient availability.
• Fertilizer Economics: Three fertilizer types with varying costs and effectiveness:
  • Liquid Fertilizer: Balanced nutrients, moderate cost
  • Solid Fertilizer: Higher phosphorus, standard cost
  • Manure: Improves organic matter, lower cost
• Customizable Difficulty:
  • Simple: Reduced nutrient depletion, lower costs
  • Realistic: Balanced gameplay, standard settings
  • Hardcore: Rapid nutrient depletion, higher costs
• User-Friendly Interface: Integrated into game settings menu, console commands for advanced control, real-time notifications for low nutrients, field-specific soil information.
• Fully Compatible: Multiplayer supported, works with all maps, no conflicts with other mods, save game compatible.

Gameplay Impact:

• Makes fertilizer management more important
• Encourages crop rotation strategies
• Adds economic planning element
• Increases realism without excessive complexity

Console Commands Available:

• soilfertility (show all commands)
• SoilEnable/Disable
• SoilSetDifficulty 1/2/3
• SoilFieldInfo <fieldId>
• SoilShowSettings
• SoilResetSettings

Installation: Extract to your mods folder. Configure in-game settings under “Soil & Fertilizer” section.

This mod is perfect for players who want more depth from their farming experience without overwhelming complexity. It strikes a balance between realism and playability, making soil management a meaningful part of your farm strategy.

Note: This mod does not affect crop growth rates directly – it adds management layers around soil health and fertilizer economics.

What's New:

• HUD now displays real-time N/P/K levels, pH, and organic matter for your current field, with color-coded status bars (Good / Low / Critical)
• Shows the field name, current crop, and whether fertilizer has been applied
• HUD is now moveable and resizable
• Per-vehicle fertilizer application rate control
• Expanded fertilizer profile library with real-world agronomic types
• Fixed a crash when using sprayer rate key bindings
• Fixed new fields starting with incorrect soil values

No save migration needed, existing saves load normally.