Welcome to Rottumer Island. This is a fictional map based on my imagination. The island's history is that it was reclaimed from the Waddensee (Netherlands) to make more room for dairy and arable farming. It also has a production forest for timber that can be used on the island or turned into products that can be exported to the mainland as products. The dairy farms you will find on the island are based on farms on the mainland in the northern Netherlands to see how they will function on the island. The island consists of several lakes and waterways that connect them. You can use these waterways and lakes to get water for your animals and/or greenhouses, for example, but not from small ditches!
Most of the island is flat, so you can build your own farm or factory wherever you want. You can also fill in ditches to combine fields or farmlands if you like large fields. You start with 1 dairy farm and an arable farm, which have most of the equipment and supplies you need to get started.
By purchasing farmland 1, you will gain access to "non-renewable" land. So you can, for example, mow roadsides and combine fields together! Note for the multiplayer game: All fences belong to FarmID 1.
The recommended equipment for the map is small to medium in size for better access.
What can you find on the map:
- 3 dairy farms
- 1 arable farm
- 1 farmhouse with 3 greenhouses
- 1 small contractor's yard in the main city
- 1 horse farm
- 1 BGA that has been improved (also accepts straw and sugar beet)
- Several industries, such as: a mill, a dairy farm, a BGA and a sawmill
- 87 fields
- 98 agricultural lands (including fields)
- 2 industrial forests
- 2 sheep farms, one of which has a spinning mill
- 1 small pasture for cows
- A forest that can be cut down, but where can animals live?!
- 1 small building site near the docks
- Multiple points of sale across the map
- No collectibles (yet)
In version 1.2.0.0:
- The cow feed has been changed so that you can use grass for zero grazing and still get 100 efficiency!
- Added a soil map for precision farming
- Sheep have been removed from pastures to prevent the appearance of wool
- Some road textures have been changed
- The diesel tank on the arable farm has been modified so that you can refuel it.
- Small changes in the decor |