[SOLVED] windrowing hay back into grass?

[m0nk3n]

cutted some grass to use for silage. then tedded some of it to use the hay of it for bedding for the animals.
but then i windrowed the hay for easy collecting and it turned back into grass......

was using non modded Hibiscus 1515 CD Profi from Lely and HIT 12.14 T from Pottinger

[RODHA]

First I've seen your post which is in General Discussion and then the one in here.
I'm also wondering if that is a bug or a feature.
But I think you should read this topic first (viewtopic.php?f=936&t=110383) and amend your report accordingly.
Otherwise no one would look into the matter.

[DukaSoft]

When exactly did the hay turn into grass? Was it right after windrowing ie. on the ground, or when picking it up/baling?

Hay isn't used for bedding, straw is (straw is the leftovers from wheat, barley)

Are you running any mods at all? if on pc, you should post your log.txt

[m0nk3n]

posting back with log.txt

[m0nk3n]

i used the tedder and saw it became golden as hay would be mostly. then i windrowed that and i guess i didnt notice it turned back into grass cause i was using the loading wagon to get the hay and i noticed then that it was grass.

field 27 goldcrest valley.

[m0nk3n]

hay for the mixed rations for cows i was thinking.

[DukaSoft]

I've got an idea of where this went wrong for you..

• You've missed a tiny bit of grass with the tedder
• You're collecting hay and run over the grass
• All of the content is then changed to grass

This is intentional for balers as theres no way to empty a <100% full baler
I'm guessing they copy/pasted this behaviour to the loading wagons to "save time"

Would be nice if they fixed it, but don't count on it

[m0nk3n]

gonna try this again sometime. just cut grass on the entire field 27. then tedder it. then windrow it. or maybe do some windrowing before i cut at all...


kinda makes gameplay a little less safe for making just hay now

[x Lethian x]

Hi m0nk3n!

Any update on your problem?

[maxmore7]

your "problem" is the loading wagon. it turns hay into grass for some reason (devs feel free to say why). was the same at fs13 and fs15.

[x Lethian x]

Just confirmed it: It's a game design issue and won't be fixed, I'm afraid - see here: viewtopic.php?f=936&t=113276&p=888661&hilit=hay#p888661

[TomXP411]

Here's a workaround:

leave a small bit of hay on the ground someplace outside your field. After you've filled the wagon to 95% or so, hit that pile of hay. That will cause the wagon to convert all of its contents into hay, and then you can dump just a little bit back out for the next cycle.

It's weird, but it works. The forage wagons convert their entire load into whatever you picked up last; so if you pick up hay, the entire load turns into hay. If you then pick up some grass, the load changes to grass. So leaving a pile of something you know for sure is hay will allow you to switch the load back any time you need hay. (Just remember to dump a little back out, so you can repeat the process later.)