CoursePlay Written Tutorials

[LMBFarmer]

So, after being asked by a friend…ermm multiple friends to make these, I decided to get around to doing this!

What is CoursePlay?

CoursePlay is a Farming Simulator mod that can carry out tasks for you, all you really need to do is record!

These tutorial will be done on a development copy of CoursePlay, similar to the one found here: github.com/Courseplay/courseplay

We are going to cover the ones I know how to run, such as: Transport, Combi (machine emptying combines) and Overloader and a few others I can’t
remember off the top of my head.

In these Tutorials CoursePlay may be known by these names: CP, the Drone(s), the Sidekick, and many others! So please follow along!

This is the opening post! I will build on this in the coming days.

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Make a transfer course!

What Is a Transfer Course?

A transfer course is the simplest CoursePlay course, it’s just an ‘A’ to ‘B’ course.

Step One: Open CoursePlay.

Click your right mouse button (RMB) and the CoursePlay hud should open, if it doesn’t, hit: Left Ctrl + Delete.


Step Two: Record

Click Start course recording after you have whatever you want hooked behind your machine.
You will then come to this part of the hud, you can close it now until you are done recording.


Now we are done recording! Now we just hit stop recording, then save.

For this course in the tut, we are calling it Dealer to 10.


Now that we saved the course we can use it to drive other machines to the field!

We just have to hit manage courses.


Then Load/Merge course into current course.

Then drive course!

But since we want him to stop, we will switch stop at last point/first trigger from: deactivated to activated.

While he’s driving to that point we might as well go get lunch in the pickup or something.

But wait! What’s that blue line?
It’s a notification icon. Click the small box with the tractor icon inside of it and it will switch you to that machine.


Now hit stop driver.

Then clear current course.

And you’re ready for work!.... if you remember the right header..

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Field Work
What Is a Field Work Course?

A field work course is the CoursePlay course used for well, field work ie: Combines, choppers, tillage, rakes, balers, stackers, anything in the field except emptying combines or spreading slurry, it’s the most universal course.

So you got your combine to the field.

Now follow these steps.

Step One: Open CoursePlay.

Click your right mouse button (RMB) and the CoursePlay hud should open, if it doesn’t, hit: Left Ctrl + Delete.

Step Two: Generate a course.
Go to the field work tab in the CP hud, and select the field you want from field edge path line, in this case field 11.

Hit the work width line auto button thing. (calculator)


(If you don’t want multiple working side by side, skip this next bit.)
But wait! What about these guys?


In this case just round your width down to the next whole number (ie: 1,2,3,4,5 etc.), then multiply it by the number of machines.

Back to generating,

Now set your corner and direction, North-East and South here.

Headlands if you want them.

And hit generate.

Now back to setting it for two again!

Go to the Driving Settings tab, and we are working with lane offset here.

Remember that rounded down number? Take it, and multiply it by .5, so in this case, we have 4.5 meters.

Set the offset to 4.5 (Left).

And go!

Now for the second one, go back to the Driving Settings tab, and set it to copy course: XYZ machine, and hit the little thing that looks like two pages

Now set the offset to 4.5 (Right) and go, after the first guy has enough lead for the second to not hit him.

And let er go!

Step Three: Balers

Copy the course off one of the combines, and set your offset to match it and go, repeat for the other side.

Step Four: Stackers

Same as the balers, but also set your “Tool offset horizontal” to about 2.5 (left)
And go!

That’s all for now folks!