Employees V1.4.0.0

The “Employees” mod expands the game with a comprehensive personnel system. Employees can be hired, assigned to different work areas, and developed through training, while handling tasks such as animal husbandry and machine maintenance. Features Employee Management: Up to 10 fixed employee profiles with their own name, age, and assigned AI helper. Temporary Workers: Available for 8 in-game hours from the time of request and then automatically leave the farm. They receive no further training and work at full performance level. Job Categories: Each employee can be assigned fieldwork, transport, animal husbandry, or machinery operation. New employees start with “Unassigned.” AI Helper Linking: Fieldwork is only assigned to employees with fieldwork skills. GoTo, Delivery, Conveyor Belt, and Transport jobs require Transport. Employee Selection in Single Player: When starting a suitable AI job, a selection of available employees appears. Automatic Selection in Multiplayer: A suitable employee is automatically selected. The employee with the lowest percentage of their allocated hours is given priority. Real employee names: Instead of “AI Helper A/B/C…”, the employee’s name is displayed for managed jobs. Working hours: Regular employees use up their monthly hour allowance while performing AI tasks. Once this allowance is exhausted, the job is terminated. Monthly salaries: Salaries are deducted at the end of the month. At the same time, the hour allowance of regular employees is reset. Terminations: An employee can be terminated. Termination occurs after three month-ends, and the termination can be withdrawn beforehand. Aging: Employees age over the course of the game. Retirement: Employees retire at age 65. A warning is issued three months in advance. The vacated position can then be rehired with the employee’s original starting age. Illnesses: Regular employees have a 3% monthly chance of becoming ill. Four illnesses: Colds, gastroenteritis, flu, and back problems, with varying recovery times. Recovery in game time: Illness expires after in-game hours. Sick employees cannot be deployed or trained; ongoing work and maintenance are terminated. Training: Fieldwork, transport, animal husbandry, and machine technology each have 3 levels. Performance levels: Without training, a normal employee works at 25%, then at 50%, 75%, and 100%. Fieldwork and Transport: The training level affects the actual AI driving speed and the vehicle’s speed limit. Animal Husbandry and Machinery: Higher training reduces the required working time. Automatic Animal Checks: An animal caretaker automatically checks the herds at 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Occupied Sheds Only: Empty barns and pastures are skipped. 20% Threshold: Feed, water, and bedding are only replenished when the respective stock level falls below 20%. 95% Target: The animal caretaker then attempts to raise the stock level to 95%. Fair Feed Distribution: If there isn’t enough feed available, herds in need are considered together, instead of the first barn found receiving all the feed. Feed from Farm Stores: The mod searches for usable feed in various locations, including regular silos, silo extensions, bale storage, pallet storage, big bags, and object storage facilities. Hof Bergmann Support: The storage logic takes into account the special Hof Bergmann pallets and ObjectStorages. Pet Food: Special fill types such as dog/cat food can also be accommodated. Water: The animal caretaker fills suitable water troughs directly and free of charge. No water is taken from a farm storage area. Bedding: The mod recognizes both straw and wood shavings, depending on what the respective barn actually supports. Wood Shavings on Hof Bergmann: Even stored wood shavings pallets in the ObjectStorage can be recognized as stock and removed. Stock Protection: If feed or bedding is not accepted by the barn, the mod attempts to return the reserved stock instead of simply making it disappear. Manure: Existing manure is moved to the nearest accessible manure slab on the farm. Farm Separation: The automatic supply only accesses stocks and holdings to which the respective farm has access. Mechanical Technician: Works automatically between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Repair Threshold: Vehicles are selected for maintenance when they reach approximately 20% damage. Vehicle Selection: Preference is given to a damaged vehicle belonging to the operator that is not currently being driven, is not in motion, and is not performing an active AI job. Maintenance Duration: This depends on the Mechanical Technician’s training level and only continues during working hours from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Vehicle Lockout During Maintenance: The vehicle cannot be entered, tabbed through, used, or normally attached during maintenance. Repair Display: The remaining repair time is displayed in the vehicle information. Repair costs: Before and upon completion, the system checks whether the farm can afford the repair. Staff overview: The employee menu displays employees by contract type and job description, as well as status, age, available hours, and other contract information. Status indicators: These include “Available,” “On Duty,” “Training,” “Sick,” “Hours quota reached,” “Maintenance task,” and “Assign job description.” Multiplayer: The actual employee logic runs server-side. Multiplayer synchronization: Employees, contracts, working hours, age, roles, training, illnesses, active AI jobs, and maintenance are transferred to the clients. Farm security in multiplayer: A client may only perform administrative actions for employees on their own farm. Synchronized actions: Hiring, changing job descriptions, starting training, resigning, and retracting resignations are sent to the server. Multiple farms: Animal care and machinery maintenance are managed separately for each farm in multiplayer. Savegame support: Employees, development, illnesses, training, maintenance, and animal check times are saved in a separate employees.xml file. Specifications Casual contract: €600/month and 40 in-game hours. Part-time contract: €1,600/month and 80 hours. Full-time contract: €3,200/month and 160 hours. Temporary workers: €120 per assignment. Training costs: Level 1 costs €750, Level 2 costs €1,500, and Level 3 costs €2,250. Training duration: The three levels take 2, 5, and 8 in-game hours, respectively. Changelog V1.4.0.0CourseplayFix.lua added.Change only to the driver’s appearance. No change to Courseplay logic. V1.3.0.0English language added.