posted 02-12-02 08:26 EST (US)
Ever wanted to make your own cow farm? Well, in Stronghold, there is actually already a building for a cow farm, the dairy farm, but by following these step-by-step instructions you will be able to make your own cow farm with as many cows as you can imagine (within the sprite limits of course!).
1. Planning the Cow Farm
First you must plan where you want to have your cow farm. Remember, that it can take a lot of space, so at least have full screen of space (if you're playing in 800X600 mode, don't know about the other resolutions, but this is not the point of the thing!)
2. Building the Corral
Surround the area you want to have as your cow farm with wooden walls and lower the walls once. To lower a wall, just place a rock from the features on top of the wall, then remove the rock and lower the height back to min height. Put some shrubs and rocks, too as they make the corral look prettier.
To create the a gate for the corral, either use a gatehouse or 3. Placing the essential buildings and filling your Granary with food Of course, you have to place a keep to get your peasants to work. Then place one or two (one preferably as it makes it easier) dairy farms to get your cows breeding. A granary is recommended (fill it with food), then place a few tanner's workshops 4. Working in the game Open the scenario and repeat the following as many times as you want: 1. Place a tanner's workshop. In other words, when you place a tanner's workshop, you're placing a zone for a cow. When you have enough cows on the corral, save the scenario. Then change the .sav extension to .map and place it to your /Maps folder. 5. Return to the editor Open the saved .map file in the editor and then do the fine adjustment: you probably want to replace the dirt terrain of the corral with grass, as it would be so wrong if the cows had to eat dirt instead of grass! Your cow farm is now ready! Be sure to use it as eye-candy in your scenarios even though it doesn't work for food production purposes (at least my cow farm didn't produce cheese) but it is still nice eye-candy. Here's the finished cow farm: Small image: [This message has been edited by lord_yoshi (edited 02-12-2002 @ 08:27 AM).]
2. Wait until the tanner gets a cow.
3. When she gets the cow and starts bringing it back to her workshop,
4. The tanner will become a peasant, but the cow will stay on the map and move to the place where the workshop was and will stay there!
