Welcome to the Crop Editor!!!  

Certain features are not enabled now:

Saving,Undo
These features are available on the registered verion.


A note about simfarm and how it uses crops :

All crops in simfarm are EXTERNAL to the game.  I did this on purpose.
All 24 crops that come with the game can be found in the CROPS subdirectory
in the main game directory.  You see things like "Corn.crp", this is the
corn data file!.

If you want to load one of these into this editor, its OK!, please remember
that when you purchase a working editor, you'll actually be able to change
the parameters of the crops IN the game!, this can be good or bad, 
make a backup copy of the ones that came with the game.

As this is just an demo version, you can now load the crops, but any
changes you make won't be able to be saved.

To load one, copy one from the CROPS subdirectory to the directory that
has the editcrop program, then type editcrop cropname.crp.

for example:  editcrop corn.crp

This will work nicely if you've copied the corn.crp file from the crops
subdirectory in simfarm over to the editors subdirectory.

With this demo version, I've included a simple Smily.crp crop, 
so you can type editcrop smily.crp to get a quick feel of things.

If you want to use the smily crop in simfarm, just copy smily.crp
over with the other .crp files in the simfarm/crops directory.


This is a demo version of the crop editor for SimFarm crops.  
It allows you to edit the pictures of your crops, as well as specify
new pest/disease/weed resistance values.  You can also set the amount
of water needed by the crop as well as the temperature requirements.

In general there are 5 types of pictures in the game.

Crop growth phases, this is 8 16x16 pixel pictures showing the crop
	as it grows through its various stages.

Crop Closeup picture, this is a 112x64 pixel picture showing a closeup
	of the crop, its used in the buy/sell window as well as in the farm
	buro window.

Seed Picture : This is a 16x16 pixel picture representing purchased seed.
	When in the Buy window, its whats put in barns.

Harvest Picture : This is what a harvest looks like after a field is 
	harvested.  Its the picture of what appears in silos.

Field Picture : This is a 32x32 pixel picture of the crop that appears
	in a field as it grows.



The 2 buttons labeled edit buy text and edit buro text, allow you to
enter new descriptive text for your custom crops.

If you click in the cropname area you'll be able to type in a new
name for your monstrosity crop!

A description of the fields you can change follows:

Pest/Weed/Disease/Toxic Resistance bargraphs allow you to set how
	resistant this crop is to the various problems.


Market Value : This is the starting price of the crop in the game,
	       it varies over time from the starting price.

Degree Days : This is the number of days above 50 degrees needed by the
	      crop.  If a crop needs 400 degree days, and it gets 10 days
	      of 90 degree temperatures thats just enough, 40degrees over
	      50 times 10 = 40*10=400.

Chill Hours : Number of hours below freezing the crop needs to mature 
	      fully.  This is number of hours below 40 degrees, 1 day
	      equals 24 hours.

Water Needs : Amount of water needed by the crop during growth.

Stage Loop : There are 8 growth stages, some crops are NOT replanted
	     after harvest, these crops wrap back to an earlier picture
	     of one of the growth phases.  Wheat does this.

Fruiting Week : Week for a tree crop that it is to be harvested.  NOTE:
	        Simfarm's year consists of 48 weeks, 12months*4.

Nutrient needs: How hungry is the crop?

Growth Weeks : Number of weeks on average it takes for this crop to grow
		until it needs harvesting.


The bitflags are:

Replant Needed : Click on this if its a plant that needs replanting after
		 being harvested.  Most trees don't need this.

Tree :	Click on this if the crop is a tree.

Manual Harvest : Click this if the crop must be harvested manually.

Crop Circles : Can this crop be affected by the secret crop circle problem?

Illegal Crop : Is this crop illegal to grow??? you risk getting a huge fine
	       if your caught!




Advantages to purchasing the crop editor:

You'll be able to Save your creations!

A special feature allowing you to actually edit the terrain in the game
will be enabled!  You'll be able to put down rivers and in general really
mess with things!

Please printout Order.txt for an order form.

