I've been trying to remove crows from the game. Originally, I had a remove crows mod that did not work. Then, I removed crows from Monsters.xnb. This appeared to work for a while, but now crops are disappearing but I just don't see any crows. Anyone know which files I would need to work on in order to remove them entirely? Alternatively, would increasing scarecrow range be easier than removing the creature?
Crops can also disappear due to lightning strikes. You probably got rid of the crows and just keep losing crops that way.
That's unlikely unless lightning strikes on sunny days. My game just got to summer and I'm losing a crop a day approximately but there's been nothing but sun.
Extend Scarecrow Range to cover entire farm, regardless of location... I'm fine making only one considering its in the quest anyway. (Name the mod "Super Scary Scarecrow" please!)
well the crows seem to be decoration and another script triggers the disappearing crops. thats why thatnothernmoney deleted his remove crows mod as he realized it didnt do shit. orspeeder has already covered scarecrow range in his sprinkler mod so you should simply ask him for a request version to cover the entire farm and then u can place a scarecrow behind some building like the silo so oyu never see it. if he doesnt answer fast enough (which would be weird as he always is so quick in doing these requests) i could look into it too.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the mod you mentioned only displays an overlay for scarecrow range. It does not affect the scarecrows themselves.
I think that's right, but Orspeeder might be willing to add configuration to the scarecrows as well, which in turn would allow infinite scarecrow range. I asked him so I'll let you know what he says. Here's the mod if you wanna check it out
Also, how exactly did you go about "removing" the crows on your own? Cause if you just like, erased the crow sprites, they're still gonna be in the game and have the crop stealing mechanic, they just won't have any sprites to use, so they'll be invisible. I don't remember if crows make sound (I think they caw when you walk near them) but if they do and that's all you did to get rid of them, you'll for sure still be able to hear them when they steal your crops so you can tell whether or not they're actually there. You'd probably have to code more in-depthly than .xnb files allow in order to get rid of them, using SMAPI or something
thatnothernmoney tried but failed and deleted his mod because he realized it didnt work as he expected. thats the mod he was using. the xnb edit i have no idea what he was thinking xD
The xnb edits were more of an experiment. I opened all the files just to see what I can do with xnb edits and noticed that there were several files that referenced the crows. I removed all instances to see if it'd work. It appeared to do so. First spring, I never saw any crows despite having hundreds of parsnips outside of scarecrow range. When summer hit, they appeared again. I didn't see them and didn't listen for a crow sound, but as there were no storms and it was a consistent 1-2 per day, I figured they were back, but invisible. I then started to see them flying overhead in the area with the bus--but never the farm. I'm not sure if there was a patch that changed the files back, and my computer has been in the shop for two weeks so I can't really check right now (although I see there's been a new patch since the computer went into the shop so it's a moot point now).
