
FsIX - Farming Shop Inventory Fixer [SP] (v0.91 beta)
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Changelog
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v0.91   * Redone saving to support encoding of HTML-entities (characters " & < >)
        * Fixed mouse-cursor not being hidden, when pressing the "back" button
        + Added some error-checking around load/save functions

v0.9    + Public release on www.ls-uk.info


What can this mod be used for?
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    Many times, both newcomers and old players ask questions like; 

    - How to change the price of mods? 
        (Usually to get more realistic prices)
    - How can I place my new trailer-mod in the Farming Shop trailers section?
        (Due to the mods section being filled with too many items)
   
    The FsIX is an attempt to solve this, without messing with modDesc.XML files.


How to use it?
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    Place the FsIX zip-file in the mods folder, and start a singleplayer game.
    
    ONLY _SINGLEPLAYER_ HAVE BEEN TESTED TO WORK! IT IS A BETA VERSION!
    
    Enter a vehicle, and you will see in the helpbox, that the "FsIX:Laptop" can
    be activated (and deactivated) by pressing key ALT+R.
    
    You might want to hide the helpbox (key F1) and if you're using it, the 
    Inspector mod (key ALT+A), so their texts do not clutter the view.
    
    Once the FsIX laptop have been activated, a small "Farming Shop unofficial 
    Administration Terminal" overlay is shown. Use the mouse to scroll through 
    shop items, and change their section and price to your liking. Every change
    is instantly applied to the Farming Shop, for this game-session.
    
    When satisfied with the changes, save them, so next time you start a game,
    you won't have to go through all that again, and can just load them back in.
    
    There is an option to have the FsIX auto-load your changes when starting
    a map, so you dont need to go into FsIX and manually load. Mark the
    checkbox and save. To see if it worked, quit to desktop, go into LS11 again,
    and start your savegame (or a new career).


Problems or bugs?
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    If you encounter problems or bugs using the FsIX, please use the support-
    thread at http://www.ls-uk.info - Find the mod in the download section, in
    category 'Other'.

    Known bugs/problems:
    1) The mouse will not work correctly, when the player is on-foot (i.e. not
       in a vehicle.) So only use FsIX when inside a vehicle - which might
       be hazardous, so don't drive at the same time!
    2) Not a bug! Negative or zero price are not supported. And the maximum
       price is 9.999.999 credits (that ought to be enough!?)
    3) The gui-buttons do not have any 'focus' or 'pressed' states, so there
       are no indications of whether or not an action occurred.
    4) Will probably NOT FUNCTION IN MULTIPLAYER. (Well, for the server-host
       it might, but not for the clients.)


Technical information
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    Used some info found on the GIANTS Support forum;
    http://gdn.giants-software.com/thread.php?categoryId=3&threadId=735

    The item-changes/settings are saved in the LS11 savegames root-folder;
    - Windows XP:  %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\FarmingSimulator2011\
    - Windows 7:   %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\FarmingSimulator2011\
    In a file called;
    - FarmingShopInventoryFix.XML
    
    There is no support for individual savegame's FsIX changes/settings, as of yet.

    Only the section and price can be changed using the gui. However for those
    that look into the XML-file and LUA-script, will discover there are a few
    other properties that may be changed too. But you need to know what you're
    doing, else the XML-file may become corrupt.

    
Credits
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    - CoursePlay authors from http://www.modhoster.de (script inspiration)
    - Members of http://www.ls-uk.info (questions)
    - GIANTS (graphics & game)
