The Mechet

Welcome to THE MECHET! In the heart of the Morvan, in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, The Mechet invites you to discover authentic farming in a landscape shaped by time and the work of generations. Here, the land is alive! The fields are not vast open expanses, but plots bordered by hedgerows, rows of trees, stone walls and traditional fences. Rivers and streams naturally shape the terrain and structure the landscape. Each plot has its own character, and every path leads to a new opportunity. You will find: • 2 faithfully modelled villages, with an imposing church, a market square, a school, a post office, a castle and many shops. • A rich hydrographic network made up of numerous streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, as well as a working mill. • New grass foliage specially developed for this map. • Extensive work on the colours of trees and vegetation to deliver realistic and immersive seasons. • Farm tracks created from 3D scans for maximum realism. • 4 farmsteads with varied atmospheres: sheep, cattle, viticulture and snail farming, including 4 barns, an animated milking parlour and a Stepa grab for the sheepfold. • 136 fields and 179 purchasable plots. • 3 agricultural cooperatives (two for cereals and one for root crops), also serving as purchase points for materials such as lime and fertiliser. • A sawmill featuring 4 types of production: wood, firewood, planks and timber frames. • A cannery where you can sell your vegetables or produce authentic recipes. • Many small shops, such as a bakery, a dairy and a market, to add value to your farm products. • New productions, including snails and their recipes, as well as local cow’s and sheep’s cheeses. • Expanded farming systems, such as a 3-step grape juice production chain. • New crops: silage maize, rye, vetch-rye, green rye, triticale, spelt, cover crop, field grass, alfalfa, clover, spring and winter wheat, spring and winter barley. • Exclusive mechanics, with the arrival of compost and a dedicated shredder for processing it at the BGA. • Advanced realism, with wind-animated power lines, overflowing gutters in the rain, waterlogged field entrances, Christmas decorations in the village, straw trails, leaves on the ground, and much more. • New growth stages for many crops, offering smoother visual transitions. • 4 new cattle breeds: Charolais, Simmental, Vosgienne and Montbéliarde. Each has its own characteristics to refresh the gameplay. It is up to you to choose the one that best fits your farm. • The possibility to use the GAB (Groupement Agricole du Bocage), a kind of machinery-sharing cooperative allowing you to share your vehicles. • A municipal water tower and retention basins. • A railway export warehouse for your goods. • A brand-new locomotive, specially modelled for The Mechet. • The Bricodin, a DIY and gardening store where you can sell or buy essential products. • A shop to build, allowing you to sell your farm products at a better price. • A brand-new John Deere dealership. • A large BGA with several silos and a composting area equipped with covered silos. • A secret quest, as usual! Finally, a custom help menu will allow you to understand all the map’s new features. Le Méchet is not a map to rush through, but a territory to explore, develop and master according to your own vision. Take the time to discover everything it has to offer! Changelog V1.0.0.3: - Updated rain, hail, snow and dust effects for compatibility with game patch 1.24 Changelog V1.0.0.2: /!\ This update does not require a new savegame. However, some fixes will only be applied on a new savegame, as indicated below. - Fixed tipCols that were too large along some streams - Fixed a collision that was too large in the straw barn of the cattle farm - Fixed invisible markings on some deadwood missions - Fixed the effects of alfalfa and clover silage with mixer wagons - Added the ability to buy sugar at Bricodin - Added the ability to reset, sell and buy the Stepa grapple attachment - Simplified the Total Mixed Ration recipe for cows, also fixing issues encountered with feeding robots - Added the ability to produce seeds from the additional cereal crops - Fixed vineyards being sellable only when owning farmland 23 (new savegame required) - Fixed farm props being sellable only when owning farmland 23 (new savegame required) - Optimized the display distance of some trees - Various minor fixes Changelog V1.0.0.1: /!\ A new savegame is required after this update. - Removed collisions from hedges between fields - Replaced 3D hedges with a foliage version, allowing them to be removed easily in construction mode or with a plow - Added selling points for snails before the cooking production step - Fixed a warning on the silage silo available in construction mode - Fixed manure from the fattening cow barn appearing in the calf area - Fixed slurry not working correctly on the fattening cow barn - Fixed cows and sheep not being able to reach 100% productivity - Fixed barbed wire fences not being visible on consoles - Reduced terrain deformation on dirt roads - Reduced the purchase price of seeds and some pallets at the cooperatives - Reduced grass stubble height - Changed department numbers on traffic vehicle license plates - Fixed deadwood missions where the marking could sometimes be invisible - Fixed some fields not owned by players remaining permanently withered - Removed additional withering stages on some crops - Added the possibility to sell the buildings of farm 02, except for the sheep barn - Fixed stones not appearing in fields when plowing - Many props around farms have been made sellable - Fixed a silo incorrectly connecting to the food production in the snail farm - Fixed the pallet output of the dynamic straw barn storage on farm 01 - Added the possibility to sell an additional segment of the BGA fence - Added the possibility to sell the pastures present on the map - Fixed a bug preventing grass regrowth when seasonal growth is disabled - Added crop destruction from the Vredo pack to the base game crops - Changed the purchase price of roads and villages on the map, now free - Fixed a bug where spraying missions remained at 0% - Added the possibility to feed triticale to chickens - Various small corrections in the help menu - Fixed the layout of the Italian help menu - Improved Russian, Czech and Italian translations - Fixed floating objects and various visual adjustments - Various small fixes - Fixed the conflict with the FS25_realDirtColor mod /!\ The map still conflicts with the FS25_attachImplementsManually mod.