Clogging Addon V1.4.1.0

The Clogging Addon for FS25 expands Realistic Harvesting with a realistic clogging and overload system for combines and forage harvesters. The FS25 Realistic Harvesting mod is required and must be installed separately in the mod folder; Realistic Harvesting is not included in this download.

Requirement: The FS25 Realistic Harvesting mod is required for this addon and must be installed separately in the mod folder.

Features

• Automatically integrates itself into combines and forage harvesters.
• Realistic clogging depending on engine load and material quantity.
• Different tuning for Arcade, Normal and Realistic modes.
• Combines can clog under excessive load.
• Forage harvesters react particularly strongly at high engine loads.
• The header, intake and pickup stop in the event of a blockage.
• The intake can be reversed.
• When reversing, the corresponding intake effects run backwards.
• With grass pickups, material is placed back in front of the pickup when reversing.
• Reversed grain can land on the ground again as a windrow and be picked up again.
• In the event of severe blockages, you must get out and clear the header directly.
• No artificial speed limit – the driver decides how heavily to load the machine.
• Designed to work in multiplayer/dedicated server environments.

Controls

• Y – Reverse intake / header.
• Z – Start the machine again after clearing the blockage.
• Z – Manually clear a blockage at the header in the event of a hard blockage.

Note: The load depends, among other things, on the machine, engine power, working width, crop quantity and driving speed. As a result, the behavior can differ significantly depending on the vehicle and field.

Changelog

• V1.4.1.0
  • New: Knife wear for forage harvesters.
  • Forage harvesters now have their own knife sharpness from 0–100%.
  • Knife sharpness is displayed directly in the HUD.
  • The knives wear depending on the actual amount of material processed.
  • Different crop types cause different levels of wear.
  • High engine load and overloading additionally increase knife wear.
  • Blunt knives increase the forage harvester’s power requirement and therefore also the engine load.
  • Sharpen with Right Shift + M.
  • The forage harvester must be switched on.
  • The corn header, pickup or other attached implement must be switched off.
  • If the attached implement is switched on during sharpening, the sharpening process is automatically cancelled.
  • A complete sharpening process from 0 to 100% takes approximately 60 seconds.
  • Knife sharpness is saved in the savegame.
  • Multiplayer synchronization supported.
  • Wear rate reduced after initial practical tests.
  • Target value with a normal corn crop: approximately 6 ha until the next sharpening.
  • Green rye, grass, hay, pickup material and poplar have their own wear factors.
  • Wear is based on the amount of material processed and not on a fixed hectare value.
  • New display: Knife sharpness xx%.
  • 70–100% = Green.
  • 40–69% = Yellow.
  • Below 40% = Red.
  • The current sharpening status is displayed during sharpening.
  • Intake blockage from 105% engine load.
  • Material pressure in the intake is already visible at normal utilization.
  • Helpers can also cause blockages.
  • Classic HUD.
  • HUD size can be toggled with Right Shift + J: 20% → 50% → 70% → 100%.
  • Adjusted profiles for Normal and Realistic.
  • Support for Realistic Harvesting 1.6.
• V1.1.0.0
  • AI helper improved.
  • AI helpers can no longer get stuck due to an intake blockage.
  • Dynamic speed control for combines and forage harvesters added.
  • The AI automatically adjusts its driving speed to the engine load.
  • Target range is approximately 85–88% engine load.
  • Multiplayer & Dedicated Server improved.
  • Intake blockages are now synchronized much more smoothly in multiplayer.
  • Intermediate values are transmitted more continuously.
  • No more sudden jumps from, for example, 88% directly to 100%.
  • Improvements for Dedicated Servers.
  • Forage harvester load readjusted.
  • Arcade: ×3.45.
  • Normal: ×4.10.
  • Realistic: ×5.00.
  • Pickup: ×5.00.
  • Grass and pickup behavior further optimized.
  • Pickup reverse extended.
  • When reversing, collected grass is placed back in a windrow in front of the pickup.
  • PICKUPIN effects stop when a blockage occurs.
  • The visible pickup material flow runs backward when reversing.
  • Combine intake visually enhanced.
  • As the intake blockage increases, visibly more crop material builds up in the header.
  • At around 90% intake blockage, the material flow slows down.
  • At 100% blockage, the intake visibly stops.
  • The combine intake now behaves similarly realistically to the forage harvester.
  • Reel system revised.
  • The reel reliably stops when blocked.
  • Improved compatibility with Dynamic Header Speed.
  • The reel now correctly runs backward when reversing.
  • Different reel animation types are supported.
  • Normal reel control is correctly restored after clearing the blockage.
  • Bug fixes & optimizations.
  • AI load controller corrected.
  • Multiplayer blockage synchronization improved.
  • Pickup effects corrected.
  • Reverse behavior improved.
  • Reel rotation direction corrected.
  • General stability and compatibility improvements.
  • Important: Realistic Harvesting is still required for the Blockage Addon V1.1.0.0 and must be installed separately.
  • Realistic Harvesting is not part of this download.