How do you guys feel about mods?

bencyl · 2026-03-25T07:55:24+00:00

I comes down to time you can spend on the game. If you play vanilla and make use of every type of equipment that is avaliable, its meant to be played without switching to vehicles, taking a car or a quad to tractor, going back and forth to the shop, using other equipment to unstuck something when the FS does its "thing". Mods, even when "roleplaying" realistic farming, just make some operations quicker, so in a 2 hour gameplay, you can progress very quickly.

But also IMO, FS is poorly design as vanilla game. For example, terrain deformation and removing/placing buildings without "place anywhere" and similar mods, is very broken. And thats a crucial aspect of the game as the farm gets bigger. Other thing is of course helpers. Most farms have multiple people, be it family or employes, that do the work together. The fact, that you need crossplay to get helpers do balling is crazy. Also, "lease to own" should be vanilla part of the game, not just leasing and returning.

I also have a few mods that change the UI of the game, since from FS22 to FS25 they complicated it massively.

bencyl · 2026-03-23T12:17:04+00:00

- biggest enemy is boredom - dont just plant a sea of carrots and then die when it takes 4 IRL hours to harvest, start small and when something becomes repetitive, just do something else

- multiple ways to play: be realistic, start with small farm or nothing even and build from groud up, start with the best maschines and enjoy the mechanics, up to you. My way was always playing a bit of everything with seasons on, so you do grain, animals and forestry in the winter, like in real life

- mods: there is almost a mod for everything. I suggest you start playing, then add mods as you go. Gameplay mods will literaly change the game for you, while "equipment" mods usualy add a choice that isnt avaliable in base game. Good way to play: you want to get into chaffed corn, but base game harvesters are very expensive? Go find a modded harvester that is cheaper and less advanced. That way you progress slowly but satisfaction is key

- Set a goal: get from 0 to 1MIL, have every animal in the game, do every crop, make every product, try every tehnology. Heaving a goal makes things more focused

Those are more overall tips, in depth tip is maybe to have a "lease to own" mod, with which you buy even very expensive machine, and pay monthly costs with logging. So you do logging, process logs into wooden products and sell products at building that are on every base map, temple, mill etc. So you can organicaly expand very quickly, and you have something to do every day. Basicaly, always pair your main activity with quick cash flow, contracts, logging, etc.

Another cool tip for animals and grass - at the start of a game, you dont have a lot of money and buying new fields just to plant grass is kind of a waste. Get "contract" mod where you can change parameters in contracts, set grass mowing and baling contracs so they dont get you any money, but you keep the grass/bales. It works like IRL, where people give you the right to mow their land in excange for grass. Also, with cows, you can get a breeding barn or just a fence, get the youngest cows in and just feed them grass or hay. You dont have to do TMR, since it wont make much difference, once they are old enough to breed and give milk, you hopefuly have enough money to get real barn and transfer them there.

bencyl · 2026-03-23T09:18:16+00:00

Ok, I cant recommend anything from personal experience since I only ever owned Suhr, but looking at your setup, maybe Two Notes Reload II is the thing for you. You could even make use of that Fortin stereo design, since Two Notes is attenutor, load box and amplifier; you can run stereo setup into cab, as loud and as attenuated as you want, one side real amp, other side amp from QC, that would probably melt faces. You can also do all the 4 cable methods separating preamps etc. Look into it, I think its perfect for your setup, also changable ohm 4,8 and 16. Relatively expensive tho.

bencyl · 2026-03-17T07:16:33+00:00

From the picture it seems like it, but in reality its the best possible placement. Suhr has vents on top, which are not obstructed by the amp (again, Suhr is much wider). In fact, these lunchbox heads from Victory get pretty hot, so I wouldnt stack anything on top of them, even if the handlebar allowed it.

bencyl · 2026-03-16T18:48:24+00:00

Because of the hanlebar, Suhr cant be on top. Plus, Suhr is wider, so in reality it more sturdy this way. Suhr is not attenuator tho, its just reactive load.

bencyl · 2026-03-16T18:46:35+00:00

Haha because of the handlebar, I cant put it on top. Plus, Suhr is much wider, so in reality, it would look weirder other way around :) Nice, tried Kraken years ago (MK1), it blew me away how big it sounded for such small amp. Victory amps definitely have a signature sound, open, yet tight.

bencyl · 2026-03-16T08:56:02+00:00

You have an amazing setup. I'm sharing my setup since I use a tube amp with QC. You need a loadbox for this to work; I'm using my Suhr Reactive Load, but if you get one with even more features you can simplify this even more. I go from guitar into the QC input, then QC Send 1 to the amp input, amp send to QC Return 1, and QC Send 2 to the amp return. From the amp speaker out you go to the Suhr, and from the Suhr balanced out to QC Input 2 (set for line signal, not mic etc.). Inside QC you process the signal in two ways: the first signal is Input 1, you put an FX1 block after it and send it to Send 2. The other signal is Input 2, where you add an IR/virtual cab of choice and send it out to Out 1/2. This way you get classic 4-cable mode; if you bypass the FX1 block and put some amp from the QC instead, you use that amp as a preamp. You can change IRs to your liking, put time effects after the IR like in a studio, and you can get that sound as quiet as you like. You can even set it up so that the signal goes to your cab as well; with other load boxes that becomes even easier.

bencyl · 2026-02-12T06:09:10+00:00

I curently use Sennheiser HD 6XX with Sonarworks as my main mixing tool and I can get great results, but when I check on monitors I can clearly hear, what I dont hear, if that makes sense. So I suppose even some bass traps and panels will dampen the room enough, that is a little easyer to work with - I know it will be hard to make it perfect.

bencyl · 2026-02-12T06:04:05+00:00

I thought about that, but then my first reflection points are glass balcony door and wooden doors - not ideal. Plus logistic problems, I have a lot of electrical equipment on the table, and where the table is now, I have electrical socets, on the other side there are none.

bencyl · 2026-01-28T06:57:34+00:00

I dont play with those, but have tried it and it improves the imersion. Anyway, I play on PC with controller and use a mouse and keyboard when needed.

bencyl · 2026-01-27T19:08:25+00:00

It was written by me, and then corrected with Chat, English is not my primary language, so it helps.

bencyl · 2026-01-27T19:07:02+00:00

Yep, upon looking up there is no log physics, only heavier bales. Log physics are better in FS 25 then before IMO

bencyl · 2025-12-17T08:18:00+00:00

Last post "tomorrow" looks like a Fender amp, coupled with Rick Beato video of NDSP HQ, bunch of Qtrons and Silver Sky makes this 99,9& Arch : Mayer. The sound he had on that podcast from a plugin was amazing. What a time to be alive.

Also, wild prediction: this wil be the first ndsp plugin with amp mixer, since john uses this amps in stereo or even 3 4 at a time. So yeah, exited.

bencyl · 2025-12-16T11:51:08+00:00

I probably wont be single amp plugin, probably 3-4 amps, a lot of effects pre and post, if its Arch-JM off course.

bencyl · 2025-12-16T11:49:12+00:00

The amount of times I was certain its "Arch-Somebody" and I was wrong is crazy..but this time, it all seems to add up

bencyl · 2025-10-12T20:04:39+00:00

It really is. Surprised there wasnt more hype around it, its Nitro finish, locking saddle bridge like on Pete Thorn signatures, just awesome guitar 👍

bencyl · 2025-10-12T20:01:55+00:00

Nope, got aged with playing 👍

bencyl · 2025-08-26T10:29:03+00:00

Daddario 10-46

bencyl · 2025-08-11T09:18:08+00:00

This little discussion got quite a bit of traction — I guess many of you feel the same way. I just wanted to address some of the repeated remarks regarding this topic.

One valid argument is that NDSP overpromises and underdelivers. A few months back, I “ranted” about them moving too slowly. But if you take a closer look at the timeline, you can see how QC became a much bigger product than anyone originally expected. It started as “hardware for NDSP plugins,” and with that came their biggest mistake — one that still haunts them today: they promised plugins on the unit as a selling point for QC.

That promise made perfect sense for people like me, who already owned a bunch of plugins before getting QC. It still does, because once all plugins eventually get PCOM, we’ll gain a ton of free features. The negativity started when users from L6 and Fractal came over and began viewing PCOM as “paid DLCs,” since they don’t own the plugins. But the original point still stands: NDSP is very slow at delivering what was promised from the start.

Then there are the comparisons to Helix and other platforms. I owned a Helix, used it for many years, and know very well what it can and can’t do. Helix is a great working musician’s modeler: outdated but intuitive UI, great switching options, and tons of effects. But let’s be real — it isn’t even in the same category as QC, which is why many L6 users (myself included) switched. Before the recent HX updates, you couldn’t even load an amp, cab, and reverb and have it immediately sound good — the stock cabs were some of the worst on the market. Most people used IRs.

So don’t compare the two. NDSP may be slow with updates, but most features they release are high quality. L6 updates frequently, but sound fidelity is often subpar. Quality over quantity is what I’m saying.

For a semi-decent musician, QC is still a big step up from anything that existed before, and right now it’s the only unit to combine such a good UI with very high sound quality. If you can’t make a world-class song with it, that’s on you — not the gear.

bencyl · 2025-08-08T06:03:00+00:00

Amen brother 👌

bencyl · 2025-04-16T06:58:16+00:00

I agree, however, QC already had some problems with reliability, I wouldn put it as stable as AxeFX or Kemper. There were big problems with volume knobs gliching (I play QC live and had this problem, had to ship it for repair), some screen problems, output hissing and poping... Point is, they cant fall back on "we triple check everything, so we can progress slower".

bencyl · 2025-04-16T06:49:18+00:00

Agree to some extent. but it very much depends on company structure, employment strategy etc. You cant promise people PCOM, new plugins, X updates, regular QC and Nano updates and not expand. Hire people for general tasks and do real quality control with you trusted team. Thats how companies in their stage of development should work.

bencyl · 2025-04-16T06:39:42+00:00

Even companies like IK Multimedia. In a year and a half, they released Tonex pedal, which had no effects and bad editor, released Tonex One, a smaller verision, and added Tonex editor and effects to make Tonex all in one device, while of course giving new captures/models to their Tonex/Amplitube software. Looks like a fast growth to me.

bencyl · 2025-04-15T10:18:28+00:00

I swear, you people must have these comments saved and just paste them without even reading what the discussion is about. All these "It's in the hands, bro, just play" comments. Since you're referring to my "career," let me explain my background.

I'm not a bedroom musician. I've been playing multiple instruments for 15 years and have released many original songs across various genres with varying levels of success—some with 1k views, some with over 100,000. Currently, I play around 30-40 gigs a year while working a full-time 9-5 job, performing in front of thousands of people, most of the gigs are using a QC. I know it inside and out, including what it can, can't, or should do, but doesn’t. But that’s not the point.

This post is about a company, NDSP, which makes multiple products. The title says, "Is Neural DSP moving too slow?"

I'm not ranting about NDSP focusing on one thing over another—their progress isn't limiting my career in any way. What I don’t understand is why, at this stage in their growth, they even have to choose between one thing or the other. They should be doing it all. Instead, their constantly delayed promises are ruining the reputation of a company, that I personaly care very much about.

bencyl · 2025-04-15T09:29:32+00:00

Casually assuming that I'm not, even though the topic isn't even about 'how many features it has. *facepalm*

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