the better fields mod allows placement of crop fields (and orchards) on mountains and villagers will plant and harvest wherever they can reach.

i'm trying to do the same thing with shore lines because rectangular fields and curved shore lines dont mix well. i want to be able to place a crop field partially subdued in water and the workers plant and harvest only the areas above water and ignore the rest. the first part is easily achieved by changing the PathBits _placeBits in CreateDragDescription of templates\cropfield.rsc from

Normal | Obstacle

to

Normal | Obstacle | Water | DeepWater

the workers will plant and the crops will grow. the trouble starts come harvest time: the yield will never reach 100% because of the crops that didnt grow in the water. the harvest button is greyed out and the workers will just idle instead of collecting the harvest.

maybe they're still stuck in planting and cant reach the areas under water? maybe the game cant figure out how to only harvest the reachable areas?

any ideas?