FS25 Custom Trigger Creator

Build triggers inside the game. No XML. No Lua. Just press F8.

The management panel — 8 triggers active, each with live status, RUN / Toggle / Delete controls

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What is this?

FS25 triggers normally live inside XML files and Lua scripts — invisible to most players. Custom Trigger Creator brings the whole system in-game through a guided wizard. Pick a category, configure it step by step, name it, place it. Done. No files to edit, no game restarts.

Every trigger saves to your savegame, persists across sessions, and can be exported and shared.

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Quick start

1  Press F8 to open the Trigger Creator
2  Click + Create New
3  Choose a category → choose a type → follow the wizard
4  Hit Create Trigger on the review screen
5  Your trigger appears in the list — press RUN to test it immediately
6  Toggle or delete any trigger at any time
7  Export to back up your whole collection

Tip — Start with a Notification → Info trigger to get comfortable with the wizard before building anything more complex.

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Trigger categories

Category	Types	What it does
Economy	Buy/Sell · Pay Fee · Earn · Barter	Money in, money out — tied to your farm balance
Interaction	Talk NPC · Receive Item · Fire Event · Animation	Player conversations, item handouts, external events
Notification	Info · Success · Warning · Error	Instant HUD toast in the top-right corner
Conditional	Time Check · Money Check · Random · Item Check	Gate any trigger behind a condition
Chained	2-Step · 3-Step · Branching · Timed	Multi-step flows with confirmations and countdowns
Custom Script	Lua Callback · Event Hook · Scheduled · Conditional CB	Admin-only — wire into your own Lua code

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The wizard — 6 steps

Every trigger type walks through the same flow. Conditional triggers add one extra step for the gate config.

Step 1 — Pick a category
Step 2 — Pick a type within that category
Step 3 — Configure (amounts, messages, fill types, durations)
Step 4 — Conditions  (Conditional triggers only)
Step 5 — Advanced options: cooldown, repeat limit, confirmation prompt
Step 6 — Name your trigger
Step 7 — Review everything and confirm

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Management panel

Open with F8 from anywhere on your farm.

Each row shows the trigger name, category, type, and current status. Three action buttons per row:

Button	What it does
RUN	Fire the trigger immediately — useful for testing without walking to it
ON / OFF	Enable or disable without deleting
DEL	Remove permanently

The Help button opens a quick-reference guide to all trigger types. The Settings button opens the settings panel. Export / Import back up or restore your trigger collection to a file.

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Settings

Access via the Settings button in the management panel.

Setting	Default	Description
Mod Enabled	On	Master on/off switch
Notifications	On	Show HUD toast messages
Debug Mode	Off	Verbose [CTC] output to log.txt
Detection Radius	5 m	How close you need to be to activate a world trigger
Notif Duration	4 s	How long toast messages stay on screen

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World triggers

Triggers that have a world position show up in the game world:

• A 3D marker icon floats above the location so you can spot it at a distance
• A [T] Name label appears on screen as you approach
• A map hotspot marks the location on your minimap
• Walk into range and press [E] to activate

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HUD notifications

Top-right toast notifications with slide-in and fade-out. Up to 5 stacked at once.

Level	Colour	When it fires
INFO	Blue	Neutral messages, processes starting
SUCCESS	Green	Action completed, reward paid
WARNING	Amber	Condition not met, insufficient funds
ERROR	Red	Trigger failed or blocked

Timed chained triggers show a live countdown bar below the notification stack.

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Export & Import

Export writes ctc_export.xml to your savegame folder — contains every trigger you've built. Import reads that file and merges any triggers not already registered.

Use it to back up your collection, restore after a wipe, or share setups with other players on the same server.

Trigger data also saves automatically to ctc_data.xml in your savegame folder on every save. No manual action needed.

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Installation

1. Download FS25_CustomTriggerCreator.zip from the latest release

2. Drop the ZIP (do not extract) into your mods folder:

Platform	Path
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\FarmingSimulator2025\mods\
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/FarmingSimulator2025/mods/

3. Enable Custom Trigger Creator in the in-game mod manager

4. Load any career save and press F8

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Key bindings

Key	Action
F8	Open / close the Trigger Creator
E	Activate a nearby world trigger

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For mod developers

Wire your own Lua callbacks into FIRE_EVENT triggers — no hard dependency needed:

-- Safe to call from any mod — just check g_CTCSystem exists first
if g_CTCSystem then
    g_CTCSystem.scriptRegistry["myEventKey"] = function()
        -- Your logic here
    end
end

Any FIRE_EVENT trigger configured with eventName = "myEventKey" will call your function on activation. See docs/developer-api.md for the full API.

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Roadmap

Version	Planned
1.1	Trigger edit — re-open the wizard on an existing trigger
1.2	Multiplayer registry sync
1.3	ITEM_CHECK — live inventory API integration
1.4	Trigger groups / folders for large collections

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Contributing

Found a bug? Open an issue — the template will guide you.

Feature idea? Check the roadmap first, then open a feature request.

Pull requests are welcome — read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening one.

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License

Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 — you may share this mod in its original form with attribution, but may not use it commercially or distribute modified versions.

Author: TisonK · Version: 1.0.5.0

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Farming Simulator 25 is published by GIANTS Software. This is an independent fan creation, not affiliated with or endorsed by GIANTS Software.

Build the triggers your farm deserves.