Laws & Regulations
The following are all laws and regulations that FSNextGen players must abide by. Failure to do so can lead to fines, penalties, and possible suspension of play. We pride ourselves on creating a fun but realistically oriented environment. FSN Wardens will regularly come by and check up on servers, so make sure you are in compliance!
Moving Violations
Violation | Details | Penalty |
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Hazardous Driving | When a individual is speeding, driving hazardously, on the wrong side of the road, failing to yield, or driving onto un-owned private property. | $1,000 - 1st Infraction $5,000 - 2nd Infraction $10,000 - 3+ Infractions |
Permit Lacking | When an individual is utilizing a semi or equipment over 300hp without a Heavy Equipment Permit, or any other permit lacking situation that is not related to animals or factories. | $1,000 - 1st Infraction $5,000 - 2nd Infraction $10,000 - 3+ Infractions |
Improper Transport | Headers must always be hauled on a header trailer. Bales cannot be more than 1 bale per foot of trailer. | $5,000 per instance |
Equipment Abandonment | Any equipment that is left in a place not on your own land for more than 24 hours, or at shop more than 48 hours. | $2,500 per equipment piece per instance. |
Underpowered Equipment | Equipment cannot operate implements that combine to be over it’s current HP. Harvesters must have atleast 40hp per 1m of header. | $5,000 - 1st Infraction $15,000 - 2nd Infraction $25,000 - 3+ Infractions |
Underpower Haulage | Vehicles can only transport up to x amount of liters of bulk goods.
| $5,000 - 1st Infraction $15,000 - 2nd Infraction $25,000 - 3+ Infractions |
FSN Maintenance Failure | Failing to repair, refuel, refill and wash FSN Contracting Equipment after a job. | $1,000 - 1st Infraction $2,500 - 2nd Infraction $5,000 - 3rd Infraction |
Animal Regulations
Violation | Details | Penalty |
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Lacking Animal Permit | Having an animal pen without the proper permit to cover total animals. | $5,000 - 1st Infraction $10,000 - 2nd Infraction $25,000 - 3+ Infractions |
Animal Cruelty | Any animal base feed category in the red, including water. | $250 per animal in affected pen. |
Property & Stability Regulations
Violation | Details | Penalty |
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Bale Violation | When a user has more than 50 bales out at once, or leaves bales out over 48 hours. | $1,000 per bale deducted automatically on bales left out over 72 hours. |
Pallet Violation | When a user has more than 2 pallets out at once (not on factory output spawnpoints), or leaves pallets out more than 48 hours. | $1,000 per pallet deducted automatically on pallets left out over 72 hours (not in spawn areas) |
Production Limitations |
| Infractions for pallet violations… $25,000 - 1st Infraction $50,000 - 2nd Infraction $100,000 + Suspension of Production Rights - 3rd Infraction |
Other Regulations
Violation | Details | Penalty |
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Are You Kidding Me Act | This act covers all uncovered potential situations that may arise that a user is knowingly doing something unrealistic, inappropriate, or unfair. There is a minor and a major penalty based on severity of infraction. | $10,000 Warning $50,000 Minor Infraction $100,000 Major Infraction + other applicable repercussions. Major infractions may cause an account review and possible suspension. |
Labor Equality | No more than 50% of a contractors labor can be to one single player farm in a rolling 30 day window. No farm can give out more than 50% of it’s labor offered to a single farm, either. |
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Illegal Leasing | A player cannot lease equipment to another player, or allow equipment to be borrowed in exchange for labor. All leasing must go through dealerships, and all labor must go through contracts. |
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Identification | Your name in game must match your website and discord name so staff can easily identify you. Failure to do so will lead to a fine. Proper format is | $2,500 per instance. |
Tax Avoidance | If a user becomes more than 15 days late on their tax payment (meaning the payment was taken but the account is now negative), delinquency begins. This is handled by the system automatically. | Under 30 Days: 1% penalty per day on outstanding balance Over 30 Days: 2.5% penalty per day on outstanding balance. Over 60 Days: Assets seized to settle tax debt. |
Vehicle Transfer Preparation | All equipment must be fully refueled and repaired if it is being moved off server. |
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Other No-No’s!
Using FSN Equipment To Move Your Crops
Not repairing / refueling / returning contract equipment.
Intentionally doing contracts around restarts so you can claim you did the work.
Not doing the work and reporting it as complete.
Doing work the contract didn't specify and marking it as complete.
Holding onto Animal Rights longer than 72 hours
Finding a particular crop that seems enormously out of balance with others.
Realizing a crop yield is impossibly high compared to what is expected.
Literally any other thing that seems too easy, or too good to be true.
Cannot work more than 50% of your labor for a single farm.