Manure Spreaders only counteract soil degradation, and the only things that care about soil degradation are Plantations and Ranches. If you don't have any of either of those, or if the only Plantations and Ranches you have are in the Multiculture and Pasture Prohibition work modes, then you don't need Manure Spreaders.

Thanks a lot

manure is also an input for the agri tower from one of the dlcs that is an easy way to make corn ( and some other things ) from that tower

I have all my Ranches set to Pasture Prohibition and all my Plantations set to Multi Culture but I also have Manure Spreaders. Do I need the MS or will the soil repair itself? If I don't have MS, what happens to all the manure that piles up at Ranches?

It just sits there and if you're unlucky you'll get a full-stock icon permanently hanging over your ranch, even if there's no useful product in stock.

Once you've been on multi-culture and pasture prohibition for a while, the spreaders will improve the soil back to it's original state and then you don't need them anymore.

I have a mod which sets them to MC and PP by default, so they have always been that way.
So I'm going to get lots of plantations that are full with manure? This seems like a MASSIVE oversight on the part of the developers! If it puts up the full Icon there and leaves it on, how am I going to see an Icon for a real problem?

I recommend the "Biogas: Manure Creates Electricity" ( https://mod.io/g/tropico-6/m/biogas-manure-creates-electricity ). This mod adds an upgrade for the power plant that allows it to generate electricity from manure.

Originally posted by gpolzin:

I recommend the "Biogas: Manure Creates Electricity" mod (https://mod.io/g/tropico-6/m/proto-electricity-mod). This mod adds an upgrade for the power plant that allows it to generate electricity from manure.

This link is blocked by Steam, I looked at it by copying the URL but I can't find a mod that uses manure to generate electricity. There is a mod that upgrades power station which I have already but it doesn't contain manure using.

Originally posted by LookToWindward:

Originally posted by gpolzin:

I recommend the "Biogas: Manure Creates Electricity" mod (https://mod.io/g/tropico-6/m/proto-electricity-mod). This mod adds an upgrade for the power plant that allows it to generate electricity from manure.

This link is blocked by Steam, I looked at it by copying the URL but I can't find a mod that uses manure to generate electricity. There is a mod that upgrades power station which I have already but it doesn't contain manure using.

Sorry for the wrong link, I fixed it in the original message as well as here: https://mod.io/g/tropico-6/m/biogas-manure-creates-electricity

I am using a Mac if that makes a difference?

I can see and subscribe to this mod on the mod.io website but it doesn't show up in the game? I remember asking about this a while ago and being told to use the In Game mods, e.g. press the mod.io button in Tropico. When I use this, it uses the Steam interface (which is terrible compared to mod.io/browser and I can only see a tiny subset of the mods on the main mod.io site.

I have a mod.io account and a Stream account which don't want to jive together?

So how can I make it so the mods from mods.io show up in the game?