In the PC version an option value Tier4 has been added in the Types.xml under rope. This spawns the rope only in the north. no other objects can spawn in industry or farm in the north.
Ver. 1.0.1:
<type name="Rope">
<nominal>150</nominal>
<lifetime>7200</lifetime>
<restock>0</restock>
<min>100</min>
<quantmin>-1</quantmin>
<quantmax>-1</quantmax>
<cost>100</cost>
<flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
<category name="tools"/>
<usage name="Industrial"/>
<usage name="Farm"/>
</type>Ver. 1.0.2:
<type name="Rope">
<nominal>130</nominal>
<lifetime>7200</lifetime>
<restock>0</restock>
<min>100</min>
<quantmin>-1</quantmin>
<quantmax>-1</quantmax>
<cost>100</cost>
<flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
<category name="tools"/>
<usage name="Industrial"/>
<usage name="Farm"/>
<value name="Tier4"/>
</type>