Trees Info discovery

[SteAStro88 15]

I thought it was due to inform everyone that there is some sort of requirements for growing the saplings, i say so because where i settled my home , a zone near the border between two biomes, in one only sequoias grow, in the other grow birches or aspens, there it is a screenshot

sequoias saplings spawned in the birches/aspens biome as well as the sequoias one, but it's not the same for birches/aspens saplings, the fact that pushed me to open this topic is that when i found a willow wood about 1 km from my shack i decided to get some saplings and carry them to those two biomes near my home, but i've discovered that though those planted in the green terrain of the birches/aspens grew normally after some time, the ones planted in the zone dominated by the sequoias were never grown in some months in-game, they remained like this

in the image some of those sequoias were planted by me in early august-september as well as the willow saplings in the screenshot, the sequoias grew about in half october-early november, but now is december and willows saplings are still like that

i guess that the final explanation is that the saplings grow with some rules dictated by the type of terrain on which they are planted, if the terrain is wrong the sapling won't grow or will grow far more slowly,

i hope this will help you in case you're having problems with your saplings to keep your forest lush like originally was

Edited 11 Nov 2012 by SteAStro88

[LordOfWolves 514]

I don't know if what you posted is true, but if it is, you made a good work. (+1)

[SteAStro88 15]

I don't know if what you posted is true, but if it is, you made a good work. (+1)

well maybe i wrote it believing too much that what i think is true, but i'm only basing my theory to the facts, i think i will try more combinations to see if the terrain influence the growth of the saplings, for now i know this and that sequoias seems to have a bigger terrain type range because they can grow and spawn even in the near biomes

[Androyed 26]

It has something to do with the wasteland grass (the dirty grass type). As long as grass doesn't grow on the blocks your saplings are on, any sapling should be able to grow in any area (well, almost any area that is. Don't go too far to the north).

[Vlad 73]

This may be true and would make sense, each tree has it's own environment requirements.

But they should really reduce/remove the amount of saplings popping up out of nowhere, it happens as fast as the grass growing.

I would really like them to change that so each tree can produce a sapling and the sapling survive as it does now, that way if you remove all the trees around your house, you won't wake up surrounded be many different trees the next morning, instead there won't be any trees at all.

[Leosallespoli 338]

This may be true and would make sense, each tree has it's own environment requirements.

But they should really reduce/remove the amount of saplings popping up out of nowhere, it happens as fast as the grass growing.

I would really like them to change that so each tree can produce a sapling and the sapling survive as it does now, that way if you remove all the trees around your house, you won't wake up surrounded be many different trees the next morning, instead there won't be any trees at all.

I confess that I didn't read what you've said, but you get a like for the profile pic. Damn I love DF...

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Looks like someone has been doing his homework...

It's a good investigation, it has got my like, and i will be following this post. Just for the safety of this post, though, i will advice you NOT to post any info unless you obtained it from direct game experience (pretty much what you have been doing so far), and not from actual game code. Bioxx doesn't want the later to be known to everyone, so the players learn out of experience about the game, instead of the vanilla way... what was it? oh, yeah:

"Mmm, what's the durability of a diamond pickaxe? let's search it in the MC wiki!!"

That up there is EXACTLY what we don't want players to be doing... Just a little advice :3

[Vlad 73]

I confess that I didn't read what you've said, but you get a like for the profile pic. Damn I love DF...

The only stone miner I found

[Leosallespoli 338]

in half october-early november, but now is december and willows saplings are still like that

This is quite amazing, give minecraft the feeling of the year passing and hope for the time to pass so you can see something... This is gaming art.

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Seems logical. Willows are TFC's swampy trees, and require lots of water. Judging by the grass in the sequoia's biome you seem to be in a very dry climate.

[Leosallespoli 338]

BTW, what happened to the chat?

[SteAStro88 15]

Looks like someone has been doing his homework...

It's a good investigation, it has got my like, and i will be following this post. Just for the safety of this post, though, i will advice you NOT to post any info unless you obtained it from direct game experience (pretty much what you have been doing so far), and not from actual game code. Bioxx doesn't want the later to be known to everyone, so the players learn out of experience about the game, instead of the vanilla way... what was it? oh, yeah:

"Mmm, what's the durability of a diamond pickaxe? let's search it in the MC wiki!!"

That up there is EXACTLY what we don't want players to be doing... Just a little advice :3

I think everyone who looked around the TFC wiki know that, if you want to know some, try it!

[LordOfWolves 514]

BTW, what happened to the chat?

Maybe during the weekends to save the cpu you can only chat in the IRC channel.

[splatman1981 44]

on an old 52e world i planted all kinds of different trees on some barren type grass to try and liven up the neighboring forest, just as you've found pretty much nothing grew, although i did have a coule oak trees grow, so perhaps it just has a reduced chance to grow. but i donno, that was an older world and trees have had an overhaul.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

Maybe during the weekends to save the cpu you can only chat in the IRC channel.

Off topic, but ohhhhhh. Cool Wolf you're from Italy. Dunk's post really was useful...

It's not like I'm delaying the inevitable derail or anything...

[LordOfWolves 514]

Off topic, but ohhhhhh. Cool Wolf you're from Italy. Dunk's post really was useful...

It's not like I'm delaying the inevitable derail or anything...

Wow, and you're from...Toronto! Yes, dunk's post was very useful!

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Wow, and you're from...Toronto! Yes, dunk's post was very useful!

Now that we are in this topic... Part of my family comes from the norht of Italy, you know

[LordOfWolves 514]

Now that we are in this topic... Part of my family comes from the norht of Italy, you know

And I have a friend in Argentina. O_O too many coincidences here.

[Leosallespoli 338]

I work with an Italian, Bidiri babidi, right? I also have one ex and two friends, exchange students, in Canada, nicest country in the world, maybe too nice, eh?

Plus we hate Argentina in Brazil, well, most of latin America hates Argentina, but I have a couple of nice friends from there.

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

I work with an Italian, Bidiri babidi, right? I also have one ex and two friends, exchange students, in Canada, nicest country in the world, maybe too nice, eh?

Plus we hate Argentina in Brazil, well, most of latin America hates Argentina, but I have a couple of nice friends from there.

: Yeah, i always wondered, why the hate?

[LordOfWolves 514]

: Yeah, i always wondered, why the hate?

Yes, why the hate? Did Argentina or Brazil make something bad to you?

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

Yes, why the hate? Did Argentina or Brazil make something bad to you?

Wait what? He said people from other sudamerican countrys (Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, etc.) generally HATE Argentina, my country; not that he hated my country :

And i asked why was that...

I honestly don't get what confused you like that .-.

[Leosallespoli 338]

: Yeah, i always wondered, why the hate?

I don't really know, they say that Argentina is really snob, think their soccer is the best (Maradona, anyone?), their women are the most beautiful, and with the ambition of being english, like you call the soccer team "River Plate" because of the river "de la Plata".

From my experience, argentinians are really nice, at least the ones that I've met.