world gen balanced?

[schneidaren 0]

Hi all,

 

I am playing 0.78.16.

 

The map making do not seem to be balanced. I have travelled for 10 days now and found no large animals (to create bed) and no fruit. Is this a bug or is it supposed to be this hard? I am now only 600 away from z (equator?) so I figure it should be warmer and more fruit and animals etc but no.

 

Is there a more balanced, more stable version of TFC that I can try? Where can I find it?

 

As a workaround I found a world seed that I am using. Good starting location.

 

Great mod! Excited about MC again after a long break.

 

Thanks

[theubie 19]

For creatures, they spawn in specific climates.  Check out this wiki page to get an idea for what you should be looking for (F3's temp and rain readings are your friends)

 

http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/climate

 

As for fruit trees, according to the wiki they are found in generally warmed climates.  

 

http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/Fruit_Trees

[TowerOfGlass 1]

I am now only 600 away from z (equator?) so I figure it should be warmer and more fruit and animals etc but no.

You have to be at least about 4000 away from the eequator before you start seeing any trees; in my experience you have to go considerably further before you start seein fruit trees (or any tree other than the kapok/acacia jungles)

[EstebanLB 183]

Yeah, you are in the freeking desert pal

[Terex 108]

Starting near the equator (+-4000) is challenging and not all resources are there. A better starting position is in the range +-8000 to +-14000. Winter starts to have an effect (with ice and snow) from about 10k and higher. At 14k and higher i think winters can last quite a while. Might be something i will try next.

[Franbo 3]

The animal spawns do sometimes seem a little bit light (although I expect there will be a big update at some point in the future to the animal spawning and variety, since I get the feeling Bioxx is working on various aspects of this), personally I'd be inclined to tweak the number up a little bit (not a lot, just a tweak more than anything else).

 

My experiences to date are:

 

(1) Never found any Temperate Forests

(2) Never found any Boreal Forests

(3) Never found any Jungles

(4) Only found one small Desert (an island as it happens)

(5) I have found quite a few "High Plains", but no "Normal" ones (from what I can see cows don't appear to spawn in the "High" ones)

(6) Founds lots and lots and lots of Swamps, Mountains, Rivers and Beaches

 

From an animal perspective this means I haven't seen any Cows or Chickens ever alas 

 

That said; perhaps I just haven't played enough (just on winter 2 of my second world).

 

Although I have ranged pretty extensively:

 

(a) From 10,000 to 2,000 z

( From 2,000 to -2000 x (although not the full width for the full range of z)

 

Presumably time will tell.

 

Franbo

[Kittychanley 1,002]

Something to keep in mind, you're never going to see the words "Temperate Forest, Boreal Forest or Jungle" on the F3 menu for biomes. The words used on the climate page are simply ways of easily representing the different climates instead of having to write "Chickens spawn in areas where Temperature is 28 to 44 and rainfall is greater than 1500"

[Franbo 3]

Hmm, good to know.

I may well have come across the forests then, alas no chickens :-)