Better Tropics

[pickletato 1]

I personally think that the tropics really need some improving. There is just such a lack of things there compared to the rest of the world. More trees such as palm trees should be added to break up the forests made of only Kapok and Acacia, and new fruits like pineapples, coconuts, or mangos would also be nice

 

[gxblt 11]

Support

Definitely one of the most underdeveloped areas of the mod. Normally you'd expect a rainforest to teem with life, insects and birds buzzing about and vines and flowers dangling from the thick canopy, but no. In short, we need better jungles.

[TonyLiberatto 364]

Not sure if the Dev's are considering adding any more trees, or fruit trees now. But in any case it would be nice to have Palm trees for coconuts and Big Mango trees.

At least we don't have Kapok producing cacao in tfc. They are 2 totally different trees. If we wanted another tall tree for forests it would be the Brazilian nut tree, is huge often reaching 160 ft tall.

from:http://www.thestoryofchocolate.com/Where/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3299

Cacao trees are delicate plants that live in the understory of tropical forests and require other, taller trees to shelter them from wind and sun. These petite trees top out at 60 feet tall in the wild (although most grow only 20 to 40 feet high), shielded from wind and sun by hardwoods and other trees that stretch as high as 200 feet.

[Miner239 47]

IIRC, Kapok produce cotton-like fruits? Cacao trees produce cacao.

Never been to the equators in TFC, but, yeah, give some love for the tropical flora. To add more: rambutan, durian, jackfruit, starfruit, persimmon, pome.

[TonyLiberatto 364]

IIRC, Kapok produce cotton-like fruits? Cacao trees produce cacao.Never been to the equators in TFC, but, yeah, give some love for the tropical flora. To add more: rambutan, durian, jackfruit, starfruit, persimmon, pome.

And Mango, Tamarind,

But for the aesthetic point of view the only wood block missing is Ebony, as we currently do not have black wood. 

[anonymous conservative 29]

I think that a cicada background sound, like the crickets and frogs, would fit in well in a jungle. Cicadas are common in hot areas.

[gxblt 11]

Yes! I want to be able to live in a treehouse in the thick canopy layer, putting my head above it and seeing the splendour of flowers and leaves, and walk and climb in the shade of the foliage and pick its fruits and honey. Make this happen

[Lielac 1]

I think that a cicada background sound, like the crickets and frogs, would fit in well in a jungle. Cicadas are common in hot areas.

Hell, cicadas are common in temperate areas in summer. I can hear them buzzing away right now. I wouldn't mind if any cicada noises in TFC were restricted to the equator, though, it'd be a nice location-limited feature.

[anonymous conservative 29]

Hell, cicadas are common in temperate areas in summer. I can hear them buzzing away right now. I wouldn't mind if any cicada noises in TFC were restricted to the equator, though, it'd be a nice location-limited feature.

They're everywhere here in Alabama this time of year. There's so many the sound of em all is enough to drive you crazy. They only come out in the hot, humid weather. They would be great in a dense kapok/acacia forest.

[XxNyssaXx 48]

I would almost prefer the sounds of tucans, monkies, kookaburra, you know, things you won't hear around the world, just jungles and such. It would be easy enough to implement, but we already have cicada noises in game. As long as it's a seperate sound file though, I would be happy, as I could just modify it on my resource pack to what I would want, assuming I did not like what was implemented. A flowering vine verity would be nice as well, it would have the same qualitys of normal vines, just a different texture.

[Darmo 303]

I think the tropics would be greatly improved by a savannah biome.  Having just started a multiplayer server with spawn at about z1200, it seems like about 90% of what's between z +-6000 is jungle.  Which is challenging.  But a bit tedious.  More desert and savannah would break it up and give some variety.

[TonyLiberatto 364]

I was so traumatized by the eternal deserts in the previous built that the Acacia and Kapok forests were for sure welcomed. I will agree though that we could have some variety and a Savanna Biome would Achieve that.

As far as sound files they would be great and one way would be to tie to specific vegetation and other conditions, like for example the way we have the frog sound now.

As much as cicada sounds would add ambiance they would be really annoying if it was to play no stop day and night in the whole forest.