Hay

[Krski 36]

The topic title says it all , this in my opinion would be a nice addition to the mod , its something vanilla builders wan't and vanila is capable of but ithas not been inplemented , on the other side hay in terrafirmacraft could be used as decoration or as a food sorce for the animals and a new mechanic(if there is one im sorry) to make animals feel hungry (thurst also but i have no idea for it) and , a way to make tall grass usable and a excuse for shears(sry if im wrong about shears not being used).

Don't hate on me .

-Sincerly : Krski

[Just_Another_Guy_:) 1,066]

-Already suggested

-Animals already have hunger

-Tall grass has some use! To make your garden ugly and to be destroyed for seeds.

-We already have a recipe for shears (even though i think it's a temporal one): two wrought iron ingots in diagonal in the crafting grid.

-I'm not hating on you :3

Welcome to the forums.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

JAG, for a flamboyantly dangerous greek reptilian multiheaded creature, or even for a normal being that welcome wasn't very flamboyant. I shall do the honors. :

WELCOME TO THE FORUMS OF TERRAFIRMACRAFT KRISKI!

[Ditto8353 202]

HAVE A FABULOUS DAY!

...I don't know how to express a stereotypical gay accent in text.

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

hay or straw will become a bi-product of taking the grain off of wheat and such. It will replace wheat grain for luring and breeding animals.

[killster550 401]

you realise hay can be made off of dry grass right?

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

you realise hay can be made off of dry grass right?

I find that irrelevant and unbalanced for a game.

[ruhl4 24]

Can we just have a pit with some hay in it? Free food!

[GreenLeaf 198]

hay or straw will become a bi-product of taking the grain off of wheat and such. It will replace wheat grain for luring and breeding animals.

will this also include haybales? i'm dying for some roofing over here! cold as hell bro!

[yubyub96 68]

hay or straw will become a bi-product of taking the grain off of wheat and such. It will replace wheat grain for luring and breeding animals.

Make it balanced,so its not like having a thatched roof makes you the richest person on the server.Make it an abundant material.

[Kimbblesrath 503]

Well....it is gained as a byproduct of cutting grain, and having grain doesn't make you the richest person on the server currently, so I don;t see what you are talking about * scratches head*

[yubyub96 68]

Well....it is gained as a byproduct of cutting grain, and having grain doesn't make you the richest person on the server currently, so I don;t see what you are talking about * scratches head*

Lets say you need an space of 5 by 5 of grains(wheat,rye,etc) to survive.Now that makes for an aprox of 65 pieces of raw grain, now when made into thatch or hay you each grain will yield 1 piece of hay giving you in total 65 pieces, you will need 4 to make a block of hay 65/4 =16.25 (16) you have 16!! you will need at least 40 for a decent roof,depends on the house, but it usually goes between 32 and 64.and you will need at least 15 pieces of hay to keep a horse(or any animal)alive for a month. This will make you need a ton of grain.

It wont make you the richest, i made a term mistake there, but its so hard to make that it will became a very valuable thing. im just saying is something that will need a lot more thinking on making it balanced.

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

Can we just have a pit with some hay in it? Free food!

waitwhat? you....eat hay?

-i...i think this guy is secretly a horse-

[dunkleosteus 2,425]

Lets say you need an space of 5 by 5 of grains(wheat,rye,etc) to survive.Now that makes for an aprox of 65 pieces of raw grain, now when made into thatch or hay you each grain will yield 1 piece of hay giving you in total 65 pieces, you will need 4 to make a block of hay 65/4 =16.25 (16) you have 16!! you will need at least 40 for a decent roof,depends on the house, but it usually goes between 32 and 64.and you will need at least 15 pieces of hay to keep a horse(or any animal)alive for a month. This will make you need a ton of grain.

It wont make you the richest, i made a term mistake there, but its so hard to make that it will became a very valuable thing. im just saying is something that will need a lot more thinking on making it balanced.

maybe the thatch blocks will be more efficient than 4 hay = 1 block, just to even things out.

[ruhl4 24]

waitwhat? you....eat hay?

-i...i think this guy is secretly a horse-

I don't know what you are talking about. I was not here. (I meant use it as a trap.)

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

I don't know what you are talking about. I was not here. (I meant use it as a trap.)

oookay,

also, maybe we could have straw mats/hats?

[Krski 36]

Well ... Dunk then you wouldn't get hay , you would get thatch and that's not really something that people would use if they don't need to.

But i would like to see thatch ..

[killster550 401]

srgnoodles, no straw hat luffy impersonation for you :3 you are dangerous enough as it is

[Kimbblesrath 503]

I'M LUFFY! THE KING OF PIRATES!!!! Oh god, Minecrafters cosplaying as Luffy with a straw hat and a Luffy skin, roaming the seas.

Let's not get this into a large scale derail though.

[Srgnoodles 1,030]

srgnoodles, no straw hat luffy impersonation for you :3 you are dangerous enough as it is

oh, no i was more thinking those conical bamboo hats

[Istar_Eldritch 0]

Thread mismatch.

Sorry

Edited 1 Feb 2013 by Istar_Eldritch

[Eleazzar 33]

Here are thatch graphics.

Released under CC BY 3.0

(i know, less restrictive than previous graphics)

Attribution: J. W. Bjerk - www.jwbjerk.com

I'd suggest that while thatch is not effected by gravity, it isn't useful to walk on -- players/mobs attempting to do so will break it-- or they fall through something like vanilla cobwebs. That's the downside to a cheaper, lighter building material.

It would be great to see vanilla style stairs and half-slabs so good looking roofing can be made.

[turtletechy 37]

What about this idea? Multiple hay per grain? It wouldn't be that hard to do. But honestly, I do wish we did have to do more to raise crops, as they seem a bit too cheap sometimes.

[Muldore 30]

What about this idea? Multiple hay per grain? It wouldn't be that hard to do. But honestly, I do wish we did have to do more to raise crops, as they seem a bit too cheap sometimes.

Hay should be used primaraly for animal feed, but could be used in a slab like formation (fill 3 bottom squares in crafting table with hay to create thatch) thatch like material made from grass/hay/sugarcane would be a nice low teir building material, and would have these benifits and limitations:

Benifits:

Easy to craft

Decoration

No mobs will spawn on top of it as thatch would be a half slab or partial slab

limitatins:

Cannot support the weight of an entity, if an entity walks on it, the block breaks and they fall.

Burns fairly quickly, and catches on fire easaly, perhaps would be set on fire if it comes into contact with a torch.

can't be chiseled

[Frantic 6]

Well just going from the thing I posted here a few weeks ago... The idea I had included multiple Hay blocks building blocks.

Hay: This in itself is placeable and eatable by animals.

Than i had 3 types of Hay blocks:

Tier 1 hay Block: Combining two Hay in the crafting grid yields you a pile of Hay that has the height of a slab. If animals eat it or you destroy it, it is reduced to the placeable hay. if you destroyed it you obviously get 1 hay back.

Tier 2 hay Block: Combining three Hay in the crafting grid yields you a block of Hay, that is as tall as every other Minecraft Block. If animals eat it or you destroy it, it is reduced to a Tier 1 Hay Block. if you destroyed it you obviously get 1 hay back.

Tier 3 Hay Block: Combining 4 Hay Blocks in the Crafting Grid yields you a block of Hay with the height of a fence. If animals eat it or you destroy it, it is reduced to a Tier 2 Hay Block. if you destroyed it you obviously get 1 hay back.

Hay Mat: An extremely primitive bed. Already had a few Ideas to make better beds rewarding to the player. This is basically crafted by using 2 Tier 1 Hay blocks in a crafting Block.

Clay building Block. A primitive Building block that is slightly better against gravity then Vanilla Gravel (meaning you place on outward without it falling down) Made from raw Clay and plant materials (Hay)

Hay Roofing: Combining Hay with sticks. This thing (as long as attached on the side) can be used as roofing. Like with every other Hay block you cannot place blocks affected by gravity on it or else it will crush. You can't even stand on it until you bolster it up using the aforementioned Hay-Blocks. Normally they can only be places on solid ground, but Hay roofing actually is stable enough to hold hay itself.

Other notable things wold be the burnability. Perhaps a way to improve your firestarter chance.

Basically Hay would be quite cool.