What are some advantages and disadvantages of changing the year length in the configs?

[Kaygee12 1]

Pretty much the topic title, I was wondering for those of you who mess with this what kinds of changes you see and why you choose to make this change, When 78 comes out (no rush) I will be making a new world and possibly sooner. Thanks in advance. TFC rules!

[aeroc 51]

Because food is already easy enough to get, and the longer year makes it a little more challenging to grow food, though just barely. Also, who wants to live on a planet where there are only 90-some days per year?

[landryx 36]

hmm, curious too.

I think that they are elements that are sync with the time year, like trees, crops, new borns of your husbandry. So regardless of the configuration, it won't have any effect on them. (I think)

[Kaygee12 1]

Thanks for the responses guys! I think this will add a more believable element to the game, also making food choices matter more. Now, how can I go about changing this in an already established world, or am I SOL? I think it should be fine, but if I remove my crops and saplings from the ground first would that be a better option?

[Sda215 8]

Eh... well, I never really experienced the issue of having time being crazy on the crops and animals and whatnot when I configured the time to be longer. Make a backup of your world and test it to see if there is any adverse effects.

[PaoloEmilio 53]

Because food is already easy enough to get, and the longer year makes it a little more challenging to grow food, though just barely. Also, who wants to live on a planet where there are only 90-some days per year?

 

That planet exists actually, it is Mercury, althrough I think it's 80 days.