Farming (crop) improvements

Suxar said:
When I started playing, it was simpler. There were already blocks for planting, but after harvesting, there was a sprout left. There was no need to plant the plants again.
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That would be nice. I’m not saying my full list needs to make it to the game. However there are definitely improvements and/or additions that could be made.

 
if you are going to add irrigation, then you need to add the requirement that the farm plots should be a certain moisture level to grow.  Then once you add that, you now need to add how weather affects the plots - so rain you don't have to do anything but dry spells you do.

TBH, those things are fine in farming simulator games, but not necessary in a zombie survival game.  It's fine for a mod, but nothing I would want in this game as vanilla - and I play farming simulator games

Every playthrough I always have a farm and I play SP, so this has been my experience with farming in game.

  • On harvest day, make sure my inventory is clutter free and go to my farm area.
  • Grab the seeds from the box I have placed there
  • Harvest the plants
  • Put the seeds in my hotbar
  • Plant the new seeds in the plots
  • Put the excess seeds back into the box at the farm
  • Empty out the dew collectors while I am there
  • Place my harvest in my food crates

This is typically done during the night and doesn't really take much time.  Add the fact that the plants are ready for harvest every 3 days? and you are not doing this very often.  Also for reference, I usually strive to have a minimum of 4 plots per seed type, so 40+ plots is typically by mid-game.  I tend to plant all the crops.

 
BFT2020 said:
if you are going to add irrigation, then you need to add the requirement that the farm plots should be a certain moisture level to grow.  Then once you add that, you now need to add how weather affects the plots - so rain you don't have to do anything but dry spells you do.

TBH, those things are fine in farming simulator games, but not necessary in a zombie survival game.  It's fine for a mod, but nothing I would want in this game as vanilla - and I play farming simulator games

Every playthrough I always have a farm and I play SP, so this has been my experience with farming in game.

  • On harvest day, make sure my inventory is clutter free and go to my farm area.
  • Grab the seeds from the box I have placed there
  • Harvest the plants
  • Put the seeds in my hotbar
  • Plant the new seeds in the plots
  • Put the excess seeds back into the box at the farm
  • Empty out the dew collectors while I am there
  • Place my harvest in my food crates

This is typically done during the night and doesn't really take much time.  Add the fact that the plants are ready for harvest every 3 days? and you are not doing this very often.  Also for reference, I usually strive to have a minimum of 4 plots per seed type, so 40+ plots is typically by mid-game.  I tend to plant all the crops.
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As I stated in the suggestion, irrigation would be an OPTION not a requirement. By no means does it need all the other stuff you said. 
 

As someone that GREW UP farming, rather than just played a simulator, I will tell you that in many types of crops irrigation can help increase yield, even though rainfall is technically enough to keep it alive. 
So I wanted to suggest something similar here, as it genuinely makes sense.

 
And it isn't really needed.  If you just toss something like that in that isn't implemented well and is just for show other than to boost crop growth, you will have a lot of complaints.  If you add irrigation, it has to be done well, and that means stuff like was mentioned.  In the end, not worth it. Farming is already unlimited in potential beyond time and space.

Not to mention, if you can bring water to your farm but not to drink, that would further upset people who don't like the water changes, so wouldn't be smart for TFP to do unless they want to change water, which they don't seem interested in doing.

 
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Riamus said:
And it isn't really needed.  If you just toss something like that in that isn't implemented well and is just for show other than to boost crop growth, you will have a lot of complaints.  If you add irrigation, it has to be done well, and that means stuff like was mentioned.  In the end, not worth it. Farming is already unlimited in potential beyond time and space.
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Perhaps rather than spending your time trying to shoot down the idea, you could help to improve upon it, or move on to another topic.

 
GuardianReaper0 said:
Perhaps rather than spending your time trying to shoot down the idea, you could help to improve upon it, or move on to another topic.
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Why would I try to improve an idea that I don't think it's worth doing?  There isn't any improvement that would make me want it.  You posted on a public forum.  You are going to get replies to your posts and many will not agree with you.  If you keep replying, you will keep getting replies from people.  That's how forums work.  Everyone can express their opinions.  Mine is that it isn't a good option for this game.  As others have also expressed.  And I'll point out any issues with suggestions and responses to my own posts.

As has been said, we do not decide what is or isn't added.  Our opinions have little impact, as a suggestion or when supporting our not supporting a suggestion.  These are just discussions.  TFP will decide and these discussions help you to come up with a better design that they might actually be interested in.

 
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Riamus said:
Good to know that it works.  Like I said, I hadn't tried it.  My farm is always on my roof with my dew collectors for convenience.
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I used to do the same thing on the roof, and I still do it in SP. But when I started playing on a dedicated server, I had to reconsider some things. Once I connected to the server during a bloody night. I fought back, but some of the crops on the roof were damaged by birds. Since then, I close the garden from above with bulletproof glass.

 
Suxar said:
The growth time is 120 minutes. If you have 120 minutes a day, then once a day, if 60, then once every 2 days.
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That makes sense, I have the game setting at 60 minutes.  I tend to harvest during specific times so the crops would be ready to harvest, but I don't feel the need to harvest them right away.

 
BFT2020 said:
That makes sense, I have the game setting at 60 minutes.  I tend to harvest during specific times so the crops would be ready to harvest, but I don't feel the need to harvest them right away.
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For me it depends. At some points in the game I do it at the beginning of the night, at others it happens. The garden is on the 2nd floor of the house and in order not to go up to check if it has grown or not, I plant mushrooms on the first floor. If they are ripe, then the garden is ready for harvesting.

 
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