Meuhey Posted September 12, 2023 Report Posted September 12, 2023 Is water from game world with 100% land all fresh water ?
Thorfinn Posted September 13, 2023 Report Posted September 13, 2023 Probably. Does it matter? So long as you choose a water source that is above nearby water source, why waste time testing it? Big honkin' ocean looking thing, assume it is and get on with life.Small lake higher than another water source? Assume it's fresh. Works every time I've tried it.
Streetwind Posted September 13, 2023 Report Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Thorfinn said: Works every time I've tried it. Not on my end. I've had a giant bay eight chunks across that was all freshwater despite leading into an actual ocean. The way oceans are generated is: first the game world generates a 100% land world, and then an algorithm runs that, depending on your landcover and scale percentages, selects certain areas and sort of inverts them, meaning they go down instead of up. These elevation-dropped areas become oceans. Due to this process, you can end up with a large body of water that generated as a lake seamlessly border a large body of water that was designated an ocean. You won't be able to tell where the freshwater stops and the saltwater starts unless you use a liquid container like a bucket or bowl to scoop up some of it and check. Edited September 13, 2023 by Streetwind 1
Thorfinn Posted September 13, 2023 Report Posted September 13, 2023 Sorry. I wasn't clear. My only concern is to not end up with salt water on my crops, or to tan leather. So if I see a body of water, and then several Z lower, another body of water, so far I've never been wrong in assuming the higher one was fresh. Though to be fair, I've never bothered to check to see if salt water kills crops or has an effect on tanning. Is there a vanilla use for salt water yet?
Jack Mackey Posted September 13, 2023 Report Posted September 13, 2023 I don't think there's a use for it unmodded. It definitely kills crops, though. Lost two full greenhouses because I didn't check what I made my pools out of.
Krougal Posted October 26, 2024 Report Posted October 26, 2024 I was surprised to find my latest local large body of water is also freshwater. If you scoop up a bucket it will say if it is saltwater, although that could be modded behavior as I run with a lot of QOL mods.
xXx_Ape_xXx Posted October 26, 2024 Report Posted October 26, 2024 Easy way to check if its salt or fresh water and you don't have a bucket nearby: Try to place waterlily's on the water. If you can = fresh water. If you can't = salt water. 2
Krougal Posted October 26, 2024 Report Posted October 26, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, xXx_Ape_xXx said: Easy way to check if its salt or fresh water and you don't have a bucket nearby: Try to place waterlily's on the water. If you can = fresh water. If you can't = salt water. Sure, because I always carry a stack of water lillys The only excuse for not having a bucket on you at all times is you haven't made one yet. Edited October 26, 2024 by Krougal 1
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