No stones in the cold - a deliberate design decision - why?

[SubtleOrc]

I can see in the assets files (especially stoneshells.json)  that loose stones and boulders will only generate with a min temp of -2 

why on earth was this put in as a worldgen feature? why decide not to allow people to knap if they to start in cold climates?

[Zane Mordien]

I play snowball earth all the time and I feel like i find stones on the ground. I don't remember if i find boulders on the surface or not. I find plenty if polar bears as well...  no worries there

Edited April 17, 2025 by Zane Mordien

[SubtleOrc]

I play snowball earth all the time and I feel like i find stones on the ground.

 

I specifically looked in the game file jsons and they have restrictions on climate on when they spawn.

[V1ncent]

I feel the loose stones constantly regenerate every winter, and I could be wrong. The minimum temp restriction could be an annual average minimum applied to each region chunk, where the "warmer" region in a cold world can still have loose stone on the ground.