City Builder

I thought I'd read that charcoal pits can be up to 11x11. But can they be odd numbers like 7x9 or must they be exactly square?

Trying to figure out a way to water my crop fields while still offering them protection with trenches around them for the occasional drifter, rabblt, wolf falling in. I dug down two blocks in the middle of my field and got a bucket of water but can't seem to dump the water into the hole, is this not possible? What's the best way of watering a small field (let's say it's 4 x 20) Thanks

Well, my son gave up on the game (can't blame him) maybe he was a bit too young for a game that seems more grindy than Minecraft (which he loves playing) so I took over his home to see if I would like it, as I've always wanted a more difficult Minecraft game. However, once I got to smithing, that';s where I gave in. Trying to form ingots into a useful item was nothing less than infuriating for me. There really should be an "easy" mode for Knapping for those that dislike knapping to begin with or an improvement to smithing and what comes beyond that. Put it int he options so that those that like Knapping can keep doing so, and those that dislike it can use an easy mode. I'd down with clay knapping, that seems okay after 10 to 15 hours of doing it, but then comes smithing and needing to move around molten metal, that's just awful (*to me*) and could use some improvement. If this game is to become a success, then it needs to appeal not only to those that are hardcore fans but those that are beginner types but want a more detailed game of Minecraft.

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I agree, that it should not be removed, but should be an option for removal based on what the player desires. Don't really care if it's called easy mode, or baby mode, or whatever, but should be an option for those that want to select it as such.

As I said, I and he would be fine if it was set on a timer and not just busy work (as I like to put it), it requires a certain hand eye coordination as David insinuated above with regards to smithing or clay working parts and that can put at a disadvantage some players, so having options in the settings would be great, even if the crafting of the item simply took a timer or count-down to create. This reminds me of another game that I played recently that couldn't be played one handed (I'm often stuck in bed and can only play one handed games) until a modder came along and made the game one handed friendl(ier) by creating a mod that did a whole point and click to move the character (but it was a strategy top down view game, not like this), but point being that it would be nice to have options for those people that aren't perfect in body. In Minecraft... Yeah, it's passive but you put iron in the oven and it comes out iron bars but it takes time for that to happen, I'd really like to see something similar to that (not the oven but rather the timer) for knapping, and whatever comes beyond that, that which is like Knapping in the game.

My son hates the knapping function, he seems to complain quite loudly when he's playing (okay, yeah he's young) but I do get the whole knocking out one tiny block after another and the whole lack of hand eye coordination at his age but still. Would be nice to be able to just double click on the knapping item and have it remove all of the kniblets so that he doesn't have to sit there and remove them one by one even if it promoted a timer to get the job done. Obviously I'm talking about making it an option for those that wish to use it and not force it on the general playing population.

I tried it while he was sleeping, I didn't see the same thing he showed me, I ended up on almost an island type of map so not sure if he spawned in the same place or the seeds produce the same maps etc. or if he showed me something in his game where he had already walked from spawn point or what. I'd be interested to know if you spawn somewhere really close to a food vendor.

My son has been creating new worlds with weird food types of names, (such as Lemon Drops, or Orange Creampie) he says his favorite right now is Cranberry Puffcakes, and he makes the seed the same as the name of the world so... Cranberry Puffcakes. I asked him what he liked about it and he started it up and right nearby was a food vendor, and over to one side where he's trying to build a small dirt hut is a dual waterfall coming off a cliff, and he tells me there was plenty of flint but not a lot of trees too close by so he's been replanting trees that he gets seeds for (good boy). I haven't a clue how the game works so not sure if another person using the same seed would spawn in the same first spawn point or not, so while he likes this seed, not sure if it would be the same for others.