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still feel like you should be able to use player made water sources at a quarter the amount of power or something- its like how natural berry bushes are way easier to maintain then planted ones or how resin mainly comes from natural tree's. natural should be the better option, not the default.

my monkey brain went "haha windmill high" so I put it ontop of a hill right next to my base, it dont stop like atall so- unless that mindmaxxed windmill is just making it up high then I still feel like one is WAY easyer to make then the other. like- extreamly rare spawn vs a hill or maybe I am just lucky idfk at this point, waterwheel felt disappointing to use thats all I got on this subject.

double checked, nevermind they do spawn but im more likely to find a story structure then one- I dident even realize they could spawn I just went looking for literal hours just to find one outside of temperate, and assumed it couldent.

also as an update to this, just found out these flowing water sources dont spawn in hot or cold climates only temperate, really feels like it should atleast accept player created watersources even if it runs at like a quarter the amount of power just so its atleast functional across more then 20% of the map. or just make the spawns more common even in area's it doesent normaly spawn- or make it cheaper I honestly have no clue what it needs but I still feel like it needs something.

ima be honest, I dident even know windmills have inconstant power, thats how negatable it is. Though I can understand the appearance sorta thing, honestly I would be alot more understanding twords the defence of waterwheel's if its sources were just allitle more common, several biomes away seems allitle excessive, honestly just that and I could totally see these things being viable outside of looks.

Anyone else feel the same way? I mean windmills only need- what some basic mechanical parts and flax fibers? waterwheels need iron, like twice as much resin, and a verry specific source of water? the nearest one I found was 2000 blocks from my base! It feels like there's just not a good reason to make a waterwheel when windmills work anywhere and cheaper.