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On 7/10/2022 at 5:07 PM, Kolyenka said:

these would be a great addition for early builds, particularly in maps with little ore (or just playthroughs that avoid metalwork as much as possible, which is my favorite kind). I like the idea of horns being added as a bighorn sheep harvestable, especially if they could also be used as sconces, like in skyrim.

do you think the horns could be cut with a knife (maybe a metal knife, as that's a bit more advanced but still doesnt require an anvil), or would it need to be a saw?

the greasepaper and oiled linen windows are also super interesting as an alternative. i feel like all three have a much more yellowed light than glass, and would be really good for somewhat dim rooms, especially in less wealthy settings. would appreciate these from both an aesthetic standpoint and also as a functional glass alternative.

Haven't found anything in the books that says one way or another, but I imagine a knife would work, especially since the horn is being soaked first? Very thinly shaved pieces of horn are mentioned as being used in latticed windows, which suggests to me something more delicate than a saw.

As the post title says, I'd like to suggest alternatives to the current glass windows in game, as a way to add more window variety,  give another use to some existing materials that have relatively limited uses at present (wax, parchment, and cloth). Parchment or cloth windows also seem like a good match to the rough door in terms of windows that have a chance to break/degrade easily.

First, some historical background on these glass alternatives:

Usable animal horns currently don't exist in-game, but seem like a logical addition to the other harvestables from bighorn sheep. While I haven't found any evidence for windows made from sheep horn, cow horn historically was used for both windows (see a restored cow horn window in Barley Hall here) as well as book covers (see 'hornbooks').

Greased paper/parchment and oiled cloth windows have a long history, although unfortunately not one captured in photographs. They were commonly used in conjunction with wooden shutters to cover window apertures - cultural historian Jacob von Falke describes windows common in wealthier pre-16th century medieval homes that had wooden shutters combined with "fine waxed linen, or oiled paper" as well as windows with horn and transparent mica set in lattices (Art in the House pg 61). The man who made the horn windows for Barley Hall made oiled linen windows as well - he briefly compares the process of making each in the comments of this post. Oiled and treated parchment and cloth created semi-translucent but also waterproof windows that let in much-needed light. In the more recent historical record you can find mention of 'greasepaper' windows used by American settlers as they moved west - a far cheaper and more practical alternative to transporting glass across the continent, especially in the many temporary homes built along the way.

As for how to implement these alternatives in game, the parchment and cloth ones could be as simple as combining fat and the window material (or, to go along with the Barley Hall method, fat and resin. Window frames could also be a placeable block constructed out of sticks or boards that could then be filled with 'panes' of parchment or cloth which would need to be refilled as the panes break. Dyed cloth or tinted parchment (historical evidence for the latter is discussed here) could be used as well, adding color to builds.

I have other thoughts on adding a parchment construction process to the game, but that's somewhat beside the point for this post. Hope this sparks some interesting possibilities for the devs and/or modders!

I tend to look for somewhere that looks nice - or interesting - that has enough space for building and farming. Most games I settle close to where I spawn, unless it seems like it'll be too cold in the winter...I like having to do a lot of exploring to find chalk/slate/etc, as it gives me a chance to see interesting new sites while also making me creative with the initial resources on hand in terms of building a starter house.

Looks very nice! I especially like the shutters - is that just chiseled pine wood?

Based on my own experience, it's not possible, or at least not in a straightforward way.

Fortunately you don't need flax for decent winter clothes - the fur coat/boots/gloves can be made with medium and large pelts, so if you're able to do enough hunting you should be alright in terms of clothing.The windmill is another issue, though.

2 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

I manage generations by separating the offspring into a pen separate from the parents before the offspring grow up.  Much easier to wrangle the offspring than the adults, and the offspring have different speed and flee conditions than the adults.

 

See, I find it relatively easy to do that with sheep and pigs, but chickens...just a lot more difficult for some reason.

I'd love to see this implemented! Managing flocks of chickens past the first two generations is the bane of all of my savegames.

It'd be nice to have more ways to store/prepare mushrooms, as well as a foraging bag that could store multiple kinds of mushrooms/berries, but aside from that I have no complaints about the mushrooms - they really liven up forest areas, and most of them look very nice in pots.

I think the thing that appeals to me most is the self-sustaining, 'interacting with the environment' aspect. I harvested pears from a pear tree in game for the first time yesterday, and had a moment of real joy. I grew up in an area full of pear and walnut orchards, sheep and chickens, and farms, a very rural and isolated area, and since I've moved to a large city VS feels like a way to connect with some of these experiences that are no longer accessible to me. My SP games tend to be very small scale, at a very slow pace - I'm not interested necessarily in maximizing things, just learning how to do things effectively, seeing new landscapes, domesticating chickens...etc.

Yeah, I think there should be at least sections of the forum where anyone can post (for example, people interested in buying the game), if not the entire forum. Isn't it possible to just have more stringent 'prove you're not a bot' measures for signing up?

So weird to see a proper asphalt road in the game! Really great chiseling job though, I love the headlights.

Had an error on the Wilderlands server using the .charsel command on an existing tailor class character (mine). Crash report below:
 

I like the clouds - I think they fit with the blockiness of the moon and the sun, and the opacity of them during storms really sells the weather system. I wouldn't mind having a few variations of clouds though.

I thought they did burn? I've definitely put them in the fuel box for a fire, don't recall if I actually burned one or if it was there temporarily for storage reasons.

Looking for advice on how to run two different versions (1.15.10 and the newest version of 1.16, with mods on both) on the same PC. I know I need to have separate folders for each of them, but I'm not sure what else I should be doing beyond that.

It becomes an inventory item. You'll see anvils frequently used decoratively in builds, especially ones made of lower tier metals that can quickly become obsolete.

This is great! I love those contrasting colors of the roof and walls - is the white plaster or something added by a mod?

Definitely turn it on if you intend on exploring everything the game has to offer in terms of crafting. I often leave it off because I'm not very interested in the smithing aspect of things beyond having basic tools, but it's helpful for things like clothes dyeing, or even just filling out an ore collection for a museum as well.

39 minutes ago, Sparkle Kitti said:

Will trap doors block attacks from drifters? Both claw and throwing rocks

Haven't updated to 1.16 yet so I couldn't say for the rock throwing, but I believe a closed trapdoor does block regular drifter attacks.

Sadly no, but you can use trapdoors as windows that open and close.

16 hours ago, Sparkle Kitti said:

I've had similar conditions happen. My understanding was that if the block was right next to a water source block it should be 100% so I set my fields with two rows of fields between two rows of water source so they'd all be next to the water source. But that hasn't been the case.

I believe as of 1.15 if you put a tilled block next to a water source it only gets to 75% max - so 100% is only possible through rainfall/watering.

Are berry bushes meant to still be on 30 day month flowering/ripening times by default? All the crops I've planted have adjusted to a 9 day month automatically, but not the berry bushes.

That makes sense, thanks for answering! I'm hoping the vanilla water mechanics will be significantly improved at some point so things like flooding and basin irrigation become a more feasible concept for modders to tackle.

On 12/7/2021 at 2:21 PM, Vinter Nacht said:

So Fields of Gold is coming back into focus for me now that From Golden Combs has a stable release and only the occasional bug report.

Will hopefully be releasing a 1.15.10 stable release (with some issues being finally resolved) and a 1.16.0 release that has the same fixes in preparation for further development.

Aside from configuration options, any requests?

This may be well outside of the scope of the mod (especially right now), but have you considered expanding irrigation methods/overhauling mechanics given the large fields required to feed players? Given that player-created canal irrigation is gated behind copper, it'd be nice to see a passive/non-gardening can irrigation method available (maybe muddy gravel blocks giving low levels of moisture to nearby blocks, or re-balancing moisture levels from water blocks?).