Should I be crafting furniture for the villagers?

[emitfudd]

I was just reading an article that said something about the kids sitting around the fire. I have a bunch of kids in my village from 0 to 5 years old. All they do is stand in front of their house coughing all day. LOL. I am currently in year 10. Am I missing out by not crafting furniture for the villagers? If I build a campfire and put some benches around it will they use it? If I remember right the campfire didn't last too long before it despawned.

[Fel]

There is a fire that doesn't go away, with stones around it like in the NPC villages, that's the one you want.

And yes, your villagers (and travellers if it happens to be in their path) will use that and your tavern.

[simeon]

Yup, use the stone campfire. It does not despawn. With benches/chairs around, and they will gather/sit there when these places are near to their assigned homes. (Workers before and after their workshift, kids & teens all day)

[emitfudd]

Thanks for the info. Time to start building some furniture.

[emitfudd]

Originally posted by Fel:

There is a fire that doesn't go away, with stones around it like in the NPC villages, that's the one you want.

And yes, your villagers (and travellers if it happens to be in their path) will use that and your tavern.

I just built multiple stone fires and they don't despawn but they keep going out. Do they automatically light at night like the tavern lights do?

[emitfudd]

Originally posted by simeon:

Yup, use the stone campfire. It does not despawn. With benches/chairs around, and they will gather/sit there when these places are near to their assigned homes. (Workers before and after their workshift, kids & teens all day)

My villagers are sitting at the fire before shift but the kids are still standing in front of their houses during the day.

[Fel]

No, if you want them to be lit you have to do it yourself every time sadly.

[emitfudd]

Originally posted by Fel:

No, if you want them to be lit you have to do it yourself every time sadly.

That is sad. Seems like if there is firewood in the resource storage it should light automatically. That should have been a no brainer.

UPDATE: I can confirm that all of my stone campfires lit automatically at 18:00. Fantastic!

I need to correct my statement that campfires light automatically. They are indeed lit by villagers. Usually all my campfires are lit within a few minutes past 18:00.

[Jemor]

As far as I know little kids won't go to the camp fire... they will stand in the front of their house until older.

[mdmnym]

The campfires do not automatically light. However, your villagers will light them when they stop working. Especially any male villager that takes on the role of patrolling the village at night.

[Werric]

Interesting to me that the torches I have placed around the village automatically light up every evening but the campfires are hit or miss. I understand the campfire mechanic it just seems to me it should be automatic like the torches.

[simeon]

Originally posted by Werric:

Interesting to me that the torches I have placed around the village automatically light up every evening but the campfires are hit or miss. I understand the campfire mechanic it just seems to me it should be automatic like the torches.

This and also the lighting of house interiors when it’s getting dark, has been already suggested (May even several times) in the feedback and questions sections.
I’m sure RC is aware of it and if time comes we may have that implemented one day. Would add a lot, ut may this is more the category of polishing so for later stages in the development.

[Chief]

be great to have more light in the house

[simeon]

Originally posted by emitfudd:

Originally posted by simeon:

Yup, use the stone campfire. It does not despawn. With benches/chairs around, and they will gather/sit there when these places are near to their assigned homes. (Workers before and after their workshift, kids & teens all day)

My villagers are sitting at the fire before shift but the kids are still standing in front of their houses during the day.

It could be, that I’m wrong.
I think I saw some kids sitting at the tables in the yard of my tavern and at the fireplaces in a lost session.
But that was before 0.4.x.
And I am not that far in my current session, to check. Sorry if I misinformed. :)

[Fel]

Kids have various stages before they become adult so maybe it was a bit further in the age as well.

[Chief]

be nice if the village folk would light up the fires in the houses