I got 2 useless gardening machines

[leannethesimsgirl]

It says they are not active when I check on it, what does that mean? I can't use it. I can't dig neither, even though I've gotten enough mist.

[Tilarta]

It means you have another Ancient Machine in operation.
The game only lets one type at any time be active.

For example, when my AutoCooker was batch processing some meals, all my Ancient Gardeners went offline.

[StressFrakture]

Originally posted by Tilarta:

It means you have another Ancient Machine in operation.
The game only lets one type at any time be active.

For example, when my AutoCooker was batch processing some meals, all my Ancient Gardeners went offline.

Really, seriously?

That is so useless.

I didn't know that. What is the incentive to build them all, then?

🙄

Sorry but this expansion has a lot of counter intuitive decisions in it.

[wesnef]

Just tested this, and mine are all working.
I set up my cooking machine to make 30 berry salads; then went and harvested pumpkins, replanted them with the gardening machine, and it proceeded to water them.

So it seems like you can have them running at the same time.

[Tilarta]

I found out what the conflict is.
You can only have a maximum of 4 Ancient Gardeners per biome.

I had already reached my limit, so AG5 deactivated.
I was trying to install 15 in the same biome.
Wondering now what to do.......

I don't like the idea of having to space out my crop harvests across several biomes, that's time inefficient.

[kitsuneblue]

Originally posted by Tilarta:

I found out what the conflict is.
You can only have a maximum of 4 Ancient Gardeners per biome.

I had already reached my limit, so AG5 deactivated.
I was trying to install 15 in the same biome.
Wondering now what to do.......

I don't like the idea of having to space out my crop harvests across several biomes, that's time inefficient.

yeah the limit of 4 is a bit much, could have atleast doubled that to make it a bit more useful for farming. the auto watering is useful but for a big feild you would almost have to let them water a set amount and move them manually to water the rest.

[StressFrakture]

So, not knowing what to do with the core thingies any more, I made some more machines.

Some I upgraded to Advanced.

I have a patch of veggies in the Glittering Dunes in the new land, since it keeps asking us to to do things there and also to plant or harvest veggies in the new lands. And I keep chests nearby with some seeds in (same as in the original valley, in the Pleasant Meadow.)

So anyway the Advanced one will JUST reach all of the rows of crops. I forget how many I had. Maybe 8 long? 4 deep? So that's nice, not to have to keep going back, to water.

@Tilarta thanks for that info. I was wondering what use the machines were if we can only have one.

I really want to put a Vacuum one in the original valley's Plaza. I am so sick of looking at stray sticks. Does it also take out the weeds, I mean, herbs and vines?

I only have Plaza trees in the Plaza and some other places. Btw, if we remove all trees including Plaza trees, do sticks still appear? Does Kristof sell that type of wood? I can't recall.

There are way too many crops in the Meadow for me to use machines on it all. Mostly I just let the pumpkins sit until I need a big influx of game dosh.

[StressFrakture]

Another question: Do we have to go from basic, to regular to advanced each time, to get an advanced machine?

Or once we make one advanced machine, could we carry on just making new ones that are advanced from the outset? Otherwise that's a LOT of core thingies every single time.

I don't want to do 3 sets of machines just to get one machine, EVERY single time. I want it to be like making a large storage chest -- just make one, from the outset. Thanks.

[wesnef]

Since the lv2 and lv3 machines include the lower-level machine in their cost, yeah you have to build all three. /shrug

Originally posted by Tilarta:

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I was trying to install 15 in the same biome.

*blink*

. . . why? O_o

[StressFrakture]

Originally posted by wesnef:

Since the lv2 and lv3 machines include the lower-level machine in their cost, yeah you have to build all three. /shrug

I was afraid of that. *has a sad*

I was hoping the ingredients list might change once one had been made.

Or maybe some future quest allowed that to occur, or something.

Hoping someone had seen a way that we did not have to make 3 machines every. single. time.

Thanks for the info. Devs, future update: Please let us just make the machine we want, once we've made the first like it? Thanks.

[Queen Tibby]

I am not building them or using them, i prefer to just gather and cook as i have always done, i feel they are a waste of time making them.

[wesnef]

I built two ancient gardeners, one for each region. Even if I harvest the plants manually (for helper benefits & crit successes), having the planting & watering be only a couple clicks is very handy.

Meanwhile, my ancient cooker is busily turning my large chest of berries into a large chest of berry salad.

[StressFrakture]

I set the cooker to make 10 banana pies, handy to have on hand, to feed a monkey. Haven't collected yet.

A bit disappointed in the vacuum. It does not pick things up until we tell it? I used it to scoop up all litter which was nice (and cost Mist), but then the litter began appearing soon after that.

Do we have to TELL it to pick up litter, each time? That seems counter intuitive. I want it to just do it for me, like a Roomba. Lol

I know we have to start a Roomba but we can also just leave it running.

Then I want the vacuum to let us take what we want and delete the rest. Without taking it to inventory before deleting what we don't want.

[wesnef]

Yeah, the vacuum seems pretty pointless.

[DarkMagic_1111]

Originally posted by leannethesimsgirl:

It says they are not active when I check on it, what does that mean? I can't use it. I can't dig neither, even though I've gotten enough mist.

So glad I waited before I wasted my inventory making these. UGH I have mixed feelings about this expansion.

[Tilarta]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3122166880
Because I do not enjoy having to water all these plants manually and then having to do that task for a second time when they dehydrate.

In this screenshot, there are only 4 machines, which is the set limit.
Obviously that is not enough for a farm of this quantity.