About rain-watering crops

[MAKAIROSI]

I wanted to created a rain "trapper" so that the water could then travel through wooden paths to water my entire farm. Sadly this cannot happen.

I wish the game was coded so that it lets you to use your imagination not just for decorating a place, but also so that you can find your own way to solve your problems.

I'm not bashing the game, but this made me sad.

[MongooseCalledFred]

Do you have background blocks anywhere? Rain water only accumulates if there are background blocks behind it when it hits something.

[MAKAIROSI]

So if i place background blocks i can guide rainwater to water my crops? Will it travel through the already watered crops like a "flood" ? What method are you using besides sprinklers ?

[Pyroshine]

Its may work but the problem is that if it's to much water (like a flood) they can be washed away.

[MongooseCalledFred]

I've almost always used the watering can/straight rainfall rather than the sprinklers. In an earlier version I tried to build a rain-catching reservoir and then use wiring and hatches to drop the water on the crops, but I didn't get it fine-tuned enough not to flood the seeds. There are mods around here somewhere with stuff like tiny doors and liquid pumping. They could be useful.

[MAKAIROSI]

I've seen pumps in the game but i always assumed they're decorative, since everything else seems to be (with but a few exceptions)

[MongooseCalledFred]

Originally posted by MAKAIROSI:

I've seen pumps in the game but i always assumed they're decorative, since everything else seems to be (with but a few exceptions)

Nothing in game actually moves water up. The mod I'm referring to lets you wire a "source" (that acts like a drain) to a "faucet" that dumps the drained liquid. I'm pretty sure you can use wiring to control when it is active.