Tree types?

[Danyel]

The trees that grow seem kind of random but does the type of dirt you grow it in have an effect on what type of tree it will be or look like?

[randal_thor69]

From what I have seen and what other players have said, it looks like trees grow randomly based on the planet you put the sapling on. I am thinking it also is based on the "biome" you plant the sapling in.

[Danyel]

Damn they need to change that so that the soil type determines the tree types that grow! I am not liking the tree growing near my pool....

[Danyel]

Okay I have done some digging into the "\data\configs\saplings\folder" and found there seems to be "different" saplings. I have also found a sapling.lst which if you rename to txt file show this:

SAPLING_FIR
SAPLING_DAHURIANLARCH
SAPLING_PINE
SAPLING_SPRUCE
SAPLING_OAK
SAPLING_APPLE
SAPLING_BIRCH
SAPLING_MAPLE
SAPLING_PALM
SAPLING_PALMBEACH
SAPLING_EUCALYPTUS
SAPLING_KAPOK
SAPLING_RAMON
SAPLING_ACACIA
SAPLING_BAOBAB
SAPLING_COMMONGUARRI
SAPLING_CACTI
SHROOMTREE_ONE
SHROOMTREE_THREE
SHROOMTREE_SIX
CANDY_ONE
CANDY_TWO
CANDY_THREE
STRAW
MANE_TWO
STAR_POINTER
WISE
BIG_CUBE_ON_STICK
SHROOM_ON_STICK
COLUMN
TOWER_SHROOMTREE
TOWER_SHROOMTREE7
LOLIPOP
BALL_COLONY
ARROW_COLONY
SPIDER
BONBON
CHALICE
FLOWER_ONE
FLOWER_TWO
FLOWER_THREE
FLOWER_FOUR
FLOWER_FIVE
FLOWER_SIX
SPIDER_FLOWER
LILY
FLOWER_COLONY
RACKET
FLOWER_MANE
STAR_GAZER
DARK_SHROOMTREE
SPIKER
SPIRALING_SNAKE
BOLD_SNAKE
BOULDER_RAISER
SPIDER_SNAKE
PEAK
ELDRITCH_CUBE
ELDRITCH_STAR
ELDRITCH_CIRCLE
MAD
ELDRITCH_WATCHER
LOVERS
STUBBORN_SNAKE
TWIN_SNAKES
TWIN_SPIRALS
VORTEX
STAR_SPIKES
CORAL_ONE
CORAL_TWO
CORAL_THREE
CORAL_FOUR
CORAL_FIVE
WATER_BONSAI
WATER_SHROOMTREE
WATER_BAOBAB
WATER_MAPLE
WATER_KAPOK
WATER_BEEF
WATER_PINEAPPLE
WATER_SALAD
TALL_CRYSTAL
WIDE_CRYSTAL
ENCAPSULATED_CRYSTAL
DOWN_CRYSTALS
UP_CUBES
UP_CRYSTALS
SWORD
SPEAR
MACE
NEEDLER
DROOPER
UP_PYRAMIDS
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_FIR
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_DAHURIANLARCH
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_PINE
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_BAOBAB
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_SPRUCE
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_OAK
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_BIRCH
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_MAPLE
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_PALM
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_PALMBEACH
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_EUCALYPTUS
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_KAPOK
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_RAMON
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_ACACIA
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_APPLE
SAPLING_MAJESTIC_COMMONGUARRI


I assume this is all the tree types that can be found in game.....now to figure out what make certain type grow, is it biome, dirt type, of more possibly where you got the sapling from?

The only saplings I have are from bardwell 1 and show up as sapling_fir but they seem to be making shroomy trees only.

[Daddy_Gambit]

On bardwell 2 you seem to get random trees from one type of sapling. I'm speculating of course, but I suspect they've added the underlying data structure to allow specific tree growth but are yet to implement it. Saplings wouldn't stack together if they were different, so perhaps they're unsure exactly how they want it to work, or maybe they just ran out of time before release. Agriculture is one of the listed features on the road map so hopefully they'll change it then.

[catnipsongs]

I plant 9 saplings in a square. Sometimes it comes out looking like one giant tree; other times it can look like a hodgepodge of different trees.

[Danyel]

Originally posted by catnipsongs:

I plant 9 saplings in a square. Sometimes it comes out looking like one giant tree; other times it can look like a hodgepodge of different trees.

Yes each type like for example shroom trees have several different types that look different but they are all "shroom" trees.

What I am looking for is different type of trees like the palm and majestic palm or oak and maple varieties.

That said I just spent a good bit of time looking for and "earth_biome" like it shows in the files but havent found any.

[algame]

I planted two saplings near each other and they turned into an insanely huge mega tree thats like a skyscraper, pretty bizarre...

[MistrBill]

They've got so many types of trees, dirt, and stone, even within the same biome. It's really odd that there's only one type of sapling.