How to stop trash from appearing on farm?

[anatoliec]

Hi, every Spring I have to spend at least one or two in-game days doing nothing but chopping down new logs, rocks, grass and anything else that happens to grow RIGHT ON TOP of where I happen to put down stuff like coops, sprinklers etc.

How do I get this stuff to stop spawning? It looks so ugly :( at least get it to stop spawning nearby my structures. I'm okay if it only appears in corners of the farm that I'm not using.

[The Mighty Mulletman]

Using fences help. As does path tiles. Placing a path tile under your sprinkler will stop the weeds from destroying it.

[Juppstein]

This is nature trying to get back in control, as it happens on a real farm, constantly.

[SilentCaay]

Many people pave their farms with flooring tiles. I think paved farms are stupid and ugly. I don't mind cleaning up on a regular basis.

Spring 1 is the only day of the year where you get hit hard with overgrowth and trash so try not to worry about it too much. Even if it takes two days, make the first day half cleanup and half planting and then the second day you can finish cleanup and planting. Make sure you check the growth rate of the crops and any crop that will leave you a few extra days at the end of the season can be the crops you plant on Spring 2. Any crops that are tight on time you can plant on Spring 1.

[Ensign]

Cant stop trash from appearing, you could pave but then it looks more like a town with gardens than a farm. Different strokes different folks but it looks so impersonal and artificial.

Seasonal overgrowth/trash is a good mechanic. It not only gives you something to do but its free resources as was already said.

Some game mechanics can be tedius yes but some tedius mechanics make for good gameplay. Take fallout and survival mechanics for instance. Sleeping, eating, drinking dont add anything to your character. But it keeps you on a leash, it impedes your freedom and in turn it enhances gameplay by breaking monoteny. Without it you just raid town after town and burn out faster.

If trash didnt raise on your farm every season what would you do with the extra 1-2 clean up days? The same ol same ol you always do leading to stagnation.

You know whats tedius? Tilled tiles with no seeds erode and dissapear, Full harvest days that require replanting, whithered crops that dont dissapear and instead appear as dried vines. These mechanics however keep you on your land, it lets you break up your all day everyday rutine. Fishing trips, mine trips, desert trips. No farm planner means you have to take a day or two doing nothing but figuring what to place where.

Its good gameplay that enhances the experience. Learn to find joy in the days cleaning up. Think of it as anyother phase in your farm life. Before you can harvest you must plant, before you plant you must fertilize, before you fertilize you must till, before you till you must plan where to till, before you plan to till you must.........yes clean up the area you wish to till.

[anatoliec]

Originally posted by Ensign:

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I can't stand "survival" mechanics like thirst or hunger either. It's personally one of the worst features that has evolved in gaming. I play games to have fun, if you find a game "tedious" then in my opinion it's time to pack the game up and either A) go outside or B) find a new game. If I wanted something to be tedious, I'd go back to my first job making minimum wage washing dishes for a living.

I have enough wood, rocks and hay to last me a lifetime. I only have two chickens right now, and I don't care about them at all. I plop some hay in there, forget about them for a few days, put some more down and that's it. I don't need more resources, or if I did I could go to the forest south of my house and chop down the wood that regenerates year-round over there.

It seems like a silly thing in this game, taking such nice care of your farm and then having to clean it all up every day. I haven't had time to mine, fish or anything for the last few in-game days because all of my time has been swallowed by cleaning up and tidying my farm.

It's whatever at this point anyways, I've installed a mod manager at this point that chops down all bushes/grass for me instantly. I still have to cut up all those twigs that are lying around, but it's whatever.

Mechanically though, why does this even make sense-- it isn't immersive or fun. I understand grass growing and stuff, but where on earth do all those rocks and twigs come from? Do they just rain from the sky on the first of Spring?

[SilentCaay]

It's work. Working on a farm is work. Now in a video game sense they can't have you do all the nitty gritty of working on a real farm so they use something much more obvious and visual like debris on your fields. Just imagine you have gofers or something if you're so worried about where the rocks comes from.

[Ensign]

Originally posted by Soviet:

Mechanically though, why does this even make sense-- it isn't immersive or fun.

I dont wanna argue and never meant to argue about it. So if it ever sounds like i am just know im not, im just trying to inform you a little bit. Sometimes people just view things different. Opinions are opinions but your opinion is misguided. Not wrong just misguided. Play the game your way but it never hurts to get an understanding of what your missing out on.

Survival aspects are tedius sure but it makes your free "fun" time that much more valuable and enjoyable. In fallout you can play without consequence. Loot everything, carry everything and when your done raiding a city or bandit camp then you can just immediatly go raid the next one, day after day after day.
Well with hunger/thirst, stuff slows you down. You have to consider your days spent. It makes it much more exciting to go out the next day to continue your objective. Instead of playing just one way which is all combat all the time now you have to plan, before i go ill pack a lunch, i better fetch some water, how much ammo do i take, ibetter get a good nights sleep first. Its better this way.

You know what doesnt make sense? A game about farming. Its all work. You may as well stop playing and wash dishes, its work you get paid to do. Watering crops everyday, tilling soil, having a house with no kitchen? Lots of work, no fun. But it is fun. Its not just work, its a barrier you are meant to break to see progress.

Survival aspects in games and other tedious mechanics like this trash thing make games go from quick large bursts of fun that burn fast to meaningful slow burning good times you work tward. Games are part busy work and part fun. You cant play an RTS without first having an extended time of peace to gather resources. You cant play an RPG with the best most ultimate face melting weapons from the get go, you got to grind and work for that first. You can play a racer with the fastest hottest cars, you got to drive around in honda civics first. By the same token when you get to the end games of these games you know there is some sort of endgame bonus's that arent available to you until you do the busy work of grinding for money. Its the same in this game, trash will continue to impede your progress, its work but its necessary otherwise what is there to do every new season but replace your seeds?

So you made your mod manager handle most of the busy work for you thats great. But with all your time free'd up what do you do with it all? I dont subscribe to the camp of "omg cheats, easy mode engage" but your denying yourself the fun of steady progression. Having trash and debris build on your farm for you to clear is like having another mission thrown at you. A mission you can do all in one day or only in the areas that concern you over the next month or week.

[butterbattle22]

It takes you two days to clear out the stuff that grows at the beginning of a season? Whaaaaa, are we playing the same game? It takes me like two hours. Now, if my entire real estate was covered in fully grown trees, then it would take me two full days to clear it (with max level and iridium axe of course).

[butterbattle22]

Originally posted by Soviet:

It's whatever at this point anyways, I've installed a mod manager at this point that chops down all bushes/grass for me instantly. I still have to cut up all those twigs that are lying around, but it's whatever.

Wooooowwwww. You know what's not fun? You're no fun, bro.

Next, you should install mods that mine ores and fish for you.

[Totino]

Originally posted by Pyrofish:

Originally posted by butterbattle22:

Wooooowwwww. You know what's not fun? You're no fun, bro.

Next, you should install mods that mine ores and fish for you.

Why do you care?

Wooooowwwww

Autism.

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I feel like I'm witnessing something big.