Repairing fences is really tedious

[Kapetan Kasil]

Hey, I've got a suggestion: Repairing fences, whatever material, is really tedious because not all parts "decay" at the same time, so once the decay starts you'll be busy repairing the fence pretty much for the rest of your life, unless you tear down everything and build them anew. Can't you make it so when you left-click a fence (maybe add a new item, like a hammer) you have the option to "repair fence" with a set amount of ressources and repair the fence for good (until the next "decay")?

No really, it's extremely tedious, especially if you've got a lot of fences.

[hairyharryz]

I have Hardwood fences and I haven't needed to repair them once since I placed them in on Year 1, Fall (Right now I am in Year 2, Fall). My in-game spouse repairs them every week too so I can't even repair them even if I wanted to.

[mmmmarygray]

Originally posted by Player:

Can't you make it so when you left-click a fence (maybe add a new item, like a hammer) you have the option to "repair fence" with a set amount of ressources and repair the fence for good (until the next "decay")?

You can repair them already actually. Equip a fence piece of the same material (stone for stone, iron for iron, ect) and click on a broken piece.

[Achor]

And here i just replaced all fences with chests, only have the ones around the gates, it doesnt look as good but i didnt want to use hardwood when i placed them and was sick of fixing them up

[mmmmarygray]

Originally posted by Achor:

And here i just replaced all fences with chests, only have the ones around the gates, it doesnt look as good but i didnt want to use hardwood when i placed them and was sick of fixing them up

Yeah, a lot of people do that too. Or make them out of lightning rods, since those by default will not be destroyed by lightning. (Although I think chests can't be anymore either, but I am not 100% sure)

I personally like fixing up fences. Gives me stuff to do.

[Lurlex]

I'm just curious ... how many of you all that are super-concerned about fence decay are actually under the impression (barring the possibility that you might be keeping pigs) that it actually does anything for your game besides aesthetics?

My best answer is to stop building them, if maintaining them becomes a chore. They honestly don't help anything except for keeping very wide-roaming (again, pigs) livestock in place. They're of no gameplay benefit to anyone that largely sticks to chickens and crops.

[Kapetan Kasil]

Originally posted by Lurlex:

I'm just curious ... how many of you all that are super-concerned about fence decay are actually under the impression (barring the possibility that you might be keeping pigs) that it actually does anything for your game besides aesthetics?

My best answer is to stop building them, if maintaining them becomes a chore. They honestly don't help anything except for keeping very wide-roaming (again, pigs) livestock in place. They're of no gameplay benefit to anyone that largely sticks to chickens and crops.

Aesthetics is exactly what I'm going for, actually. =P

[ThatChickWithTheRabbit]

Originally posted by Lurlex:

I'm just curious ... how many of you all that are super-concerned about fence decay are actually under the impression (barring the possibility that you might be keeping pigs) that it actually does anything for your game besides aesthetics?

My best answer is to stop building them, if maintaining them becomes a chore. They honestly don't help anything except for keeping very wide-roaming (again, pigs) livestock in place. They're of no gameplay benefit to anyone that largely sticks to chickens and crops.

I have them for looks, mostly. Too bad there's no alternative to hardwood yet; I'd love a stone fence with hardwood's durability.

[mmmmarygray]

Originally posted by ThatKidWithTheRabbit:

Originally posted by Lurlex:

I'm just curious ... how many of you all that are super-concerned about fence decay are actually under the impression (barring the possibility that you might be keeping pigs) that it actually does anything for your game besides aesthetics?

My best answer is to stop building them, if maintaining them becomes a chore. They honestly don't help anything except for keeping very wide-roaming (again, pigs) livestock in place. They're of no gameplay benefit to anyone that largely sticks to chickens and crops.

I have them for looks, mostly. Too bad there's no alternative to hardwood yet; I'd love a stone fence with hardwood's durability.

Yeah, I would love to have designs for each fence type. Still would take the same material to make maybe, plus something for the design. So a hardwood fence with a stone design would be 2 hardwood and 1 stone, or something like that.