Mowing leaves nearly invisible tufts of tall grass

[Malidictus]

There's a slight design issue when mowing tall grass. Because mowing isn't done on a grid but rather with a "brush," it's entirely possible to accidentally leave tiny individual pixels of unmowed tall grass behind. They're very hard to see since they're often below the granularity of the minimap and they can be hard to spot visually. Is it possible to make tall grass simply disappear if it's reduced to a small enough isolated shape?

I ask, because this is already the case for those piles of rubble we have to dig out. Once we've removed enough of the pile, the entire thing disappears without needing us to remove every single brick and piece of rubble. It would prevent me from having to blindly wave my mower at nothing hoping to clip into bits of tall grass I can't see.

[stormfeather3]

I can totally relate to your issue with the small patches of tall grass. Frustrating, yes.

[bbgDaryl]

I'm currently on 98% of a Mow the Lawn objective because of this. I've been walking back and forth over the whole property for an hour. :(

[OM]

Originally posted by Darylplier:

I'm currently on 98% of a Mow the Lawn objective because of this. I've been walking back and forth over the whole property for an hour. :(

If there are bushes around the area I walked along the property with my mower in the bushes, there are areas of tall grass in the bushes that you can't see and don't show up on the minimap with the upgrade.

I don't like that you can cut tall grass a bit short but not completely short and it'll count as now having been mowed and because it's no longer "tall" it won't appear in the minimap

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by OM:

If there are bushes around the area I walked along the property with my mower in the bushes, there are areas of tall grass in the bushes that you can't see and don't show up on the minimap with the upgrade.

There's that too, yeah. Bushes and non-removable trees might block you from moving through them, but they still contain grass "inside" them. I've spent quite a while walking around trees mowing the grass underneath them in a house I own. I do feel we need easier access to the areas around and immediately below these things.

That's a separate issue, though, as anyone who's tried to lay turf or gravel around a tree will know full well.

Originally posted by OM:

I don't like that you can cut tall grass a bit short but not completely short and it'll count as now having been mowed and because it's no longer "tall" it won't appear in the minimap

And also this! It took me a very long time to realise that grass can be cut low enough to not show up on the map as "tall grass" but not low enough to count as mowed. The "tall grass" designation really needs to apply to ANYTHING that isn't neatly mowed grass, as far as I'm concerned.

[LadyBoss85]

Yes please ! I also have 2 jobs now at 98% because of the grass. I zoomed the mini-map, and walked around for a long time, but no grass visible or found :(

[Radiocaster]

Check bushes and fences, also look at the map to make sure everything is light green

[jamew85]

same problem here. I am stuck at 97% have been waving my mower around like im in a b-tier horror movie for the last half hour on 3 square metres of gras. went through the trees through the bushes through the wall and still cant find those 3%

Edit: and yeah the exit strategy didnt work for me either.

[|Rivid|]

Hello guys, we are aware of this issue. We've prepared a fixed already, we just need to test it properly, before we upload an update.

Thank you for your patience!

[Malidictus]

That's good to hear, then. Despite everything, mowing the lawn is actually a pretty relaxing activity. If not for this issue of pixel-hunting the last few tufts of grass, it would be pretty enjoyable, even if it does take a long time (as it should). Thanks for having a look.

[bbgDaryl]

For anyone stuck on the Outdoor Cinema one, the unmown grass is under the left side of the house. Slide along the wall moving the mower up and down. Hope you can find it. I did out of desperate luck.

[❅ X ❅]

Originally posted by Darylplier:

For anyone stuck on the Outdoor Cinema one, the unmown grass is under the left side of the house. Slide along the wall moving the mower up and down. Hope you can find it. I did out of desperate luck.

thanks

[Nite69]

use the carpet trick to get the grass down, its great for tight areas

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1943595867

[Nite69]

beat ya cody ;P

[Juzia]

Originally posted by Darylplier:

For anyone stuck on the Outdoor Cinema one, the unmown grass is under the left side of the house. Slide along the wall moving the mower up and down. Hope you can find it. I did out of desperate luck.

OMG - you are so right! I got it going slow with the the weedtrimmer along that left side of the house! Thank you so much!