Hay isn't Straw

[Vhodnoylogin]

There are no diffference between hay and straw in game , but it's not equal things.
Google said something like that "Hay is a crop that is grown and harvested as a feed crop for cattle, horses and other farm animals. Straw on the other hand is a byproduct of a grain crop;"...


Well, what's wrong? Animals eat all straw = steal build materal.
But if separete straw to two different resourses - we take profit in feeding and building.

[Pervy]

Hay is grass.

all the farm animals eat can both Hay and straw.

[Vhodnoylogin]

Yes, it is.
But hay - is grass (you're right). So you can get it from one field more, than straw.
Straw - more quality type of grass (long elastic steady stem). It's good to build. Hard to gain.
Hay - every dried grass to feed pets. Easy to pick from every field.

So, only in absence of hay you feed by straw.

[VA gamer]

Other forum posters have suggested "straw" as animal food is more like a symbol that represents various efforts to put up winter fodder. If you can grow crops, you can figure out how to put some aside to feed crops in winter. That said, I would prefer an option to choose for myself whether to feed grain or "straw" first.

I would also like to see thatch as something that can be made from river reeds and/or straw, so there's less pressure between building and supporting livestock. Ostriv has a nice thatch setup, for example.

[threethreethree]

I wish I could plant the berry bushes as well as the 4 trees we have. (And the generic service tree is funny with having specifically pear cherry and chestnut) And I'd like more flexibility in tree planting...in a way by which I can get more of them in closer among my buildings.

But part of my wishes here is because I'd enjoy beautifying my village, getting those pretty colors and just general foliage all around within my village...and I don't think that people in these time periods were very worried about aesthetic landscaping - our aesthetic scaping comes in the form of spiritual structures, and that's perfect enough for the game. Also I figure otherwise the tree planting dynamics are just what they need to be...probably couldn't or shouldn't change it any.

[Mk Z]

theres no hay in the game afaik
would be fun to have
more elaborate grazing+feeding system

[martiño]

Originally posted by vhodnoylogin:

There are no diffference between hay and straw in game

Yes, you are totally right this is quite wrong in the game, we are considering some potential fixes to this to make it more realistic.

[Vhodnoylogin]

Originally posted by martiño:

this is quite wrong in the game, we are considering some potential fixes to this to make it more realistic

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