Could a pro teach me the exatcly way to ''aim'' a direction for the tree to fall?

[Khalunka]

Title. Or its random?

I tried hitting from different angles, but nothing.
I guess the terrain elevation could be the key here, but I am hoping is not that.

Is there a way to actually be sure 100% of the time, the player making the tree fall the direction he wants it to?

I hope that made sense.
Thanks

Edit: Thanks for everyone's concerns about my safety, but that is not my problem at all. I just want to learn if I could properly aim or not a tree, so I could farm it better.

[vinyblaster]

It's not 100% but I find that when I use the middle click move with my axe I'm often able to "push" the falling tree forward. Terrain probably plays a role too, although I often see trees falling uphill so I dont know.

[Zep Tepi]

Not 100% no matter what you do. It does fall away from me more often than toward me, but then there are more angles that are away than toward (kind of like sailing). I try to stand uphill and upwind or with my back to whatever I don't want to be hit, but I'm not certain about those either. It does seem to have a higher than average chance that the second tree that the first one hits will fall toward me though.

I'm always ready to run, especially when the trees are close together and the dominoes start falling.

Once had a pet lox hit a tree, right on the edge of loading distance, and it didn't fall at all until the next morning.

[explor]

Location, lean, weight and kick-back. 1-location, is the grade, is it on a hill? trees normally grow true, vertical up&down relative to the ground. so if your standing on a hill and the tree is vertical, to you it is leaning. then kick back should be down-word and the canopy should fall up hill? 2- lean, which way is it leaning relative to you standing next to it. ideally you want to be opposite to the way it's leaning. 3-weight, look up at the canopy, estimate which side of the tree the weight is on ie. limbs & branches, then make your best estimate of which way it will fall and chop from the opposite side, be ready to get the h_ll out of the way as canopy's will get tangled, while watching out for kick-back.4- kick-back, as the top of the tree goes down it will put angled pressure on the stump, causing it to slide in the opposite direction, that is towards you and the last thing you want is to be wearing a few tons of tree as a navel ring. just be ready to dodge, run & jump. in real life you would place a counter cut maybe a quart way in to help with direction but its not 100%, experience is the best teacher and if all your est-emits are pretty good it should come down about were you want it to? so now your a lumber-jack now go out and cut some wood and try not to d-e, just remember trees can be killers to. oh and be ready for secondary tree knock downs and roll backs as they come down without limbs. PS once I got a half dozen with one.

[OctoberSky]

Rank amateur here and I find beech trees too unpredictable and perhaps the Meadows equivalent to a "mob" when they crash into each other and cause cascading timber falls. So I approach them like a mob. Take out the first and back up.

[kaypy]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2996229773

More seriously, its worth noting that most axes are one handed, allowing you to have a shield ready in case the tree gets vicious.

[UncleAcidic]

I actually just jump up and kinda push it the direction I want it to go.
another little trick: hit the tree normally twice. then hit it with the middle mouse attack. QUICKLY while the tree is falling, hit it again with the middle mouse. most of the time this will cause one log to break up before hitting the ground and the other log to land harmlessly nearby. this only works with a maxed bronze ax or better, in my experience.

[Khalunka]

Origineel geplaatst door kaypy:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2996229773

More seriously, its worth noting that most axes are one handed, allowing you to have a shield ready in case the tree gets vicious.

Wait, is it a meme or actually works?

[vinyblaster]

Origineel geplaatst door Frick:

Origineel geplaatst door kaypy:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2996229773

More seriously, its worth noting that most axes are one handed, allowing you to have a shield ready in case the tree gets vicious.

Wait, is it a meme or actually works?

I don't see why it wouldn't work. Looks like a cool idea actually, unless the tree clips out of the beams when it breaks from the stump.

[GUNNYCANUCK]

Origineel geplaatst door OctoberSky:

Rank amateur here and I find beech trees too unpredictable and perhaps the Meadows equivalent to a "mob" when they crash into each other and cause cascading timber falls. So I approach them like a mob. Take out the first and back up.

Cascading timber falls is how I log in Valheim, look for a big hill and cut down one tree at the top of the hill...let the chaos work for you.

[Frank Dunn]

If you have no armor and no food buffs it falls toward you, if you're wearing padded armor it falls away from you.

Edit: I said falls toward you but I really meant to say slingshots at the speed of sound.

[Khalunka]

Thanks for everyone's concerns about my safety, but that is not my problem at all. I just wanted to learn if I could properly aim or not a tree, so I could farm it better. I will edit my post with this message as well.

[ostlandr]

I can tell you from bitter experience that the experience is 100% real world accurate. :-)

[Imhotep]

Origineel geplaatst door Frick:

Title. Or its random?

I tried hitting from different angles, but nothing.
I guess the terrain elevation could be the key here, but I am hoping is not that.

Is there a way to actually be sure 100% of the time, the player making the tree fall the direction he wants it to?

I hope that made sense.
Thanks

Edit: Thanks for everyone's concerns about my safety, but that is not my problem at all. I just want to learn if I could properly aim or not a tree, so I could farm it better.

Yo yo yo yo hi. i just wanted to say as soon as i chop down a tree i run and jump towards it to knock it down in preferred direction.

NOTE: this only works slightly. LOL.

[6h0$t942]

Yes its terrain elevation. You can use this to your advantage when you plant trees. When youre not using trees as aesthetics you can plant them on a slope so that when you cut one they fall into eachother. Its glorious

E: put wooden fence walls at the bottom of the slope so they dont roll very far

[Jbones]

i didn't see it posted but might have missed it - the trees you plant will fall away from you when you chop them down so you can direct those easy - the wild trees are random or fall down slope (at least i'm 90% sure of the planted ones)