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Title: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: mc858 on November 22, 2016, 02:17:38 AM
So i noticed my maps all end up looking like barren wastelands. No plants a couple years in (not counting my farms)

I have fires/flashstorms and animals grazing - but shouldnt it come back? i have pockets of the map (maybe 20%) that have animals and plants by year 3 onward- but the rest of the map is literally barren (doesnt matter what type of location i choose to start) - its really starting to get annoying because i need plants so i can have animals to hunt and tame...anyone else go through this?
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: OpposingForces on November 22, 2016, 03:00:31 AM
sounds kinda like an old bug that there used to be. the ground lost it's fertility level and so plants couldn't spawn and spread. strange though. pretty sure tynan fixed that a long time ago.
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: skullywag on November 22, 2016, 03:13:48 AM
Happens to everyone. Its just a thing that happens. Plants will only travel a certain length in from the map due to the animals now congregating there eating it back as it tries to spread.
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: Calahan on November 22, 2016, 03:42:17 AM
Tynan said he has made some changes to how plants reproduce in A16, which should help with this problem. Here is the link to Tynan's post (on reddit).

Tynan - "I've already re-tuned plant reproduction for A16 so this should be alleviated in future."
https://www.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/comments/5a60jx/so_a_thrumbo_just_selftamed/d9efpg4/
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: Bozobub on November 22, 2016, 10:00:01 AM
If you need grazing for animals, grow hay and/or restrict them to a dandelion plot ^^ .
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: laser50 on November 22, 2016, 01:55:50 PM
Quote from: Bozobub on November 22, 2016, 10:00:01 AM
If you need grazing for animals, grow hay and/or restrict them to a dandelion plot ^^ .

I think the thing is more that he doesn't want his world to look like a desert.
Perhaps it just needed more tweaking than Tynan did at that time
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: eadras on November 22, 2016, 09:51:42 PM
Quote from: Calahan on November 22, 2016, 03:42:17 AM
Tynan said he has made some changes to how plants reproduce in A16, which should help with this problem. Here is the link to Tynan's post (on reddit).

Tynan - "I've already re-tuned plant reproduction for A16 so this should be alleviated in future."
https://www.reddit.com/r/RimWorld/comments/5a60jx/so_a_thrumbo_just_selftamed/d9efpg4/
Thank you!  The barren wasteland effect was really starting to get me down.   ;D
Title: Re: My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!
Post by: zandadoum on November 23, 2016, 06:04:42 AM
Meanwhile , just plant small zones of trees and flowers all over the map, which currently helps with plant reproduction.