My map is dead by year 3 - every time!!

[mc858]

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?

[OpposingForces]

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.

[skullywag]

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.

[Calahan]

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/

[Bozobub]

If you need grazing for animals, grow hay and/or restrict them to a dandelion plot ^^ .

[laser50]

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

[eadras]

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.   

[zandadoum]

Meanwhile , just plant small zones of trees and flowers all over the map, which currently helps with plant reproduction.