• For the hours of sunlight, one day is one reboot. This can be changed, it was just for a ballpark figure.

• The maximum and minimum fertility rating is based on the terrain and the intuition (from Puma).
• If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on any of these things, they are welcome to add.

-- AureleaGu - 11 Apr 2006

Any feedback?

Any feedback? -- AureleaGu - 21 Mar 2006

-- AureleaGu - 21 Mar 2006

• • Sure. For one I was thinking that it wouldn't be possible to grow plants in a town. Just because the ground is probably going to be rock or brick etc, not ideal for digging in. But yeah I think that the classes could be split up that way. Number class could have to do with climate while a Letter type would be the type of terrain it is. -- AureleaGu - 24 Mar 2006

• I think there should perhaps be two classifications, one for climate and one for terrain type? Could you make a list of those? -- PumaN - 22 Mar 2006

Ok so here's what I think. You can grow your own plants. There are certain plants which will grow better in different conditions. IE a moss/fungus will grow well anywhere, but it is the only thing that can be grown in a northern climate. as opposed to a fruit which would need a warmer climate. You need to clear your patch for gardening, then dig your little hole to plant either your seeds or spores. If you want you can soak the seeds in water prior to planting them which will increase there chances of producing anything, though it is not necessary. After planting your seeds, you water them and it will take a set amount of time before they grow. You can then use these plants for potions and whatnot. Another option is to give the seeds to a planter and as suggested elsewhere, to pay him to grow them. I think a fantastic place for this could be the elfrea farm. It would give a reason to recode that area anyways, which is old and not up to standards. If you don't pay a farmer to do it, you always run the risk of having your plant stolen by some player that just runs along, sees it just sitting there and goes yoink. I'd be willing to classify each room in the mud according to the type of climate it is and how well stuff would grow there. IE the northern tundra would be Class 1 (cold). whereas a little further south in the swamp of dmoor it'd be Class 4 (it'd be warm but damp), and the forest of dmoor would be a Class 5 (warm and semi-dry). etc. I know it'd be a lot of work. And while I coded it all into the mud we'd probably have to go into temp mode. But the players like that sort of thing anyways.

Any feedback? -- AureleaGu - 21 Mar 2006

Perhaps each area/room tracks what plants/vegetation it contains, instead of each one being an object of its own.

Some plants (carrots for example) bear 'fruit' one year, and flowers/seeds the next.

-- PumaN - 25 Apr 2003

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get seeds
   seeds may be gathered
   seeds may be purchased or traded
germinate seeds
   seeds may be germinated naturally
   seeds may be germinated by players or NPCs
watch the plant grow
   plants may grow in a cultivated environment
   plants can grow wild
fruit/spores (birth)
   some plants grow fruit/spores
      % chance of fruit (depending on the type)
   some plants do not bear fruit/spores
      drop seeds
      or no seeds
   fruit drops
      seeds come from the fruit
seeds (reproduction)
% chance of seeds spreading in this room
% chance of seeds spreading to adjoining rooms
the plant eventually dies
the plant leaves behind a 'dead object'

-- ElffyB - 25 Apr 2003