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HarmB
Jun 19, 2006



Hitlers Gay Secret posted:

I should probably keep an ancient fruit in a box until I get the seed maker, or is it pretty easy to find one in the mines? I know I grabbed one at the end of Summer 1, but I haven't seen any since.

Definitely save all and make seeds of them so you can maximize your greenhouse when you get it

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Chump Farts
May 9, 2009

There is no Coordinator but Narduzzi, and Shilique is his Prophet.

Chump Farts posted:

Thanks for the answer. I guess I'll try bumbling around. Are these getting fixed next patch? Does the beta patch fix them? It mentions events but not these bugs in particular.

Responding this to say I don't have that event, it just isn't firing. Does it not fire in Fall?

Owl Inspector
Sep 14, 2011

What can I do with these 2 ancient fruits

Adlai Stevenson posted:

Reddit link: profession editing

Also it isn't lame, that crab pot profession is awwwfffffuullllll and deserves some love in a future patch/mod

Crab pots made a good first impression from the 3 you get for a community center package but my opinion of them dropped from there. You have to take time to visit them every single day, they never have anything that valuable, and often have trash. The only good side so far has been getting the occasional lobster to give to elliot. And hell if I'm paying 3 iron bars for any more of the things.

I just need 2 more fishing ranks and then I'm getting that pirate perk because the fish treasures lock me in a horrible skinner box from which I will never escape.

Entoloma
Jan 2, 2009
Well my farm has been tilling along steadily. Income now is constant because of all the things!

So I had a meteor fall from the sky and land on the edge of what was a melon field - is now a corn field. So it seems there is a reason to upgrade my pickaxe some more! I've finally managed to get several batteries after storms through summer. The lightning rod bug is still a thing though - I've given up replacing that particular one. (I've basically got four rods but the top-left one keeps vanishing) Got access to the sewers now too.

So hops. I hadn't grown hops previously but after they mature, the fact that they produce a harvestable EVERY day is super useful and will carry my big bunch of fermenting kegs through the rest of the year. And they fetch a good price until next summer when I plant all my starfruit. Don't sell hops by themselves though - they aren't worth much as a raw material. Although I wonder - fruit based beverages take longer to ferment than hops do - you literally get ale every two days with hops. I haven't worked out which is more profitable.

Also amusingly I only recently discovered that planting flowers around beehives improves the kind of honey you get. Despite having 11 of them for ages. It certainly makes sense though.

I also picked up the seashell amulet I need to marry my person of choice although I haven't given it to them as yet.

This game is just super relaxing to play. It also has a generally happy vibe that I find genuinely refreshing (even if Clint is a mountain of misery at times). But then for me DS3 is next month so I suppose it is something positive before I'm absorbed by the grim, dying embers of that. =P

Adlai Stevenson
Mar 4, 2010

Making me ashamed to feel the way that I do

Digirat posted:

Crab pots made a good first impression from the 3 you get for a community center package but my opinion of them dropped from there. You have to take time to visit them every single day, they never have anything that valuable, and often have trash. The only good side so far has been getting the occasional lobster to give to elliot. And hell if I'm paying 3 iron bars for any more of the things.

The iron bars is what gets me. I'm still in year one and haven't put in a ton of time mining. Iron isn't exactly scarce but I have tools to upgrade and things to build.

I like crab pots in concept and I'm fine runnin' down to the beach on days where I forage but no, I'm in no way spending 3 iron bars on those things right now and probably ever

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Digirat posted:

Crab pots made a good first impression from the 3 you get for a community center package but my opinion of them dropped from there. You have to take time to visit them every single day, they never have anything that valuable, and often have trash. The only good side so far has been getting the occasional lobster to give to elliot. And hell if I'm paying 3 iron bars for any more of the things.

I just need 2 more fishing ranks and then I'm getting that pirate perk because the fish treasures lock me in a horrible skinner box from which I will never escape.

Yeah, it's so much setup and work for such a piddling income. Maybe if you could get both the requires no bait and never fishes up trash perks it would be worth it, but they're mutually exclusive. Really, everything else pales in comparison to the income you can get from crops.

Tiny Chalupa
Feb 14, 2012
Are star fruit multi harvest?
Trying to decide if worth using over cranberries in my green house. It is winter for whatever that matters

100 HOGS AGREE
Oct 13, 2007
Grimey Drawer
a dozen crab pots set up in the ponds on on your farm will keep you in sashimi for no effort, I haven't really bothered aside from that.

GenderSelectScreen
Mar 7, 2010

I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
College Slice

Tiny Chalupa posted:

Are star fruit multi harvest?

No.

Sankis
Mar 8, 2004

But I remember the fella who told me. Big lad. Arms as thick as oak trees, a stunning collection of scars, nice eye patch. A REAL therapist he was. Er wait. Maybe it was rapist?


Tiny Chalupa posted:

Are star fruit multi harvest?
Trying to decide if worth using over cranberries in my green house. It is winter for whatever that matters

They are not.

Tiny Chalupa
Feb 14, 2012
poo poo

Maybe I shouldn't have bought 40 pouches then. Oh well come summer I'll have fields for days haha

Finally unlocking some heart scenes and they are really well done. Mind you i think my highest is 3 stars but drat. I really like it
The sound track is great and I'm enjoying winter. Nice change of pace

Sankis
Mar 8, 2004

But I remember the fella who told me. Big lad. Arms as thick as oak trees, a stunning collection of scars, nice eye patch. A REAL therapist he was. Er wait. Maybe it was rapist?


40 Starfruit will still get you a poo poo ton of money so it's not going to be wasted or anything.

Ice Phisherman
Apr 12, 2007

Swimming upstream
into the sunset



Digirat posted:

What can I do with these 2 ancient fruits

They're worth 750 a piece, but you can make ancient seeds out of them. Think of them as a long term investment. Plant ancient fruits, make more ancient seeds, plant even more ancient fruits, make even more ancient seeds. You decide when to sell them. The limiting factor is time.

m2pt5
May 18, 2005

THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK

Sankis posted:

40 Starfruit will still get you a poo poo ton of money so it's not going to be wasted or anything.

3x as much if you turn them into wine first

FreelanceSocialist
Nov 19, 2002

Ice Phisherman posted:

They're worth 750 a piece, but you can make ancient seeds out of them. Think of them as a long term investment. Plant ancient fruits, make more ancient seeds, plant even more ancient fruits, make even more ancient seeds. You decide when to sell them. The limiting factor is time.

And ancient fruit is produces multiples through the season. That's pretty much what I planted in my greenhouse once I got that unlocked.

Owl Inspector
Sep 14, 2011

Mine survived the season transition from summer to autumn. Can they survive winter?

GenderSelectScreen
Mar 7, 2010

I DON'T KNOW EITHER DON'T ASK ME
College Slice
Nope

m2pt5
May 18, 2005

THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK

Digirat posted:

Mine survived the season transition from summer to autumn. Can they survive winter?

Ancient Fruit's season is "any but winter".

Cantorsdust
Aug 10, 2008

Infinitely many points, but zero length.

m2pt5 posted:

Nope, they're gone.

That said, there's a mod that will not only let you plant any crop in any season, it also prevents the season switch from killing crops.

That's me, All Crops All Seasons. Working on a version for Storm now. The Storm team are working on adding items to the game properly. Once that's done I should be able to define what seeds get sold in the seed shop each season, so you'll be able to plant what you want whenever.

Rookersh
Aug 19, 2010
So I've literally never played a Harvest Moon/Rune Factory game before, but Stardew hooked me for 50 hours so far ( and thinking back on it, Recettear hooked me for 70ish ), so I'm tempted to go back and try them out.

What would be the games in both series that are must haves/best to get into? Which are considered the "collectors" style games, that are well regarded but maybe haven't aged well? Which are the -bad- games in those series?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



So wait, if I plant corn in summer will it survive the transition to fall or will I need to plant new corn?

overdesigned
Apr 10, 2003

We are compassion...
Lipstick Apathy
Corn planted in summer will survive through the transition into fall.

Will ancient fruit survive the transition from fall > winter in a greenhouse? About to unlock it.

Also will it survive winter > spring of a new year in a greenhouse?

Rap Music and Dope
Dec 25, 2010
For some reason Euros really suck to
where the gently caress is a fuckin grape

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Rookersh posted:

So I've literally never played a Harvest Moon/Rune Factory game before, but Stardew hooked me for 50 hours so far ( and thinking back on it, Recettear hooked me for 70ish ), so I'm tempted to go back and try them out.

What would be the games in both series that are must haves/best to get into? Which are considered the "collectors" style games, that are well regarded but maybe haven't aged well? Which are the -bad- games in those series?

Rune Factories 3 and 4 are both super solid but in different ways and I feel that's probably the consensus.

Harvest Moon is harder to answer...I feel like of all the HM games the one that's probably closest in feel to Stardew Valley is probably going to be Magical Melody. The only ones I would say to avoid are the early DS ones; Harvest Moon DS was notoriously buggy and Sunshine Islands was just an ungodly chore to play.

Indecisive
May 6, 2007


Rap Music and Dope posted:

where the gently caress is a fuckin grape

foraged in the summer or a crop in the fall

Rogue
May 11, 2002

I'm just starting out, is it bad to walk over your crops as you water them? What's the best layout for planting stuff, 2x10 long rows so you don't have to walk over them, or 3x3 squares, or it doesn't matter?

Indecisive
May 6, 2007


Walking on them doesn't matter at all, crop layout doesn't matter until you get sprinklers or upgraded watering cans. Squares of 3x3 is a convenient multiple though, you can stand in the middle and harvest/plant/water without moving

Skaw
Aug 5, 2004

m2pt5 posted:

3x as much if you turn them into wine first

I think you mean 4.5x as much cause seriously, take Artisan.

Goatse James Bond
Mar 28, 2010

If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Away all Goats posted:

I just pet them in the morning when they're all together in the coop/barn. If you just close the hatch after letting them out they seem to just teleport into the building at night anyway.

Not always, sometimes they get stuck outside and get mad.

LLSix
Jan 20, 2010

The real power behind countless overlords

Has anyone managed to get an Amethyst on the first Friday to give to Abigail? I've been trying all evening without success.

Yakiniku Teishoku
Mar 16, 2011

Peace On Egg

Rookersh posted:

So I've literally never played a Harvest Moon/Rune Factory game before, but Stardew hooked me for 50 hours so far ( and thinking back on it, Recettear hooked me for 70ish ), so I'm tempted to go back and try them out.

What would be the games in both series that are must haves/best to get into? Which are considered the "collectors" style games, that are well regarded but maybe haven't aged well? Which are the -bad- games in those series?

Rune Factory 3 & 4 are the best IMO. For main Harvest Moon games everyone has their favorites but in general HM64 and stuff based on it (Back to Nature, Friends of Mineral Town) are nearly universally liked. Newer games like Story of Seasons & A New Beginning are good but can be harder to get into because of much slower starts.

Games to avoid would probably also include Innocent Life, Tree of Tranquility... but YMMV. HMDS is also fine as a game if you manage to get one of the later bugfixed copies

Yakiniku Teishoku fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Mar 10, 2016

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

inthesto posted:




I really appreciate the thought, but at this point I'm thinking we need to set aside a day so I can actually teach her how to do basic farming chores

i hate your farm

i think leah hates you too

Steelion
Aug 2, 2009
Hmm, twice as much treasure, or 50% better fish. Well, treasure is nice, but I've only gotten good stuff out of it once or twice, most of the time its just bait. I did like it when I got a fancy sword and boots, after I already had a better sword and boots.

mcvey
Aug 31, 2006

go caps haha

*Washington Capitals #1 Fan On DeviantArt*
Am I the only one that uses fences

Good Lord Fisher!
Jul 14, 2006

Groovy!

Yes, they're garbage.

Good Lord Fisher!
Jul 14, 2006

Groovy!

Unless you're making a cow jail.

m2pt5
May 18, 2005

THAT GOD DAMN MOSQUITO JUST KEEPS COMING BACK

Cantorsdust posted:

That's me, All Crops All Seasons. Working on a version for Storm now. The Storm team are working on adding items to the game properly. Once that's done I should be able to define what seeds get sold in the seed shop each season, so you'll be able to plant what you want whenever.
Yeah, your mods are great. Timespeed is a good one too.

mcvey posted:

Am I the only one that uses fences
Nope, I use 'em.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!

mcvey posted:

Am I the only one that uses fences

I use them because they're aesthetically pleasing but boy does it suck when they start to degrade since unlike HM, it isn't a roll vs adverse conditions, but just on a set schedule with a ±5 day variance. One starts going and then within two weeks, the entire wall has become poo poo.

Cicadalek
May 8, 2006

Trite, contrived, mediocre, milquetoast, amateurish, infantile, cliche-and-gonorrhea-ridden paean to conformism, eye-fucked me, affront to humanity, war crime, should *literally* be tried for war crimes, talentless fuckfest, pedantic, listless, savagely boring, just one repulsive laugh after another
1.05 is out on the main client

Among other things, zoom is back in, a missing scene with Shane was restored, and the Spirit of Grandpa is now more forgiving.

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Coucho Marx
Mar 2, 2009

kick back and relax

mcvey posted:

Am I the only one that uses fences

gently caress no, fences make everything pretty!

This is my farm setup, just going into Year 1 Winter. Being my first shot at this game, I made a few errors - I should have put the coop where the barn is, then the barn to the left a bit, and use the coop area for more artisan stuff; there's always time to move it later. I could have put the silos somewhere out of the way, too, but I like neat roads on my farm and not much else fit in that spot anyway.

The rightmost fields are all set up for trellis crops if I need to grow them, but in practice I might only use the top one or two rows for trellis stuff, so I can replace the ones touching the pond with more sprinklers. Either way, there's space for ~320 crops, which is tons.

The White Dragon posted:

I use them because they're aesthetically pleasing but boy does it suck when they start to degrade since unlike HM, it isn't a roll vs adverse conditions, but just on a set schedule with a ±5 day variance. One starts going and then within two weeks, the entire wall has become poo poo.

I'd be cool when it's modded out, it doesn't add a whole lot to the game, and wasting hardwood or iron on fencing just isn't worth it. Even using stone is a pain when you want to save for a building.

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