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Quote from: Gatherer on February 04, 2019, 02:58:37 PM
I see only one solution to the pig problem. Sausages. :P

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 :D  I was thinking pork chops  ;D  There just happens to be a butcher in Workplace Village mod  :)

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Chapter 5

  Two other newcomers had taken over the farming.  They agreed that it was not only the harsh climate that was affecting the harvest totals but the soil itself.  Stantonia said the wheat field's soil contained too much sand and drained too fast, even after it rained the corn was not getting enough moisture.  Audio said the cabbage field's soil contained too much clay, it was very dense and heavy and did not dry out fast enough, many of the cabbage's outer leaves rotted.  At least the plant debris could go into compost.  It would take an awful lot of compost to improve these fields, it was best used in the growing house.

  It was then we discovered that 2 workers in the growing house required more compost then we were producing, the plant debris was used up and they had been waiting for compost.  Thus the growing house with 2 workers produced far less potatoes then the greenhouse with 1 worker using fertilizer.  We still had an ample supply of fertilizer. 

  At the beginning of year 5 we reduced the number of workers in the growing house to 1 and began composting thatch instead of plant debris.  The mother tree foresters collected some thatch as they planted new trees but it was not enough.  Audio and his family moved from the hostel to one of the new houses near the mother tree, he was now one of the foresters and his wife, Cecelin, began gathering wild foods from a workplace set up in their yard.  The hostel was now empty but the 14 migrants that arrived in late spring did not want to stay, they were headed south.

  East of the growing house we built a fodder farmer hut.  A forester would cut trees allowing more grass to grow in the meadow.  We would have more thatch for the compost bin.  Meanwhile on the other side of town, we built another greenhouse to make use of our surplus fertilizer rather than composting it.  Another well and cleaning shed were built nearby, plant debris cleaned out of the 2 greenhouses would go to the compost bin.  A second bin was built over by the growing  house and fodder farmer.  The forester working there collected logs, thatch, stone, and branches for firewood.  Laborers who were collecting branches spotted a large group of boars not far from the pig pasture.  We were concerned that our pigs would again try to make a break for it and join up with the wild ones.

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An update on runaway livestock problem.  I have done a bit more testing to determine cause of problem.

First test, I again started a new map with the same mods and map set up conditions but with a different map seed.  When riverboat merchant came I ordered pigs.  When pigs arrived I traded for 3 of them.  The stayed at trading post until pasture was built, they then went to pasture.  It would appear the problem is not with the Workplace Trading Post.

Second test, again a new map, same mods, same map set up conditions, same map seed as Misty Meadow.  Same problem - pigs arrive, pigs leave trading post and go to southwest corner of map.  @kid1293 It would seem to me that updating one of the mods after Misty Meadow was started could not be the cause either.  :-\

I don't know how livestock and wildlife could be connected, but if anyone has a livestock problem while using the Wildlife Start mod available earlier in thread, please let us know.


kid1293

Quote from: Abandoned on February 06, 2019, 10:42:42 AM
Second test, again a new map, same mods, same map set up conditions, same map seed as Misty Meadow.  Same problem - pigs arrive, pigs leave trading post and go to southwest corner of map.

I would add to the question. Do anyone experience problems on certain maps?
As it is, it seems to be map related. How can that be?

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 I will do more testing with map and mods when Misty Meadow story is done.


Chapter 6

  There was a lot of oinking, grunting, and snorting going on in the pig pasture but the wild boar soon passed by and our pigs settled down again. Up until now there had only been that one lone boar on this side of the river, and only one sighting of grouse up to the north by the mother tree. A small herd of deer remained in the fodder field over the winter however.  A hunting workplace was built in the yard of one of the new houses but by the time it was finished, the herd had moved on.  No other wildlife was sighted in the area for the rest of the year.

  A group of migrants were spotted across the river to the north but they did not cross the small creek and disappeared over the hills instead.  The grouse were nowhere to be seen.  We traded for what little down and wool Newelly the merchant had with him when he came to port.  We ordered pumpkin and bean seeds plus seed potatoes.  We wanted to see how the seeds would do in the field compared to how they did in the greenhouse.

To make an accurate comparison we had to insure that the growing house would not run short of compost again.  We hoped that workers could keep carts filled with the needed materials close by the compost bins and the greenhouses.

  In early winter of year 6 Newelly returned with more wool, down, and bean seeds.

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Chapter 7

  By early spring of year 7 two new 8x10 crop fields had been cleared and one was planted with beans as were the growing house and the greenhouse that grew potatoes the previous year.  The green house using fertilizer grew far more potatoes that year.  We wanted to plant the pumpkin seeds that Newelly the merchant just brought but decided to plant more wheat in the 2nd new field instead.  We traded seedlings and firewood.  Newelly said there was also a need for tools and coats downriver and they would have a good trade value.

   In spring 9 migrants arrived in town.  We welcomed them gladly, we only had 2 laborers and 1 builder but we did worry about our education rate going down farther.  It was only 32% but we did have 8 students in school now and 20 young children who would soon follow.  We built another school to ensure that none of those children missed out on an education.  We built more houses and more backyard workplaces began to appear.  The house next to the new school had a fish smoker in their yard.  In summer the school children got to see wild grouse for the first time as the flock made its way past the school to the fodder field.

  That summer we had our first meals of pork and green beans from our hothouses as we now called them.  It was much warmer inside the growing house and greenhouses than it was outside.  Harvesting the new crop fields had not begun, the wheat had been planted late.  By the time the harvesting was completed the last group of newcomers all had homes and there was a grinder workplace in one of the back yards.  We would have wheat flour.

  In late winter we took a closer look at our bean harvest totals.  In this harsh climate the 8x10 crop field with 1 worker produced 560 beans.  The nearby greenhouse with 1 worker using fertilizer and water produced 1,328 beans while the growing house with 1 worker using compost produced 860.  Last year their potato harvests totaled 1,708 and 860 respectively.  We thought the growing house should be more productive than it was. 


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Chapter 8

  In late winter of year 7 there was an unexpected thaw and we were surprised when a group of wild boar crossed the river and rooted around eating the stubble and plant debris that had been left in the new crop fields.  We were even more surprised to see several baby piglets with them.  When they finished eating they filed past the pig pasture.  Luckily food had just been put out for our pigs and they were so busy eating and snorting and grunting that the wild boar past on by without being noticed.

  The close presence of those wild boar got us thinking of that trampling death back in Pumpkin Hollow and the fact that accidents and deaths could happen at anytime and we were ill prepared, we had no cemetery.  We designated an area behind the hostel and put a fence around it.  We had only just completed it when another group of migrants arrived.  We welcomed the group of 10 and began building more housing.

  Due to the early thaw and light rain it was drier than normal that spring of year 8 and there were even more downed branches.  We were again concerned with the possibility of a fire.  Several more water pumps and a well were constructed around town.  One of the newcomers suggested we consider building stone or even brick houses to reduce the fire risk.  We did have a lot of clay soil to make brick with.  The process would take awhile but we were in need of houses now, the hostel was full and we still had 1 homeless family.  A baker workplace was built in the yard of one of the new houses.  Aylie, the baker and her husband, Ayde, both said it should not be too hard to shape and bake bricks.  Our 2 builders agreed that the kind of houses we were talking about would require lumber, glass for windows, and possibly even roof tiles.  They were willing to build them if they had the materials.  We would get them the materials.

kid1293

You run with Disasters ON. Is that really good for a story?

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Maybe not, but I thought I would try to use disaster On more often to try to make stories more exciting.  ;D

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Is there  anything that triggers disasters to happen - length of time or population?

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Chapter 9

  We needed clay to make bricks and roof tiles so we consulted Audio who, when farming the cabbage field, said the soil contained a lot of heavy wet clay.  After some consideration and soil testing he suggested we dig for clay on the east side of town near the grassy meadow or fishing pond.  We chose a spot south of town near the pond to dig a clay pit.  We extended the road from the storage barn south and placed a stockpile near the site.  Several trees had to be cleared away so we thought the location would also be good for a tiny lumberer to begin cutting lumber.  When he had enough lumber cut he could always cut firewood if we needed it.

  Stantonia, the farmer who said his wheat field contained too much sand was consulted next.  We would need sand to make glass.  He too spent some time examining the soil around town and reported that the soil on the west side of town especially north of the trading post seemed to contain the most sand.  Halling and his wife Onettie who were the mother tree foresters said the soil in their planting area was very good but was a bit sandier towards the river.  We dug a tiny sand pit by the river near the trading post.

  Year 8 ended with another late winter early thaw.  Newcomers who moved into the two new houses by the cemetery didn't mind that at all, they both had backyard workplaces set up.  We would have venison sausages to eat and hide coats to trade.  The thaw did not last long but was followed by cold and snow well into the new year.  Again wild boar and grouse were spotted closer to town and the crop fields in the south.   The beginning of year 9 was cold and damp. The fog and mist were thicker than they had been before and a lighthouse was built in the north.  There were more coughs and colds and our health was suffering.  We discovered the baker had used up our supply of herbs making herb bread.   A backyard herbalist workplace was set up near the growing houses.  We needed to spend some time studying our supplies.

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Chapter 10

  After studying our inventory records we realized we had plenty of tools and coats, and plenty of leather, wool, and furs to make more.

  Our food supply and variety of foods was very good.  We had bear meat, mutton, pork, venison, sausages, fish, and smoked fish.  We had plenty of potatoes, beans, and other vegetables and wild foods.  We had flour, bread, and wild oats but our wheat crop did not do so well, 11% was lost to an early snow.  We would grow oats in the second growing house that was being built next to the first one.

   Since the only fruit we had was wild berries we decided it was time to plant the plum seedlings we had in an orchard that was cleared south of town.  We would also plant strawberries in one of the greenhouses.  Our surplus of fertilizer and compost was good.  Our stockpiles were full of stone, iron, logs, firewood, and now lumber.   We would discontinue cutting logs into lumber until we knew just how much would be needed.  We needed more clay before we could start making bricks and roof tiles.

  There was a problem in the clay pit.  Matha and Brandis, the 2 young women working there were not happy.  Brandis thought the work was too heavy, Matha was afraid of heights and was afraid she would fall,  both of them dislike having the wild boars so close by.  Our solution was to build a Tiny Clay Pit where one of the women could work, and one of the men could work in the deeper clay pit.  In early spring of year 10, Elany began working in the tiny clay pit and Morrison worked alone in the bigger pit.

When Newelly came to port that spring he had 1 cow and 2 scrawny chickens he had picked up along the way, he asked if we would take them off his hands.  An animal shed was built by the wheat field as well as a house for one of the young people who wanted a place of her own.  She set up a workplace dairy and would make cream as soon as there was enough milk.  The mere mention of strawberries and cream prompted the building of another greenhouse to grow more strawberries.  The harvests were well underway by then and we look forward to some harvest totals.


(Note: Some production numbers shown below have since been adjusted and are currently being tested)


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Chapter 11


In spring of year 11, a shortage of herbs and another cold damp spring with a lot of coughs and colds prompted us to build a House of Cures. If an outbreak of some type of disease should strike we would only need to assign someone skilled in the healing arts to work there.  A small chapel with a pretty window was built next to the cemetery. 

  Near the tiny sand pit a tiny glass workshop was built to make glass for brick houses. Germann the botanist complained that the northwest winter wind had blow a lot of sand into the seedling greenhouse so a short stone wall was built in front of the tiny sand pit.

  A tiny brick workshop was built by the 2 clay pits.  The workshop would need firewood to bake the bricks.  We collected more downed branches so our supply of firewood was good.  If need be, the nearby tiny lumberer could start work again, cutting firewood.

  In early winter we had 388 lumber, 48 bricks, and 100 pieces of glass. We thought it was time to start building the first brick house.  The foundation was laid during the winter thaw and the needed materials were waiting on the stockpiles to be brought to the building site.  Weather permitting we would have a newly built brick house come spring.