Boswella 102889184 valley, very large, fair, medium, disasters off   peppers, watermelons.   pecans seeds
152 mods

I updated my notes and adjusted the mod order.  added the DS Globe Theater and RED;s Hermitage Museum to my base mod order. I think those 2 will be useful additions to any city maps. and RED upgraded the ChooChoo mod.

Goal- mainly just to test things.

It has been 10 years since the start of my Settling of America series.  the game and mods have changed a lot over the years. I have done many maps along our journey. a Landing Fort from which settlers were sent to other maps. a CC zoo map, several Monument maps, a Sothwest map. just to name a few.

  to that end, this map will be the Lewis and Clark Expedition map. 3 Indian villages will be built, the Iroquois from the northeast, the Plains, and the Pacific Northwest Indians. We'll start at the Fort of St. Louis.

the fort will provides covered wagons and animals for Pioneers. the fort  has a coffeehouse, barber shop, school, and a jail.
it is a combination of CC and KIDD buildings. a pine forest is to the north.

Chapter 6




  That winter we got our first good look at the wild grouse that roamed the area leaving nests of eggs here and there.  The grouse came right past our gatherer's hut looking for berries that had not been picked.  The hunter came, but like the deer, the grouse quickly fled the area.  The gatherer went right out to gather the eggs that were left behind.




 Farther over to the east, the gatherer spotted a herd of wild boar.  We knew those animals could be dangerous and hoped they did not venture closer to our huts where young children often played outside.  A hunter's hut was built near the gatherer's hut, and a hunter would be on the lookout for any boar that came to near.



  Our supply of food was good but it often required a trip to a few crates and barrels to find what was wanted, and then sometimes none was found.  We decided it would be helpful to have an inventory of what we had and what we didn't.  We built a townhall across from the storage barn and not only took an inventory of goods, but we took an inventory of the natives in the huts by the river and the folks across the stream who came from the mission as well.   We often referred to the other side of town as the Huts by the River.  Together there were 60 of us, 32 adults and 28 children; all were healthy and happy.



   I don't remember if it was the spring the townhall was built or the one after, but 2 springs in a row we had migrants passing through.  Three families with a few small children came one year, and a group of 12 adults with children came the next.  The last group had stopped at the mission where we came from.  They had a few supplies with them but not much.  Aries and I were still alone in our houses so we took them in while they were here.  They said there were a lot more folks wanting to leave the area that seemed to get hotter year after year; they were headed north or west.  We consulted with the natives before asking the migrants to stay, but both groups wanted to move farther away.  We gave them a few more supplies to take with them.  Aries and I were happy to have our houses to ourselves again.  No, eager explorers, none of the migrants that came here ever mentioned seeing any portal.

Chapter 5




  The next thing we built that summer was a tailor 's hut behind the storage barn, there were no coats to be had.  We had to hunt through a lot of storage crates to find leather.  The natives rarely hunted even when deer were nearby; they were too busy fishing.  There were a few large herds of deer but they were mostly just passing through from one grazing place to the next.  When they did stop nearby, it wasn't for long.  They were usually long gone before a hunter even got near.

  The tailor said coats could be made with cloth or linen made from wild cotton and flax when there was not enough leather available.  We could see some of each growing near the tailor's hut so we built a gatherer's hut right behind the tailor; there wasn't much of either but chances were they would be stored in the barn by the tailor.  Gathering the wild foods would save the laborers some work.





  Another gatherer's hut was built by our huts; the area was larger and had more flax and wild foods.  The forester to the north gathered cotton and flax along with logs and thatch.  A herd of deer came down the road from the forester but left as soon as the hunter appeared; a little leather and some venison went into the storage crates.  We were sure to have some new clothes and coats before winter. 

Chapter 4

  It was our first winter here and we had never seen snow before.  The natives brought us pieces of leather to wrap around our feet and legs and leather strips to tie the pieces in place.  We had already begun building some roads, but the leather winter-footwear sure helped keep our feet warm and dry.



  The winter was short and mild and it was soon spring. Firewood was in short supply but there was still foods left that stored well over winter plus freshly picked wild foods.  Our 3 patches were growing well and the natives were on their rocks spear fishing and out with the canoes.   We started building more roads when we realized we were out of tools and clothing.  The weather was warming nicely so coats could wait but we needed tools immediately.




  A blacksmith's hut was built near the stockpile but facing away from it so a spark from the smith's fire would not set the thatch on the stockpile ablaze.  The smith would let the fire burn low on windy days.  We knew the natives would be impressed with iron tools, they'd been working with old handmade wood and stone tools.

Chapter 3


   We asked if we could stay, and if we understood correctly, they said we were home.  They pointed out the stockpile and then pointed across the small stream, so that is where we built our huts out of thatch; there was plenty on the stockpile.  We built 6 huts, and we cut more thatch to replace what we used.   There were 4 families with 6 young children and 3 adult children, myself included.  An adult boy, named Aries, and I had our own huts; his was next to his parents by the small stream.  My parents were next to him, and I was next to them.  The 2 other families were north of all of us.  My name is Clarie, and I really liked Aries and was glad his family came here with us.  I was hoping then already that he and I would get together someday, but Regenie in one of the north huts had the same idea; wherever he was she seemed to be too.



  Aries and I were both builders and Regenie was a laborer.  After the huts were finished, we began building a woodcutter next to the stockpile.  We gathered branches but knew we would not have enough for our 6 huts when winter came.  We asked permission to build there; we were all getting good at sign-language and got an okay.  When finished, the woodcutter used the fodder to make firewood.  There were not many logs on the stockpile. 



  We notice that whatever the natives stored in the old cart got rained on in summer and snowed on in winter, so we asked to build a storage barn on the other side of the stockpile.  It would be about an equal distance between the native huts by the river and ours across the stream.  The native seemed surprised that we asked for permission, again they said we were home.  The barn was built and the cart was put inside.



  Fall fishing was good and the natives put fish in the barn and in their crates and barrels and ours.  They did the same with their corn, squash, and beans.  We planted patches of pumpkins, cabbage, and potatoes with the seeds we brought from the mission and made sure some got into the barn and their crates too.  By the first snowfall in late autumn, we had built a fodder farm a short distance north of the woodcutter, and farther north across the stream we built a forester.  Both the farm and forester could have 3 workers each but only one was cutting and planting fodder and 2 were doing the same with trees.

Chapter 2



  The natives must have been surprised to see you arrive through the portal, eager explorers; one of their fishing rocks is very close.  When we arrived, one of their grass huts was there too.
 


Another fishing rock, 7 more grass huts, and a short pier for their canoes were across the river.  It is much the same today as it was then except for the grass huts; 2 of them were upgraded.  They still have the 2 farmyards like they did back then, growing corn, squash, and beans. 



  They had a large stockpile and a big cart, and there were several storage barrels and crates by the huts.  There were logs, stone, iron, and quite a bit of thatch on the stockpile.  They had 2 bins for firewood, but it was mostly branches they gathered and unloaded from the two small old carts they had. Their diet was mainly fish plus the foods they gathered from the wild or harvested from their 2 small farmyards.  They were living basic simple lives.

  The old graveyard was full of weeds and branches when we arrived, and there were a few gravestones here and there near the huts on the river.  These natives had been here for quite some time apparently.  There were 8 families with 8 children of various ages.

  Larger picture is so much better, nice

I think production numbers and cost adjustment will make a nice difference.  Even a small herd will produce a good amount of food. Good job on mod    Glad I could help.

Thank you so much for the detailed feedback! It was incredibly helpful for fine-tuning the mod. I've just applied several adjustments based on your observations:

Economy & Value: The purchase price has been reduced to 600. I agree that 800 was a bit steep for an early-game investment.

The 'Egg Factory': I've significantly increased the egg production frequency. They now produce the same amount of eggs as a chicken but in a much shorter timeframe, making them very efficient for food production.

Meat Yield: I've reduced the meat yield to 130-170. Even though they look huge and 'fluffy,' I realized that, like a long-haired dog after a bath, much of that size is visual! As birds, they are naturally less 'fleshy' than cattle.

Audio Design & Immersion: Regarding the sound, I decided to keep the radius and volume low. During my tests—especially when playing without music to focus on the ambient sounds—I found that a full pasture of these birds became quite irritating if the audio was too frequent or loud. As a creator, I sometimes feel like I'm adding 'a pinch of nutmeg' to a recipe, fearing others won't notice it, but in exhaustion, the flavor accumulates. I'm wary of making it too prominent and bothering those who enjoy the game's quiet atmosphere. I've kept the audio as a subtle detail that you can only hear when zooming in close to observe them.

Gallery: I've also added higher-resolution images to the gallery as you suggested!

Thanks again for helping me make the Avis Aurum better for everyone!

I did a short test of this big yellow bird  and have a few comments.

First, You might want to have bigger pictures in your posts.  You can go to the Gallery and pick a category to upload your picture too. Then click your picture to get the link to insert in your post.

The big yellow bird looks good, it is a Big bird.  I like it.  Chicks are cute. I heard all the game sounds, even turned down the music, but heard no bird sounds.

Actually, I think the egg production could be higher, and maybe the meat a bit lower.  The trade value is too high, chickens are 400, sheep 600, and a cow 800.  (actually I think all are too high)  Avis does have 3 outputs, eggs, leather, and meat, but if meat output was lower, trade value could be more affordable.  I would say 500, 700 at the most.

Overall, good job.  I look forward to the free-roaming wild ones. 

Chapter 1


  Greetings, eager explorers, don't worry, the natives with spears have gone back to fishing now, they speak very little but told me to come.  But tell me, how did you get here?  Through the portal?



 As far as I know, only once did a large herd of deer come through that portal, as you call it.  It was a long time ago, it was winter and hunting and fishing were bad; the natives were near starving when the herd appeared.  It saved the tribe who later carved these stone shrines and have been leaving crates and baskets of corn, squash, beans, and berries as thank-you offerings.  The deer, boar, and grouse in the valley stayed near; the tribe only hunts when they needed to.  The grouse build nests in the wild grass and lay eggs that the native women gather.

  No, I and several families are not natives; we were migrating north from the mission in the southeast desert.  No, no portal at the mission or at any of the small settlements we stopped at; we came overland.  When we reached this sacred area, we were surrounded by the spear fishermen just as you were.  It was spring and they had been out spear fishing on the lakes with canoes when they saw us.  We knew some native words we learned from the missionaries and finally found some that these natives understood.  They knew we were tired and hungry; they gave us food and said we could stay.  It was a big valley.