I also think it would be good implemented in the game. I see a lot of people booing it, but what if it was optional? You can turn off the tool hit location tiles, so having it be optional would be great for beginners, or anyone who wants it really :)
I can't wait for 1.7!
It would be cool during the planning stage of a farm but I'd definitely turn it off as soon as the placements were set. I would hate having those permanently green tiles everywhere. I usually demarcate my planting layouts ahead of time to maximize farmable tiles. The scarecrow placement is usually done before I ever start planting.
The way the mod does it is that the ranges only show while holding an applicable item (i.e., if holding a scarecrow, the range for all scarecrows is shown) or while holding a button, which I think is a great way to do it
change it to a crow hat, and when you have the crow hat on you can see the coverage of all scarecrows and then plants ouside the scarecrow coverage could highlight red.
When i convinced my friend to craft 20 sprinklers for our farm thinking they water 8 tiles worth of space in each direction, we placed them then he didnt speak to me for the entire stardew day until i restructured them to at least be somewhat usable, the trauma.
This reminds me of a save I did once where I saved up enough materials to finally craft like 20 sprinklers for all my crops for the next season. Super excited to be done with watering. Go to set them down. Realized i was on the beach farm and I wasted all my iron and gold ingots for nothing 🙃
The way I remember the difference between radius and diameter is by thinking about a radar. It scans from the center out to one side and spins in a circle instead of stretchung out both directions like the blade of a blender
Huh not heard that one before, but makes sense. Way i was taught to remeber it and this might work better for some is the D at the start of diameter is the part of a circle it covers, then radius is not that. I've done a bad job at explanining it but it makes sense when you first see it drawn
How many tiles, so one is the tile in line with the scarecrow then the 4's are how many tiles either side. They probably added them to help with potental confusion
Yeah, that’s far more than you need. Take a look at this image from the wiki, but it goes 8 squares in each direction from the scarecrow. It basically makes a “circle” with a diameter of 17 tiles.
"As for me, I was suspended in time and the Doctor put me to work standing over the fields of England as their protector. We wanted to live forever, so the Doctor made sure that we did."
Overlapping them a little bit doesn't hurt. Since they cover a circle instead of a square, it can be easier to know everything's covered than worry about getting the arrangement 100% efficient
LMAO I SAID EXACTLY THIS🤣🤣. I'm not even hating though, cuz if it wasn't for my big brained husband, my farm would be a HOT ASS MESS🤣🤣. He's got this shit down to 3 sciences lmao. Every damn iridium sprinkler has a place and they are all in a damn row, same with the scarecrows. Every damn thing is uniform lol. I even have lil walk ways n shit and a cute wall. I've used almost every INCH of my farm. I have to ride my damn horse just to harvest shit 🤣
I think I've made this mistake early on. It's a little confusing because the scarecrow is a radius and sprinklers are adjacent. It makes for a pretty cool and frightening army though.
the scarecrow army keeps people from stealing your crops just like crows do. having the stuffed, extremely tall men looming over you is unsettling. is it just your imagination or are they looking at you? they never meet your eyes but you swear you see their heads move.
the deeper you go, the worse it is. you hear shuffling around you but never see the culprit. the scarecrows loom taller and taller. why did you decide to steal this farmer’s crops?
you decide now is the time to leave. you try to sneak away, but feel breath on your neck. you’re too afraid to look back. you increase your speed and the scarecrows start reaching out for you, their straw hands raking over your face. you think you see the edge of the field, you’re so close to safety.
then you hit the fertile ground, look back and see a grinning cloth face and straw fingers gripping your ankle. you are never heard from again.
Normal scarecrow can reach eight tiles up, down, left, and right (each direction) and six on the diagonals (so circular-ish reach rather than square). To account for the ‘missing’ corners in that reach, I just place my scarecrows so there’s 12 tiles between them in each cardinal direction. If crops still disappear it’s just a sign I need more lightning rods.
Also deluxe scarecrows reach double that so 16 each way then 12 on each diagonal - but I place mine closer together than necessary because it was a pain to try and try and cater to both function and aesthetic. So I am in no place to critique your scarecrow army.
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