All trees should have boughs

Bozdogan123 · Post by **Bozdogan123** » Thu May 16, 2019 10:58 pm

As the title says, dont know why some trees have them and some dont, the number of them could be according to tree's size irl

loskierek · Post by **loskierek** » Thu May 16, 2019 11:09 pm

Bozdogan123 · Post by **Bozdogan123** » Thu May 16, 2019 11:40 pm

and why not?

Audiosmurf · Post by **Audiosmurf** » Fri May 17, 2019 12:11 am

All trees should have leaves, don't know why some trees have them and some don't, the number of them could be according to the tree's size irl.

Bozdogan123 · Post by **Bozdogan123** » Fri May 17, 2019 12:21 am

Agreed

Ants · Post by **Ants** » Fri May 17, 2019 3:16 am

Bozdogan123 wrote:and why not?

Because it would require coding different types of bough for every tree and the devs have more important stuff to work on than that. We already have enough shades of green thatching, anyways... I'm all for new boughs if they're not green, but most trees have green leaves.

Lunarius_Haberdash · Post by **Lunarius_Haberdash** » Fri May 17, 2019 5:09 pm

Bozdogan123 wrote:As the title says, dont know why some trees have them and some dont, the number of them could be according to tree's size irl

Let me give you another answer, a reality-based one. Not all trees in RL have 'boughs' as they're meant here. Alder happens to be one of the few deciduous trees suited for thatching and the other purposes that boughs are turned to. Evergreen boughs (Yews, Firs, Spruce, Etc) are the best source of these across the board, they pretty much just universally "work", with the exception of Pine which just doesn't have the necessary density.

What we SHOULD see for thatching is Cattails, which are actually used very commonly in the rough period this game is set in. They would be suitable for thatching as well as making woven rugs, new chairs, that sort of thing. I'd much rather see us have more options for thatching from things that make sense, than just blanket 'all trees can bough'.

MooCow · Post by **MooCow** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:14 am

As a person who knows basically nothing about trees, boughs, and thatching . What makes a tree good or bad for this purpose?

Vigilance · Post by **Vigilance** » Sat May 18, 2019 1:19 am

Lunarius_Haberdash wrote:What we SHOULD see for thatching is Cattails

if i had a dollar for every time you shilled for cattails i'd be able to buy a lake irl

on-topic: i disagree that we should add bough to all trees just for the sake of doing so. i think ants is correct in that bough on new/interesting tree colors would be good, to minimize dev time vs this idea.

Fierce_Deity · Post by **Fierce_Deity** » Sat May 18, 2019 4:36 am

Certain types of trees have leaves that wilt very fast, or are small, or their branches are not shaped right. Bear Grylls don't make his shelter out of just any leaves. Its silly to me that you think every tree could have leaves suitable for roofing material. Generally you want large leaves or leaves that are straight and long to guide water in a certain direction.

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