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the town i've mentioned had a row of mango trees, the first time i've been there, about 10 maybe, so not really "infestation"
the mangos were in that life not really that needed but a good food alternative

the second time i've been there, all but two were chopped down, all wood from them gone, surroundings were bare any trees, one had to wander far to get some & people were starving, so those 10 mango trees would have been helpful

about the stackable meat matter

i am realistic
since Jason is just one guy, so it's absolutely impossible for him to do everything that would be needed asap
so i have to prioritize & rethink what would make the biggest impact on everyday handling of stuff in game, as gameplay

before the carrots stacking, it was carrot stacking & seed stacking
those cluttered the surface
together with those, was meat in the same boat (i mentioned that in the thread about carrot stacking), but carrots, since used for compost & wool & pies, were way more abundant than meat
that was not only before Jason finally made carrots stackable but also before he made the temperature update
that one update flipped the whole rabbits situation on its head
before that update rather mutton was cluttering the surface, but now, since fur clothing is being produced en mass, so rabbits are cluttering the surface
& it's not like mutton would be now less produced, only rabbit has surpassed mutton as clutter, that's the situation

here a screenshot from today, a smallish town in its beginnings & already rabbits compete for baskets with other areas

what we need NOW is a solution - a NOW solution & not an "If Jason would do this or that THEN" solution
& the NOW solution means - stackable meat
any other change, i have nothing against, but changes have to be made AFTER meat is out of the way, same as now carrots are out of the way

to pile up meat is rather simple to make for Jason,
doesn't need additional gameplay changes since there are already piles tested in game,
doesn't need new objects (containers/shelves),
doesn't need new gameplay (rotting meat)

it would be a simple change with a big everyday impact
nothing fancy, just unspectacular everyday management of a settlement

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you can do with tech
i prefer simplicity, especially in a scrambling settment, where people have difficulties to even get their necessities together
nobody has any time, most even don't have the knowledge to do any tech

i see in many towns cars, planes, radios, kerosene pumps & their parts standing dry & useless while there is often not even fire, no kindling, the last axe is nearly broken, all carpentry tools are scattered, people chop down mango trees to get wood !!!

so, just wake up to the reality of OHOL
it's not tech tree, it's basic chaos

you can wish for a complex technology, but that's not the reality

piled up meat is one option, one option which would aleviate the situation now & everywhere
we are far from living in OHOL anything resembling actual civilization, with piled meat we could at least organize the chaos a little better

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the carrot stacking improved the quality of life tremendously

i would like to have that quality expanded to meat as well

all argumentations against are just unreasonable obstructions

amazing

i have though a problem with the color code

SS foods & C foods
are at the opposite ends of the usefulness spectrum but their color is too similar

use rather the street light code
red for a nono
green for a good to go

yellow for average
or gray for average

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in general nothing against cheese but

cheese & butter are not vegan

organization might be viable when you are in town
but since you are not everywhere & always, so organization is rare in OHOL

i have usually not any time to set up a second bakery
i have barely any time to bake in the first

in my last game i've spend my life hunting rabbits, collecting round stones, making baskets, setting up a pottery kiln - rip
& this was already a very comfortable life

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more power to vegan

there should be banana pie - in YELLOW

there should be onion pie - in pale GREEN

farmable onions would be great !

more vegan & vegetarian options to yum bonus
absolutastic !!!

before the stackable carrot update the OHOL towns were a junk yard, the situation improved after to a mess, so that's a big plus
a small change with a H U G E impact !!!

since the temp update clothing is THE most important part of OHOL life, aligned with food
before that update were skinned rabbits a nuissance but not as urgent, since barely anybody ever made clothing
now in EVERY town & even earliest settlements hunted rabbits are the norm, hence skinned rabbits start to litter the surface in a similar way as farmed non-stackable carrots were

the situation with non-stackable mutton remains about as urgent as before
the newest in game development is, baskets upon baskets of grouped mutton, next to grouped rabbits are cluttering bakeries, literally
the more people present in a town, the more urgent the situation
this produces as a result lack of baskets, since those are used to group meat

pork just comes along

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GDC

yes, a player has to have the knowledge where what stuff goes & that it's vital to the town to have things sorted out

i think the most underrated jobs are
kindling making
newcommen pump maintenance
moving bones out of the way

the first two are already quite complex & require tools, which are usually not there,
so one has to make those on the way, even if it's just basket, at times already that feels like a challenge

i am usually janitor (kindling, wood, pottery, round stones, sharp stones, flint chips, needles, wool, thread, milkweed, milkweed seeds in bowl, stones for a well, plates to bakery, carrot picking, carrot seed warning, wheat sawing, compost making, cleaning bones, charcoal making, newcommen pump firing) or already making a shovel or hunting rabbits ... the list goes on
since i am unable to do all those jobs at once, so something won't be made & then i will have to, because it's s stepping stone for something else on which i was working

but
what has radio to do with underrated jobs ?

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freaking awesome !

we need a foto camera in game
& the option to hang pictures on walls

next still the same - paintings
a pool of template paintings would be probably enough
but something

something else than eating & farming to eat & making clothes to survive to eat again = not really that interesting
smithing is cumbersome & not pretty
pottery could need a severe update too, more pots, vases, urns, bigger plates, prettier bowls, all with colorful decors

the game needs more than bonsai & some colorful walls & plain colored clothes which are not as good at insulation as the fur clothes are

also colorful rubber balls PLZ !!!

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why lineages die off & with them towns is because too few people in general are playing the game
at times there are only 80 people or even 70, those are spread across all towns, even on one server those are not enough players to maintain every family line
the lowest i've ever encountered was pre-steam release & that was under 30
the highest number of players i've seen was over 500 & that was short after steam release, the game was brimming with noobs, it was insane but it was incredibly fun

no balancing or any changes to how code works can even out the lack of players

we could discuss how to bring in new players

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yeah, been there done that, they just pile the soil on any berry bush like insane
& you need two people anyway since 2 sec is quite a time to dig a berry bush up

in one town i succeeded since a guy helped me, it was the only reasonable person there
in another town, no chance ...
those berry bush monstrosities where you are not even able to get with a bowl to the middle of it because it all is filled with bushes

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