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[Tepoztecal]

I was able to acquire all plants except sliver barb and whip vine, so I modified a reaction to create those plants.

Here's the reaction I used:

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[REACTION:FREE_CRYSTAL]
[NAME:make rock crystal]
[SMELTER]
[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NO_SUBTYPE:SLIVER_BARB:PLANT]
[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NO_SUBTYPE:VINE_WHIP:PLANT]

However, I can't plant the seeds once the plants have been brewed/milled. I can plant sun berries despite the surroundings being Wilderness, so I'm pretty sure the evil/savage part is not the problem.

I tried building a roof over my aboveground farming area - that didn't work. I tried trading the plants and seeds to a caravan, then buying them back - that didn't work either. How do I make the barbs/vines plantable?

[Blakmane]

I was able to acquire all plants except sliver barb and whip vine, so I modified a reaction to create those plants.

Here's the reaction I used:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[REACTION:FREE_CRYSTAL]
[NAME:make rock crystal]
[SMELTER]
[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NO_SUBTYPE:SLIVER_BARB:PLANT]
[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NO_SUBTYPE:VINE_WHIP:PLANT]

However, I can't plant the seeds once the plants have been brewed/milled. I can plant sun berries despite the surroundings being Wilderness, so I'm pretty sure the evil/savage part is not the problem.

I tried building a roof over my aboveground farming area - that didn't work. I tried trading the plants and seeds to a caravan, then buying them back - that didn't work either. How do I make the barbs/vines plantable?

should be


[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NO_SUBTYPE:SLIVER_BARB:NO_MATGLOSS].

Also, biome *does* matter. You won't be able to plant sliver barb if you don't have an evil biome somewhere in your embark.

[Tepoztecal]

Thanks for the reply, but it didn't work. Still can't plant them.

Here's a thought - if I sold the seeds to traders, would their civs start planting those crops themselves? I'm thinking sell seeds, wait a year, buy non-bugged crops from the caravan. Would this work?

Also, are you sure biome matters? As I said, I can plant sun berries despite not having a single tile of Good on my map.

[Untelligent]

Resource tracking like that won't be implemented until Toady starts working on the Caravan arc, sadly.

[Sutremaine]

This could be related to that bug where traders turn up with seeds that are unplantable until they arrive with an item made from that plant. Try smelting the plant products themselves -- you won't be able to use them because they'll just make a mess in the smelter, but merely popping them into existence might be enough. The game should have recognised the existence of the products you made... but then it should have recognised the seeds in the first place.

[Tepoztecal]

This could be related to that bug where traders turn up with seeds that are unplantable until they arrive with an item made from that plant. Try smelting the plant products themselves -- you won't be able to use them because they'll just make a mess in the smelter, but merely popping them into existence might be enough. The game should have recognised the existence of the products you made... but then it should have recognised the seeds in the first place.

Do you mean I should make the reaction produce drinks, dye and flour? How would I do that?

[Sutremaine]

Drink is:

[DRINK:NO_SUBTYPE:PLANT_ALCOHOL:plant ID]

Not 100% sure about flour and dye. Since they're available on embark you can figure it out from an embark profile, but one product will be as good as another.

[Tepoztecal]

I tried this reaction:

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[REACTION:FREE_CRYSTAL]
[NAME:make rock crystal]
[SMELTER]
[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NONE:VINE_WHIP:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:10:PLANT:NONE:SLIVER_BARB:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:10:POWDER_MISC:NONE:PLANT:VINE_WHIP]
[PRODUCT:100:10:POWDER_MISC:NONE:PLANT:SLIVER_BARB]
[PRODUCT:100:10:SEEDS:NONE:VINE_WHIP:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:10:SEEDS:NONE:SLIVER_BARB:NONE]
[PRODUCT:100:10:DRINK:NONE:PLANT_ALCOHOL:VINE_WHIP]
[PRODUCT:100:10:DRINK:NONE:PLANT_ALCOHOL:SLIVER_BARB]

It didn't work. I'm going to assume you have to acquire plants legitimately or not at all.

Thanks for all the help.

[Sutremaine]

Ah well, worth a try.