Those screenshots look fab <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/314-kevinthecynic/&do=hovercard" data-mentionid="314" href="<___base_url___>/index.php?/profile/314-kevinthecynic/">@
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As for the marauding berries, after my experiences with real life Blackberries, I can say that your Blueberries are probably closely related to my blackberries [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png[/img]/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" title=":D" width="20" />
I had bushes there, and there, and there, and there - and still got a huge one over there. The sheep love them, so that's ok. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
In game, I've found that as long as I clear an area completely I don't get regrowth, but if there's anything, anything at all - the little creepers start coming back, whether it's blueberries, grasses, mushrooms, etc - it doesn't matter - and that's how it's supposed to be, and I like it, that after ignoring an area for a time, I come back and there's wild growth happening, it's quite a nice little 'thing'.
I did an experiment once, a few weeks back.
- Small, Valleys map.
- Laid out 4 large stock piles + 1 large barn, placing 1 in each Nth/Sth/East/West quadrant,
- Flatten tool, went nuts.
Just flattened everything, cleared the entire map, letting all the resources be gathered into the stockpiles and the barns.
Nothing, not a thing grew back until I started planting foresters again.
Map 2, as above - though this time, created nodes. Would flatten in the natural round sections of the mountains, but leave the flats areas.
Within a couple of years the nodes would be starting to show regrowth, creeping inwards from the growth that I hadn't cut back from outside the node.
I don't have the Blueberry rampage that you've had, but I've definitely had some overgrowth, but I didn't mind it as I just treated it like free food [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png[/img]/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" title=":D" width="20" />[img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png[/img]/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" title=";)" width="20" />