OK, thanks. But when you flatten it yourself near water it ends up looking very blocky because the flatten tool flattens a perfect square but a tree didn't use to do that. But having two sets would be a bit ridiculous considering the number of decorations on offer. I also noticed that only ghost decs can be built on roads now, so obviously someone has been cleaning up the decorations system. Very glad to see that all of the trees now available as ghosts. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
After playing some more the birds are driving me crazy. I used to have ambient sounds on 10 but now I have them on 3, which means I hear almost nothing of the other ambient sounds. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/sad.png[/img]/emoticons/sad@2x.png 2x" title=":(" width="20" /> Please consider making the birdsong optional.
Your new pine trees (nice, by the way) aren't offered as ghosts and neither are the groundcovers. Not sure if that was intentional or an oversight but I'm hoping they might turn up in the next patch. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
Also, that really spready groundcover with the roundish leaves would look great as a water plant if you made a version that sat at water level. Bamboo would also look great growing on creek banks if you made another version that was a little lower (unless it already does extend lower than ground level - I only thought of that just now and haven't actually checked in game). And then of course there are the water lilies, which really should be at water level. That would be very cool. And if they were pink or white (or both) that would be even cooler. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png[/img]/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" title=":D" width="20" /> We only have reeds for water plants and the lakes need some loving.
It seems this thread has become a bug report thread, but that's not what I intended it to be. General impression now that I have played a bit... it's good. But then again... was anyone seriously expecting 1.7 to be anything else? [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
I guess there are two opposite ways to play Banished: town builder going for maximum population and building density, or town painter, going for maximum beauty. And yes, obviously you can be somewhere in between, too.
As someone who does a lot of decorating/landscaping I like that the decorative items have been cleaned up and that just about everything is now offered as a ghost item. It must have been a tedious job but it was worth it. I will be plopping some of those nice big greenboy trees in my pastures. It gets hot out there! Cows want some shade too! [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/biggrin.png[/img]/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" title=":D" width="20" /> This might sound silly but one of my favourite new things (so far) are the ghost reeds. It was sooooooo stupid that you couldn't place reeds on true water tiles but you could place them in the middle of town. Now they can go anywhere. Love it.
There are certainly some beautiful new buildings in 1.7. I haven't gotten into the new shack buildings yet but I very much like the new town smithy and bakery. Actually, the sharp texturing on some of these new buildings is so good it's making some of the older buildings look a bit tired. The central market, for example. It's always been my favourite market building, but put that new bakery next to it and suddenly the textures on the central market warehouse look like a watercolour painting. Not bad, just noticeably fuzzy compared to the newer stuff. So Shock, your texturing skills have certainly advanced to a whole new level with 1.7. Good stuff, and thank you. [img]<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png[/img]/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=":)" width="20" />
