Talk:Farmer

Crop table accuracy

 * The table of values has been edited and compiled by at least 9 different people, none of whom gave a source for their data.
 * Therefore the accuracy of the data is questionable. Ideally the values should be obtained from the source code to be 100% correct, but I believe some people have used the "Soil sampler" in-game item.


 * There are missing values that I needed for a project, I attempted to use the soil sampler to acquire them as I do not have access to the source code.
 * I planted tomato plants in multiple locations at least 10 blocks apart that were too hot for tomato plant.
 * I used the soil sampler on each plant and read the tooltip such as "2.34 C above maximum" and subtracted it from the given land temperature to get the plants maximum temperature.
 * The value obtained from each plant:


 * 14.57
 * 15.04
 * 15.21
 * 14.74
 * 15
 * 15.04
 * 14.96
 * 14.96
 * 15.03
 * The mean average is 14.95, it would be reasonable to assume that the actual value is 15.
 * There is clearly slight variation in the values obtained this way and if the person collecting the data was unaware of this then the value they entered into the wiki could be inaccurate by as much as 9% or more.


 * MAHSAAP (Entry March 26)
 * I can see where you are coming form. But remember this game is still in development and constantly changing. Yes, there are changes done to this page and maybe not always verified. :::So please add what you find since you did all the testing already. There is currently no automatic way of adding this information and additions to the Wiki are voluntary. I also do not know who has source otherwise I hope they would add it. With the rules around source access, maybe they don't want to share and risk violating their rights.


 * MAHSAAP (Entry March 27)
 * The information has been updated from the game. Channly, another editor for German has taken an hour to get that data and enter it.


 * You don't need source code access to see the crop requirements. All of that information can be found in the server GUI, under Simulation tab and the "Species" collection. In the future we will find a way to datamine it and get it into a module so it can be updated automatically whenever those values are changed in a new update. Testing the values in-game is a good idea but we can just get the data straight from the server already. :) --Nesphit (talk) 18:06, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Moving table to Agriculture page
Since Farmer is an in-game profession, this page should be reserved for information about that profession. This isn't really the right place to have a table with crop values. I'll be moving this table to the Agriculture page, which is intended to be the centralized guide page for farming. Hope that makes sense. I'll move the table now. Thanks! --Nesphit (talk) 18:14, 27 March 2018 (UTC)