Bug: Tribarrel Cactus

Feigr

@Kyronix

This is a bug I feel very passionate about.  I've tried before for months to get the original seeds in every color for a seedbox, but the Tribarrel is bugged currently.  

Currently, bog things and boglings drop three plant types for seeds in four possible colors.  I've made a diagram below. 

                 Plain         Red         Blue        Yellow
Campion   X               X             X             X
Tribarrel    ?               ?              ?             ?
Fern          X               X             X             X

The cross reference with a ? results in a RANDOM plant of the right color.  The RANDOM plant can be anything.  

Crossbreeding into a tribarrel also results in a random plant.  So for example, if I crossed a red tribarrel and a blue tribarrel with the expectation of getting a purple tribarrel, it would result with a purple random plant.

The plant system is a big draw for me and I loved the predictability in a game that is mostly RNG.  Everyone has the thing they always come back to the game for and enjoy and the plant system is it for me.

Mariah

You might find this page helpful https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/gameplay/crafting/plant-growing/colored-peculiar-plants/

Feigr

I've seen it, I still consider this a bug.  I don't like RNG in the plant system.  It's one of the few things that doesn't have RNG. I also wasn't asked so when saying players requested that, I'd strongly question that viability.

Sounds like a weak excuse at not fixing something.  A simple thing would be to add a 4th seed that is tribarrel and keeping the random one.

Violet

Feigr said:

I've seen it, I still consider this a bug.  

I know this doesn't help the problem, but if you need the tribarrel seeds on Chesapeake, i'm always growing them and have a little stockpile.

Feigr

Thanks as usual violet.  These are pretty rare and I'm about to start school again.  I may hit you up on it when I finish my recertifications for the year.

Petra_Fyde

Feigr said:

Sounds like a weak excuse at not fixing something.  A simple thing would be to add a 4th seed that is tribarrel and keeping the random one

I remember this happening, and reading about why it wasn't fixed here. http://sakkarah-gaming.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/

Feigr

Ahhh @Petra_Fyde you always bring me back to earth and hit me in the feels.  I miss my tribarrels though.

Pawain

I love this part:

So I looked into the code on how to revert all existing ones and neuter the remaining offensive seeds. Once I found the solution, I went to the gardeners forums to make a post telling them the fix for these abominations was on its way! But what I found was a really long thread of excited players sharing their experiments results, building up cross-pollination charts, giving each other tips on how to achieve certain hues and certain breeds. It was like watching a bunch of kids in a toy store. I had this strange mix of major annoyance, amusement and pride at how nice the kids were playing with each other.