[0.98.47] Farm stats changing depending where you stand

[rebelscum]

I went to settle in a place i'd settled before, and when I went to build a small hemp farm, the stats were all zero. The spot is on the edge of the border zone and skinners roam, the latter doesn't have arable land. This was confusing since i already knew it was a good spot, so on a hunch I backed out, moved the camera more into the border zone, and after the The Border Zone overlay played, when i went to build the farm in the same spot, it had arable land this time.

[lucidmadness]

Did you try and build twice in the same spot to see if it was the building bug (bug that stops you from building anything for some reason. I run into this a lot, especially with farms. I just exit out and retry building and it pops up with the correct amount)

[Sol Lignum]

This might also be a thing with borderind zones. I once have had this while prospecting. Spot one: some plausible results all around; 20 steps forward: everything is desolated, including the land i've scanned before; 20 steps back - all good again. It was ~80 scientist, so area was quite large. Back then i took it as granded, seems like this is how biomes work.

[rebelscum]

when i saw that the farm would have zero stats at all i didn't bother trying to confirm and actually build it, just exited out of the building menu. i did like sol lignum said, went a few paces further out of Skinners Roam and into The Border Zone biome until the overlay telling you when biome has changed, and then built the farm in the exact same spot i'd looked at before, only now it had the fertility stats you find in the The Border Zone.

i've also had the same thing with the prospecting, which has been disappointing when i finally thought i'd found a nice spot in the distance, only to have it be completely desolate when i get there due to the biome being changed.

[Sol Lignum]

i've also had the same thing with the prospecting, which has been disappointing when i finally thought i'd found a nice spot in the distance, only to have it be completely desolate when i get there due to the biome being changed.

i guess you could try and cheat some, by building something while standing in the good biome. It might be tricky though.