fruit on far side of trees is not picked

[ornate urchin]

Workers are able to plant trees at the edge of the orchard range, but do not pick the fruit. The orchard shows that no resources are available but the fruit trees were planted by the orchard workers and are technically in range.

These are orchard workers hanging out but not picking the fruit

[valid sorrel]

This is similar behaviour to the first game. The trees are positioned in the centre of 4 squares, so the orchard needs to cover those 4 squares to cover all 4 quarters of the tree. Perhaps it’d be better if the trees only highlighted when fully covered, and not just the 2 near-side squares.

[ornate urchin]

True but I think it’s more annoying for this behavior to work this way because the orchard is the entity that enables the planting. So why does it allow me to plan a tree on the edge that is then only partially in range?

[valid sorrel]

That’s interesting, it looks like it wouldn’t build with the two red squares

‘Glass half full’ would be that some fruit is better than none in places with irregular spaces

Tree planting does seem restrictive, not dense enough. What they’ve mainly changed this time is have the big mound of soil to show ‘this area is taken by one tree’

It’s more restrictive in that planting is bound by the orchard’s new collection area, pretty limited when on tree occupies 4 squares

[fierce totem]

is it normal that when i plant trees they don’t start on the blue square around but one square off ? idk if that makes sense

[valid sorrel]

They plant in the middle of 4 squares, not in a square. Tap the cross point of 4 squares, and the mound will be centred there

[fierce totem]

but when i start my four square following the blue limit it always snip one square off the blue area

[dry ravine]

I found that if i zoomed in and tried several times, i could get it in the correct spots. Once it landed on a grid, it seems like it is impossible to convince it to switch to starting on the other square.

[fierce totem]

thank you !!

[tight meteor]

Yeah i also hate this new feature. I want tree nurseries back where they can plan trees anywhere in the map and have foragers huts collect them instead. Because why have a foragers hut and orchard???