User:Henat

Papyrus Theories

Here's some data. What I'm suspecting now is that individual tiles have a specific number of papyrus spawn points, and that seeding simply sets those tiles to countdown to show a papyrus reed.

Planting site 1333, 3561. I plant X seeds every Wait game minutes every Step coordinates walking right, then pickup Yield papyrus starting at Harvest time.

Time	Harvest	Wait	Step	Count	Yield	Ratio
1105	1135	1	1	10	97	9.7
1230	1300	1	2	10	85	8.5
1342	1416	2	2	10	83	8.3
1458	1543	2	1	10	94	9.5
1611	-	0	0	10	115	11.5
1739	-	0	1	10	62	6.2
1827	-	0	0	20	99	4.95
1932	-	0.1	0	20	106	5.3
0212	0242	0	0	5	50	10.0
0335	0406	0	0	15	170	11.3
0500	0530	0	0	18	129	7.2
0007	0037	0	0	17	126	7.4
0107	0137	0	0	16	100	6.25

It would be incorrect to conclude from this that there is any sort of time dependence, even though it shows that right now - it's simply that I was doing saturation tests at that time, which results in poor yield.

One definite conclusion is that papyrus takes exactly 30 teppy minutes to grow. Another is that time dependence either doesn't exist or works so oddly that it can be discounted.

Another note is that there is a section where papyrus never grows. These appear just north of a land bridge and an inlet and disconnected ponds on the west, so it may be intended to keep papyrus from growing there.

Planting site tests; 15 seeds each.

X	Y	Side	Time	Start	End	Yield	Notes
1355	3500	West	0508	3629	3695	28
1340	3550	West	0412	3645	3752	90
1325	3600	West	0205	3711	3799	113
1316	3650	West	0316	3774	3850	27	Medium-populated banks, island in centre of Nile.

Bald regions - papyrus can't seem to grow here.

Start	End	Notes
3669	3694	Land bridge immediately south.
3768	3781	Inlet with disconnected ponds immediately south.
3645	3660