Trying to get forests that look like this (video)

[Deceptive Pastry]

I was watching a few different mod videos and I found a couple that have beautiful forests. Dense, lots of tall pine trees. But I can't figure out how to get them myself. See video:

https://youtu.be/xs2i_pCM7ow

I thought maybe it was just a feature of the Ravenhearst mod but that doesn't do it either, even loaded up the official map that this guy is playing. All my forests so far have been more sparse with smaller trees, more like this:



The video is from 2019, so have forests just changed since then? Is this a specific biome that I just haven't had luck finding?

 

Edited June 8, 2021 by Deceptive Pastry (see edit history)

[Boidster]

For what it's worth, the <decorations> section - where trees are selected - of the pine_forest biome in 18.3 and 19.3 are the same. 18.3 would have been 2019-ish I think (it's the only old version I still have hanging around).

 

Probably the biomes.xml has been edited/modded to boost tree count in the world used for the video. I used a 4x setting for just 4 tree types to get this:

 

 

Note that large quantities of trees can impact performance. If you want to play with it yourself, open biomes.xml and look in the <decorations> section of the pine_forest biome. You'll see lines like this:

 

<decoration type="block" blockname="treeDeadPineLeaf" prob="0.01" rotatemax="7"/>
<decoration type="block" blockname="treeJuniper4m" prob="0.001" rotatemax="7"/>

 

Change the "prob" value to increase trees. If you touch all of the tree types in there, I'd start with maybe a 50% boost to each. So if it's 0.01 default, set it to 0.015. Generate a new world and see how you like it.

 

Do not do what I did and use 4x for all the tree types at once. Otherwise you may not be able to walk through the forest! And also your GPU might catch fire.

 

 

Edited June 8, 2021 by Boidster (see edit history)

[Gamida]

Dust2Death made a HQHD overhaul. It may have been mod that was used. Can check out the forest pics here.

https://www.nexusmods.com/7daystodie/mods/133

 

Was very beautiful mod. Not sure if it still works as haven't used it in long time.

[Deceptive Pastry]

It isn't just tree density. I installed Ravenhearst 5.5.2 which runs on 17.4 and with that I get the trees I'm looking for. So either that was a feature of that version of Ravenhearst, or trees have changed since 17.4.

I'll try out the HQHD biome overhaul and see if that gives me the trees I'm looking for.

[Deceptive Pastry]

HDHQ was closer to what I wanted, unfortunately seems like it needs an update. Some of the trees don't receive proper shading and show up at full brightness during the night.

[Deceptive Pastry]

I see now that Ravenhearst uses Dust2Death's HD mods, presumably including the trees. So it seems that the HDHQ mod is the answer here. Hoping he updates it for the current version as not just the trees are great but the lighting is perfect. For now I guess I'm playing Ravenhearst in 17.4. Always been on my list, pretty nice so far.