v0.5.0 — Fixed Issues

So this glorious moment I think deserves to be commemorated (this is a larch, not a modded tree of any sort)

Anyway to persist the settings? I need to increase the "Manual radius" setting on every restart.

I'm sure you're tired of hearing this; I really love the mod, BUT right now it is causing me some very hefty performance issues. No frame drops or stutters, but whole chunks take ages loading. I have 32G Ram, an i9, and 5090 so I'm not exactly using grammas laptop. Reading these other comments I see performance issues on your to do list/ things you have tackled. When can we expect the next update?

Is there a way for me to customize how much the trunks shrink as they go up? I feel like they shouldn't shrink nearly as much as they do.

it seems if i leave just the bottom block of a tree it works fine bu if i leave and come back to it, the shape becomes thin.

Weird bug appeared since I updated to 1.22.5

It seems the game now favours vines for targeting even through other blocks, which makes placing things on walls, and interacting with things like fireplaces next to walls that also have vines on the other side kind of a pain.

Here's a video of the behaviour:

https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageStory/comments/1vd12im/yet_another_bug_related_to_vines_want_to_check_if/

Either disabling the entire mod, or turning off the rendering in-game fixes it.

I have been playing with this mod and this error started popping up

[Error] Missing mapping for texture code #resin during shape tesselation of block game:log-resinharvested-pine-ud using shape game:block/wood/log/noresin1, or one of its alternates

It seems that only vanilla pine trees has this error.

I think its one for every trunk with no resin, I've have disabled eco machina and enabled it back, the error doesn't appear without. On tree mods I'm using "Wildcraft: trees and shrubs" and a "Resin farm"

I wanted to ak how progress is coming along for the next update, im super excited and hope performance is improved! Great mod btw!

Hey I absolutely adore this mod and cant see myself ever playing without it!

I however have yet to find a way to claim Player built custom trees. Is there a way to do this?

Getting hundreds of these warnings repeated after eachother in the server main log every time i launch my main world, is it something to worry about? Starting to get some problems with chunk corruptions, trying to figure out if it could be this or if my terain gen mods have messed up my world.

24.7.2026 10:06:18 [Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-lightaged-x-1.000-dx-1_dy-1_dz1
24.7.2026 10:06:18 [Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-lightaged-y-1.000-dx-1_dy-1_dz1
24.7.2026 10:06:18 [Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-lightaged-z-1.000-dx-1_dy-1_dz1
24.7.2026 10:06:18 [Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-lightaged-x-0.9375-dx-1_dy-1_dz1
24.7.2026 10:06:18 [Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-lightaged-y-0.9375-dx-1_dy-1_dz1

I will also add anecdotally that on v1.22.5 singleplayer this mod seems to drastically slow down my chunk/world generation to a degree I can't accept. Despite that, thank you for your hard and continued work on this mod!

Hi, first of all, i'd like to say that i really like this mod, i'm running a +200 modpack, so this is more of an informative report than anything else:

Again, this is not me complaining, i'm just sharing my findings, Thanks!

Is anyone else experiencing issues with the game freezing with this mod installed? Got a short mod list, only new ones i haven't used before is this and immersive light, but my game keeps freezing endlessly about once an hour, gotta shut it down with task manager so no crash logs, no RAM issues either, really struggling with figuring out what the issue is.

Heya i just installed this Mod and im loving what it does. The trees look so much better and so much less minecraft. Sadly it doesnt seem to work with the different tree generation from betterforest which is a real shame (they are just "vanilla" looking trees then). i hope thats something that can be changed in the future because i would love to see them work together. also the "hollows" from primitive survival are not compatible but i didnt expect them to be. much love and great work <3

Can we get a patch with Wild Farming Forked, when scoring Trees with a knife to manually make leaking logs causes them to turn back into square logs.

Wild Farming Logs

I apologize for the odd question, is there a way I can use this on a server with the ability for a single user can decide that do not wish to see the trees like this? I ask because I rather enjoy this and I think the other players on my server would, however one of my players, it confirmed triggers a strong negative. The spidery, wiry and such branches just makes them absolutely uncomfortable for reasons they cannot control. If it isn't possible to turn off for a single user, that's completely understandable and we're happy to make our experience comfortable to the group as a whole and do without.

Edit:Should I have read the settings, there is indeed a master switch on and off per player. Though, doesn't seem to remember the setting on single player tests.

Have you considered adding a cycle where the appropriate trees drop large amounts of seeds once per year to the growth cycle mechanic?

how do i enable dynamic tree groth? i dont see any actual config json

Can this mod be removed from an existing world? I read the description, and, while it says that it can be applied to an existing world without any problem, I wasn't able to determine whether the opposite is true. 

Heya!

I really like this mod. It renders the trees beautifully, which is something I really missed

unfortunately, I often find bugs in the form of invisible birch leaf bushes, which are common in gravelly areas

and often these invisible bushes have branches, which creates invisible colliding blocks that can, of course, be destroyed and once one block of leaves is destroyed, the entire bush suddenly reappears

this is, unfortunately, a persistent problem :v

hi, i'm running this with falling tress and immersive mining (as well as the compatibility patches) and i cannot get trees to come down. i can only get them down if they are super tiny, anything with a full block at it's base won't come down even after 100 hits with my flint axe T-T i chopped this one pine tree all night... 

the immersive mining is only removing the outermost layer of voxels, so maybe that's the issue? idk if it's relevant, but i'm also using vigor, however i have the BlockRegenerationInterval for immersive mining set to 60 (i got annoyed with tools breaking) so i don't think running out of stamina should be affecting it. (i am on 1.22.3)

I seem to be having an issue where it is converting the debarked log frame of my build into your trees, interestingly the non-debarked logs ive placed in other areas have not converted..?

seems to only occassionally work on trees from the Wildcraft Trees mod, but the vanilla trees look gorgeous

Playing on 1.22.3 and am unable to get the mod to show up in the mod list.

Not sure if somebody has already mentioned this issue, but I added this mod to an existing save and all was fine, then I went to sleep and when I woke up, all the trees had gone back to vanilla - I just exited and relaunched the world and all was back to modded. Not sure if it is something to do with the trees not be loaded during sleep? Awesome mod anyhow!

Does this work with the ecosystem flora mod? I added this to my world (which has the aformentioned mod), and noticed that some of the trees updated, while others did not. As well as this, trees will often revert to the regular block state after leaving and unloading chunks. Either way, I love this mod and am excited for the update!

tree holes from primitive survival bulge outwards

Hey! First off, I love Eco Machina. Probably one of my favorite VS mods.

I'd like to make a request, not sure exactly how easy or difficult it would be. When playing with mods that disable the map, marking paths is incredibly important. Wilderlands Waymarkers adds some buoys and cairns, which are great. But I'm working on a small mod designed around marking blazes on trees to create trails. Overlays applied on top of Eco Machina's trees render on the bounding box of the log block, at least they do for the cave painting system. That means the overlays are floating in the air. Is it possible to have them render on the final tapered geometry instead?

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to the next update. I haven't had any real performance issues with the mod, but every frame is appreciated.

Will this work with mods that modify tree drops? Such as: Gimme One Seed PLZ  or  Proper Sticks
From the mod description I assume it should work no problem, but I'd rather ask

I wanted to add using ancient tools where you can scar a tree for it to become leaking and give resin makes the block full size instead of eco machina size 

I also wonder if its possible for me to fix it by myself if anyone can comment 

Also i love the mod thank you! 

hey, I'm not sure how helpful my feedback can be but I really love this mod, the only problem I've run in to is it causes chunks to load kinda slow, I js wanna mention incase you continue working on an update 

Looks great, runs terribly. Maybe in the future

I've run into an issue where Eco Machina struggles to detect trees added from the Florasphere mod. The mod is quite outdated, so I competely understand that compatibility might not be perectHowever, I was wondering if I could manage to make Eco Machina detect those trees. Is there a configuration file or something within the mod files that I could change to perhaps add support for them?

Amazing mod, but there is most certainly a significant performance impact. Not sure how you mod internals work, but the chunk remeshing has been tested to make chunk rendering 89.3% slower extremely consistently (t test value of 49.95 with df of 6, between two sets: with the mod installed and not). Not sure if this is a fundamental issue with the game engine or if there are some optimisations your mod can have to mitigate the issue.

the mod is causing a massive memory leak that uses all of my ram and makes the game unplayable with lower fps and massive lag spikes is there a way to fix it or do I have to wait for a patch?

Love this mod so much! Goes great with the Conquest texturepack, too.

Hello! I ran into an incompatibility with Primitive Survival:

Whenever a tree has a hollow block which allows items to be pulled from it, it doesn't convert to a slim/tapered trunk, instead, keeping the vanilla block style. 

Thank you for the mod!

I am getting crazy freezes with this mod. Getting ticks for the VanillaTreeAutoClaimServerSystem that lasts up to 4.8 seconds (4800 ms). It is odd since the world I am playing has always had the mod enabled, so there should be no trees to claim. I see a performance update is in the works, so I wanted to let you know this may be a possible issue to look into. For now, I will try to disable the auto claim and see what happens.

Yeah it goes away if I disable the tree mods, for terrain mods I'm running watersheds, rivers and terra prety. Trees seem to generate fine, just wondering what was spamming this error.

I am getting these errors spammed, any idea what could be causing it? I am running Eco Machina & Dedicious Trees.

29.6.2026 13:45:09 [Error] Exception: The given key '1-11-3' was not present in the dictionary.
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
selatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Collectible\Block\BlockEntity.cs:line 466
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.JsonTesselator.Tesselate_Patch3(JsonTesselator this, TCTCache vars)
29.6.2026 13:45:09 [Error] Exception thrown during OnTesselation() of block entity Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityGeneric@511693/113/511818. Block will probably not be rendered as intended.
29.6.2026 13:45:09 [Error] Exception: The given key '1-11-3' was not present in the dictionary.
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.BEBehaviorDisplay.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VSSurvivalMod\BlockEntityBehavior\BEBehaviorDisplay.cs:line 752
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.BlockEntity.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Collectible\Block\BlockEntity.cs:line 466
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.JsonTesselator.Tesselate_Patch3(JsonTesselator this, TCTCache vars)
29.6.2026 13:45:09 [Error] Exception thrown during OnTesselation() of block entity Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityGeneric@511693/113/511818. Block will probably not be rendered as intended.
29.6.2026 13:45:09 [Error] Exception: The given key '1-11-3' was not present in the dictionary.
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.BEBehaviorDisplay.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VSSurvivalMod\BlockEntityBehavior\BEBehaviorDisplay.cs:line 752
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.BlockEntity.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Collectible\Block\BlockEntity.cs:line 466
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.JsonTesselator.Tesselate_Patch3(JsonTesselator this, TCTCache vars)
29.6.2026 13:45:14 [Error] Exception thrown during OnTesselation() of block entity Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityGeneric@511693/113/511818. Block will probably not be rendered as intended.
29.6.2026 13:45:14 [Error] Exception: The given key '1-11-3' was not present in the dictionary.
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.BEBehaviorDisplay.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VSSurvivalMod\BlockEntityBehavior\BEBehaviorDisplay.cs:line 752
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.BlockEntity.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Collectible\Block\BlockEntity.cs:line 466
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.JsonTesselator.Tesselate_Patch3(JsonTesselator this, TCTCache vars)
29.6.2026 13:45:14 [Error] Exception thrown during OnTesselation() of block entity Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityGeneric@511693/113/511818. Block will probably not be rendered as intended.
29.6.2026 13:45:14 [Error] Exception: The given key '1-11-3' was not present in the dictionary.
   at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
   at Vintagestory.GameContent.BEBehaviorDisplay.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VSSurvivalMod\BlockEntityBehavior\BEBehaviorDisplay.cs:line 752
   at Vintagestory.API.Common.BlockEntity.OnTesselation(ITerrainMeshPool mesher, ITesselatorAPI tessThreadTesselator) in VintagestoryApi\Common\Collectible\Block\BlockEntity.cs:line 466
   at Vintagestory.Client.NoObf.JsonTesselator.Tesselate_Patch3(JsonTesselator this, TCTCache vars)
29.6.2026 13:45:14 [Error] Exception thrown during OnTesselation() of block entity Vintagestory.GameContent.BlockEntityGeneric@511693/113/511818. Block will probably not be rendered as intended.
29.6.2026 13:45:14 [Error] Exception: The given key '1-11-3' was not present in the dictionary.

Honest review: AI written code typically gives the simplest, least efficient solution. This mod is just that.

Super heavy on clients and causes significant lag in a portion of my serverbase. Tried to make it work for about a month, but the code is likely too bulky/spaghetti for anything but the strongest PCs.

Uninstalled, and won't be returning.

this doesnt mix well with Immersive Mining but that is because the block you mine turns into a non vanilla wood block. this is not a criticism of this or that mod, it just isnt compatible at the core, but i think a bandaid solution would be for this mod to not change the visual of the bottom tree block, maybe bottom two if there are players who like to leave stumps. maybe this is feasable. also doesnt mix with Salty's Falling Trees for the same reason, but i dont think that is something that could be made compatible. i will continue to play with all 3, these trees look way too good scenery wise and the realism of the other 2 are also too good to pass up. unreleated but this game and modding community has quickly become my favorites these past few months of playing, appreciate you peeps

Getting some error spam on the client with latest version on existing 1.22.3 world:

25.6.2026 13:26:24 [Client Error] Missing mapping for texture code #resin during shape tesselation of block game:log-resinharvested-pine-ud using shape game:block/wood/log/noresin1, or one of its alternates

Wow the HPD algorithm is really fascinating!

Hi, love the mod! Have it on a server I am playing on but in super dense forests my old laptop struggles. I tried turning off 'Render World Tapered Meshes' with the F9 key but I got the message that creative mode is required to change this - is this a default restriction?
And if it is not, would me turning off the rendering affect anyone else? Or is it safe to turn off for one player?

Love this mod, will cause low fps during spring if lots of trees around.

How well does this work with other modded trees?

question
exactly how much of an impact does this mod have on ram usage if it has any at all?

Nice work overall, you wont have my critique since nobody in 10 years ever made something like this for the trees despite many people asked for it multiple times...
But if we want to improve the thing further, the leaves still look like cubes, because the mod basically just change the rendering of the "existing branches" I guess (?)
The effort may be substantial but if we end up having some more natural looking trees would be huge, kinda like TFC+ (a minecraft mod) 
or the Dynamic trees.
The best goal would be to have something like those pretty conquest reforged custom models, but I know it's asking too much in that case haha

any chance for a compatibility with Under Tangled Boughs btw?

what does the eco machina staff do

F9 not opening a menu in game? Is it a mod conflict maybe. Can it be rebound?

First things first, thank you for making probably my favorite VS mod!

I came to get some advice, my server-main log is completely spammed (counting over 1300) with logs like these:

I'm on 1.22.3 and have quite a heavy modpack. The Eco Machina works fine so I don't think there's an actual issue with the mod, but maybe somebody encountered this already?

I've been loving the mod and honestly couldn't go back to not using it.
One minor bug though; I'm using the dynamic growth option, and the trees that I plant never seem to be rendered via Eco Machina.

All the native tree render correctly, but never any that are planted and grow.

dunno how fixable this would be, but ive found a bug with ndltreegrowth. it seems like for redwoods at least, some of the branches arent recognized by the mods rendering.

I've been looking forward to a mod like this, and so far this one is doing great! Besides obvious issues (gaps in the models is one that comes to mind), I wonder if it would be possible to fix the texture stretching/reshaping? Having the textures stick to the game's default scaling would make them look so much better. Thank you, and I look forward to any future updates!

I really like this mod, and I've recently installed the addon that make most trees shed their leaves in the winter too.
Both are pretty much a must-have for me already.

Unfortunately I've also just managed to track this mod down as the culprit for some "small" lag spikes I get when walking around specific areas of my base.

The picture below shows the spike I get when I approach my house,
which locks up the game for a couple of seconds, then it clears and everything goes back to normal.
If I walk a couple of blocks away and back again, the spike repeats.
It's pretty difficult to play with these freeze when I walk around my base.

I'm guessing I'm loading some trees in the distance.
I've tried adjusting the render distance, but it doesn't appear to have much of an effect.

I have DanaTweaks installed, which has resulted in some very dense groves of trees having sprouted around my base,
that could also have something to do with it.

I plan to test if the new rendering introduced in 0.6.0 relates to these spikes.

Additionally I need to test if felling all the groves clears the spikes.

But before then, I want to ask if I can provide any log or profiling to help with my issue, or development/optimization of the mod.

Many thanks!

EDIT: It's not related to 0.6.0, nor Deciduous Trees.
But I also think it's understandable it's understandable if my dense chunks of trees cause performance issues with this mod.

Had some weird behavior with the Saxaul tree from Wildcraft. It looked better after reloading the save, but another one started showing similar issues. Image in the spoiler below:

Saxaul from Wildcraft: Trees & Shrubs

Also, some Yew trees from Wildcraft I grew looked weird. Photos in this imgur album: https://imgur.com/a/foEpUcU

I didn't look at all of its trees, but I did plant at least one of all the evergreen trees from wildcraft so I could configure the deciduous leaves mod and all the others looked fine.

Hello!

I am developing a mod called Logging Expanded.
It can be found on the Discord, as it's not released yet

It primarily effects trees via the BreakBlock event, using preventDefault from allowing vanilla code to fire after you break a tree block with an axe, and inserting my own code.
It uses treewalk() to read the tree size, tracking vanilla block names to determine what drops.

Does your mode do anything around this event, or change anything with vanilla blocks? If not, I believe my mod should be completely compatible with yours, which makes me pretty happy cause this mod was one of the inspirations to make mine!

Are there plans for burls and hollows? I think they'd look nice. Also looking forward to roots.

Hey! Remember my old comment about trees losing leaves? I just released a mod that heavily utilizes Eco Machina to produce leafless trees during the winter!


I would be honored if you could check it out. 
https://mods.vintagestory.at/deciduoustrees

I think I've just found a bug!

The mod works on Fancy Aged Carved Acacia Logs, turning what would normally be a cool totem pole into a spindly little twig.

redwood forests seem to tank my framerate if there are too many trees

is there any chance u could make a 1.21.6 version in the future?

Just want to thank you for this mod! It's been such a joy to have in my game. 

A small request, if it is possible.
The Primitive Survival mod has "Tree holes" but they look out of place with your mod. Do you think, you could implement them a bit more seamless. It would help immersion tremedously :)
Thanks a lot in advance :)

I want to mention that when disabling and even removing this mod from my server, it still loads a ton of vsecomachina assets when first launching the server. This occurrs even when the cache folder is competely emptied out. Any comments on this?

Thank you for making this mod! I tried this with trees from other mods and it works great with those too. The only issue I've had is that horizontal aged logs that are in a row that look like fallen trees render as actual trees I guess, and each log is thinned out in a verticle position sometimes. This isn't a big deal to me, but just wanted to let you know. I can provide a pic if needed.

Just wanted to thank you for how quickly you fixed the ServerDebug console spam issue, I've reinstalled the mod after the latest update and it's running much more smoothly now!

Hi, previously had problems with trees not rendering with your mod, just wanted you to know it's been fixed with your last release!

Also, don't know if it could be useful to you, but i always have a freeze when coming near forests that were previously not rendered by your mod. Nevertheless, once it's been rendered, i don't have these freeze anymore and i can freely go in and out of the forest.
Idk if it's a bug or just a consequence of adding your mod to an existing world, but i thought i'd tell you anyways, since it could maybe be linked to another issue.

Thanks for making this awesome mod! The only issues I found were performance tanking a lot in redwood forests and primitive survival hollow tree logs not being affected by the usual tapering. Diagonal tree trunks hovering above rivers look amazing thanks to this mod, best of luck with development!

What modifications did you use for the world generation in the trailer?

Ive noticed that tree hollows from primitive survival are unnafected by the mod and so sometimes youll see a very skinny tree with a large normal log block in the middle with a tree hollow. Letting you know so you can add compatability there so we dont get funky trees lol. LOVE your mod so much regardless.

is there a way to disable or change f9 as my other mod use it?

Hello your mod is awesome , it really makes trees beautiful , but i have a request to make , if you can it would be very nice : just drop a few words about why an update . I find myself quite often downloading updates but nothing to tell you why there is one in the first place. Anyways , thanks in advance if you're willing to and even if you don't want , thanks for the time you take to share mod with us 

I love this mod and I'm looking forward to the development. I'm glad this stays close to vanilla but I'm curious if in the future will we be able to pass through the now very thin branches of trees? Like maybe not pass through quickly, maybe movement speed slows down as you walk through them to mimic walking through a bushy forest. I wouldn't know if thats possible for this mod but I couldn't help but ask. 

Huge lag spikes in redwood forests

Hi !
First of all this mod is simply amazing. However we have a problem on our server, it looks like it's only Server sided. Therefore our players with low specs computers are having a really hard time playing the game and we can't disable the mod for only the players who don't want it/can't run the game with it.
Having the mod somehow run client side only would allow that kind of things, if it's possible. 

Is this theoretically client side?

Halp! i cant seem to get your mod to override any vanilla tree :( it worked nicely for a while but i seem to be unable to us the f9 key to mess with it. ive tried clearing cache, reloading textures, reloading world. Starting a new map :( ma world is ugly and -_- minecraft like. Unacceptable plz halp and thank you :)

Have this mod installed and only SOME trees has been replaced by your mod.
The two trees in the foreground are both Purpleheart trees. Weirdly only one of them has been replaced by your mod. 

https://imgur.com/a/L2QDd1O

Amazing work on this so far! I haven't seen any of the crazy visual glitches some have posted here yet, but I did notice my very high-end PC absolutely struggling when near a redwood forest. Once I disabled this mod, that issue went away.

Could I suggest an option to disable the rendering for certain tree types (such as Redwoods) until it's made more performant?

I'm trying to troubleshoot some lag spikes and noticed that my server main log is chock-ful of errors like "[Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-lightaged-z-0.0625-dx1_dy1_dz1" and "[Warning] Failed resolving a blocks block drop or smeltedstack with code game:log-placed-lightaged-ud in Block vsecomachina:taperedlog-legacy-lightaged-y-0.1875". Any advice on resolving?

I had this mod installed on a dedicated server, and the mod seems to be causing ServerDebug_AutoClaim to run constantly, which is causing a large amount of lag and freezing. Also, there doesn't seem to be any difference in performance between loading new chunks and chunks that have already been explored. I really like the mod, but I've had to uninstall it for now.

I know I've already been here to ask other questions, but I really need to know more.

You already said every feature of the mod will be optional/possible to turn on/off in the config.

What do you envision for the roots once they're implemented? Will they serve a real function or will they be purely cosmetic? Will there be config toggles to turn them off or make them purely cosmetic? A cosmetics-only option for roots would enable much simpler compatibility for mods that alter how trees are generated.

Hi, added this mod to an existing save and only about 1/10 is rendered correctly, other trees shows the vanilla rendering. Tell me if you need pictures/files, I love the concept of your mod and I'd be glad to help.

Hi there! Very elegant trees are occasionally encountered lol. Sometimes not the entire tree trunk is redrawn, or it is redrawn, as in the screenshot, in the opposite direction, that is, not from the bottom to the top, but from the top to the bottom. Also, sometimes some trees are very stubborn and do not want to be redrawn, even though their colleagues nearby have already updated their appearance

Hi, also I know you will add roots for the trees, and I can't wait ! But can you make it so not 100% of the trees will have roots that we can see ? Can you make it random ? So some trees will have roots we can see, some others don't and they are underground ? It will be more realistic and varied ! <3

I don't like how others trees roots mods give roots to every single trees, because in real life some trees have them that we can see and some don't ! <3

Thx for the Amazing Mod ! I just noticed that the insects that are on some trees are a little bugged lol, they are on the air and not proprely placed on the tree, is this something you can / will fix later ? ^^

I would love to see proper textures for thinner trunk segments. The stretched textures really turn me off from using this mod in my day to day.

Perhaps this could be done in a data-driven fashion, to maintain out-of-the-box mod compatibility?

If this is already planned, wonderful! If not, please do consider it. It's really my only gripe with the mod.

Do you have advice on quick-reloading areas to update their trees? Loading into a world seems to update all surrounding trees, but it only seems to be for one pass as walking further shows normal trees. I will say, this is a preexisting 1.22 world.

Edit: I think the mod actually does a single passover in the area I load into, and then stops making subsequent passes which results in further loaded chunks being normalized. I do use other mods though, and I wonder if Tungsten/Optitime may be altering some game function that causes the mod to stop repeated area checks.

Very cool mod!

A suggestion from me: make the base of the trees smaller depending on their height.

Right now, the shorter trees look a bit strange because the bottom block is very wide, making the trees look a little like pyramids.

If smaller trees had a narrower base, they would have a smoother transition toward the top, and the tree itself would look smoother and better.

Having a lot of performance issues around redwood areas...dunno what to do about that..

The issue I mentioned previously about birches and larches having graphic glitches was completely fixed with your last update...thanks so much!

Absolutely stunning mod I instantly fell in love with, it changes so much - in such a beautiful way - you just can't return back. Unfortunately it's barely playable at the moment, especially if you run a heavily modified client with a huge modpack. The microstuttering it introduces - particularly if you run close to densly forested areas - makes the game unplayable and that is coming from someone running a very high end machine. I tried to pinpoint exactly what's causing it but so far, to no avail. A real shame.

SevenD Any chance you'd consider creating a separate baked-in version, instead of the dynamic one? As much I understand your approach behind this mod, there is a reason major world changing mods are usually baked into a save file and that is performance.

Please continue and hopefully you'll resolve the performance issues one way or another.

Edit:

Just tested the 0.5.0 version... and most of the microstuttering is gone. It's not perfect yet as there is still a noticeable performance drop - along with occassional microstutters - but it's more or less playable now. Keep up the good work!

I wish people would put their rage against LLM towards fully llm generated works rather then flocking to a mod that used AI as a step stone.

While yes this is not the best outcome that one could wish for but there is months of work in this mod and certainly was not created with a : suno/ chatGPT make a mod.

The presented art is still human, the process was made and directed by a human but sadly the paint is toxic.

This is where the debate should end and please for the love of the community stay human and civil

As the author of a complex and moderately large mod, I suggest the author ignore those who hate the use of AI. Because they didn't create anything themselves, and they likely didn't pay you for the development.
As for the ecology, it's debatable how much electricity and resources it would take to train someone to program manually for such a mod. I suspect the AI ​​would consume fewer resources and energy, considering the entire development period from scratch.

Been playing with this enabled for a few hours now. Overall it works super great!
My only complaint is the huge gap between logs on angled trees. If that could one day get patched up, it would be a 10/10 mod! Still likely going to be a perminant addition to my mods either way though lol

Would be interesting to see an additional mod to this that changes tree generation to take full advantage of what this mod can do.

Beautiful results, I love the look of the smaller branches especially. Does have an unfortunate interaction with this particular tree house trader structure:

Spoiler!

Hello! I love the look of this mod, unfortunately it seems to break the world-edit tools. 

How do the transformed trees handle getting special blocks from other mods attached to them? For example Culinary Artillery has spiles which you insert into tree trunks to extract sap or resin.

To the that complain about AI. Learn how to code yourself or just be quiet. Not everyone has good skills or the money to pay a professional. 

Will the trees get roots in the future? And by organic growth do u mean they will grow slowly and steadily?

can someone remake this without ai bloat? i do not wanna add this to my already large modlist when its vibecoded to hell by lazy devs

Chat GPT, Grok, etc. AI mods? If clair obsura gets revoked for game of the year due to placeholder textures, then you should feel honestly embarassed about using AI to make mods. Yes coding take a while, and learning it is challenging. but theres no excuse. 

SevenD
This is honestly one of the most impressive visual mods I've seen in vintage story.
It makes forests look breathtaking and alive.
I love the ambition and where you want to take it.
This is the type of mod that this game could honestly use!
Oh! And did I mention that it works splendidly with the Conquest texture pack?

And please for the love of God, don't get discouraged by people saying that AI is the worst thing on the planet.
it's valid for the community to get pissed because of the sheer bloat it brought into the modding scene; you have the right to have an opinion,
but it's not an excuse to witch-hunt and harass.
Please be civil and have a modicum of common sense.

I don't mind AI. Only insecure people are afraid of AI. Keep up the great work!

Biodiversity Trees don't seem to be affected, unsure how they code in the trees but it appears not to be as you describe "vanilla".

I had a vanilla tree not generated properly much like the Pin Tree from Primitive survival picture below (but I dont have any other flora mods), does this fall under "Tree-conversion misses — occasionally a tree fails to convert to tapered meshes during chunk loading and stays as vanilla cubes until the chunk is re-loaded." ?

Mother of God. I had no idea you could just... selectively replace the rendering of ingame objects like that. I applaud your ingenuity.

Though I wonder, if you're adding a system for dynamically growing trees over time, would that not require fully replacing the tree in the world? Younger trees would need to yield less wood and such...

Getting these odd fragments in birch trees and larch trees, but only seems to happen in the winter. i checked them in another world and they look fine in the spring.Thanks for all the hard work on this mod!

Seems to not like/work with tree hollows from Primitive Survival lol

Hey SevenD! Just wanted to say that I have been super excited about this mod for some time. I have been tracking your development of this mod for months and find the progress you've made to be amazing! Thank you for being very upfront about your use of AI tools to help exectue your ideas. Im really glad you brought this mod to VS and hope you find more reasons to continue applying your passion for media design and desire to learn how to expand your interest in coding! 

"trees deserve better" lmao whatever datacenter u used to hallucinate some fucked up code probably generated more pollution and greenhouse gases than every vintage story player in their entire lives will ever generate

Hey bro! really big fan of the mod, its amazing how much better it makes trees. but a problem I experienced both in singleplayer and modded on the same map, was with the floral zones mod, The european yew trees growing in a dense enough thicket would hav an issue i'm guessing with the brancing system, they would grow in 3x3 and and larger sizes and grow densely enough that IT SEEMS like they would have some sort of error with the branching algorithm, causing horrific unplayable lag. Thats the best debugging/bug report I can give you, thanks a bunch for posting this cool mod.

Hello friend, I am using the Better Forest and Floral Zones mod, all of them. I would like to know if there are no compatibility errors with those.

I'm curious to how AI was actually used, because it wasn't really specified. Nothing was mentioned beyond "AI coding assistants". So did they just pick up the menial, repetitive tasks for you? Or did they write most if not all of the code? Not making accusations or anything, just curious as to the extent of AI usage. 

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Looks good, too bad it's AI slop vibecoded. 

To be clear, I appreciate you putting the disclaimer in, but morally I can't justify supporting anyone who thinks its acceptable to use LLMs to perform basic tasks a human can do, likely better.  Beyond it just taking people's jobs and stupifying people in fields that really should be learning how to do this stuff by hand, it's also actively fueling these tech oligarchs and their drive to build datacenters.  It's really a shame you could put months of work into the lead up to this but couldn't spend a few hours learning the code that would enable it to come true.

I'm a game designer.  If there is a step in the process that I can't do myself, I learn it.  If I can't learn it, I hire someone who already knows it.  If you can't be bothered to do either, you deserve neither admiration nor financial support.

Waiting for a version of this without AI.

Just gave it a short try and it looks incredible, amazing work, can't wait to play with it.

One thing that stood out after a quick look around is that some tree shapes felt a bit odd to me, especially trees with few or no branches. I think in irl trees their trunks and branches change fairly little with height or length and are much more dependant on the size and number of offgoing branches. To me it looks like the mod currently shrinks trunks/branches size (too) heavily based on length, which looks great on trees with fairly evenly spaced branches, but makes trees that have irregular or no branches at all look a bit strange.

Following this, really cool concept and like what I see so far.  Would be cool if roots provided soil stability to help prevent floating trees you usually get from landslides. 

strange issue ive found after adding this to my mod list.

the fruit trees from wildcraft show with some black squares, except it didn't occur with just this, wildcraft: fruits and nuts, and herbarium (required for wcf&n)

i was able to get rid of all my other mods except age of confession, botaniastory, electrical progressive core basic and qol, floral zone series, fotsa series, and geology additions.

removing any single one of these mods seems to stop the issue, but none of them on their own with wcfn and this mod seem to replicate it. i know floral zones and fotsa aren't up to date and give errors, but they played well enough before adding this. since it only occurs with such a strange combo of mods, i'm guessing it's not really directly related to this mod, but since this is a new release and only began after i added this to my modlist, i figured i'd mention it here, in case anyone else experiences this odd issue

In the trailer video, you show several streams that cascade down slopes quite splendidly!  Can you tell me what other mods you used making that video that produce such stunning visuals?

Greatly appreciated!

Noticed some texture/color explosions in a few trees. 

I'm absolutely blown away by this. Incredible work!!

Thank you for the transparency on your use of AI. Personally, I think you're using it how it should be used... as a tool to assist with already fleshed out ideas. 

mod's so good that I can honestly put my disdain for AI aside and enjoy this

well done

Just tested, and I have a mix of affected and not affected trees.

I was hoping for a long time for VS equivalent for The Other Block Game's Dynamic Trees. It looks great, very versatile implementation. Can't wait for root and ecosystem!

And kudos for being transparent about using AI - could've said nothing and prolly only few would notice.

Love the mod - although some of the trees can look a little funky lol

This is interesting.  I'm having trees flicker between vanilla blocks and Eco Machina's appearance.  Maple Trees appear to be largely unaffected, and in one case, a pine tree was only Eco Machina blocks from about halfway up.  This is on a server, mind you, and I didn't check to see if it's server optimized.  I'm still looking around to see what else is going on. This was loaded into a world-in-progress, if that matters. 

Update: Logging out and back into the server again seemed to help fix the issue.  Though the flickering at distance between Vanilla/Eco still happens.

Wow, this mod is exploded. So many people for 1 day 😄1300 downloads for 18 hours is crazy

HELL YEAH, I remember seeing this idea on the reddit months ago haha and here we are

Is this compatible with falling trees ? I am probably sure if it is not then salty would help and make it compatible cause he always has been a real chill and kind modder in the VS modding scene

Love this so far! I love the organic look.

A few things to note. I added it to my server and when I loaded in, only some trees had changed and if I tried to chop down the trees, the moment my axe touched them they defaulted back to vanilla look. So I went ahead and restarted my server (it is dedicated) and upon loading back in, all trees are as they should be with the mod! Love it. And when chopping them, they stay the way the mods makes them. With that said, I use Salty's falling trees mod, so once the tree I was choping reached 100% chopped, it does turn back into vanilla from the moment the tree is felled and when it hits the ground. Obviously that is not a huge issue, but figured I would mention it here in case you wanted to make it compat. with the falling tree mod so when it begins to fall and when the tree hits the ground, it keeps the modded textures.

Optical very pleasing, but i still decided to wait a while for this one after testing it on our running server. The performance impact to change all trees is huge (and i would suggest to not run it in an ongoing game, as it totally lags the server when generating new chunks and updating the old ones). 
As well as player complained about their own performance impact on their side (even in regions that have already changed to these new trees) 

Good thing to mention: you can just remove the mod without any further errors. It just switches back to the vanilla trees, which is a huge plus for giving it a try.

It would be nice if they still lost their leaves in winter, or if the graphical representation of leaves on trees were replaced with tiny twigs, or if they disappeared completely, just like in real life. Unfortunately, in the real game, this distorts the overall view of the seasons, as it only affects fruit trees and fruit bushes. It would be nice to see that a mod like this, specifically focused on trees, also included their appearance in winter (with only the branches covered in frost or snow) and in spring, when the leaves emerge.

seems cool but something seems off about this all once looking further into it, not gonna trust it with my large server yet

Two bugs here since I dont see them mentioned yet;
Thin trees sometimes generate through an empty block. In the sense that there's a black hole (not just a hole from a block missing?) and the tree itself grew from there
Vines growing from trees that are further away from the trunk cannot be interacted with (if the vines are growing onto the trunk, then they can be broken)

Does not seems to work in already existing world
Here is the mopd list:

@jupifox3, you should really care about quality, not a tool used by a modder. But you do you.

I was excited about this mod but after finding out it's all vibe coded I kinda don't care anymore

Holy smokes, this looks like an absolute must have mod. I'll try it out asap, thanks for taking care of trees :)

One question for further development, I've recently spoken with SaltyWater in discord about the possibility to make certain trees shed their leaves in late fall and winter and regrow them in spring. Do you plan to add this in one of your future iterations by any chance? :)

Already loving the mod. Made our savanna look gorgeous!

I just found a tiny mod compatability problem with the Biodiversity: Trees mod.

Some branches have problems getting the right textures as some tree´s used a completely different texture, or with one case even the default textures for moddeling.
Dunno why this happens but wanted to give you this info :)
(I´d upload an image but idk how to do it xP)

Big chance this will end on my permanent mod list. 

I noticed that trees that grow after world gen dont get rendered. I assume this is not how it is intended?

Sometimes it doesn't work on some trees, doesn't matter big or small. May very well be related to Better Forest. Also the mod has some trouble with really small trees like short birches - sometimes the trunk is practically a stick despite a lot of foliage on top of it. Though I'm not exactly en expert. Maybe this is fine actually?

In any case this mod IS AMAZING. The forests have never looked better and I'm convinced a similar system should be implemented in vanilla because these trees fit the game's style significantly more than the regular thick cube trees

Do fruit trees interact with this system or do they still use vanilla appearance? 

Crashes every time just after the game load in, on Linux Flatpack

If this just changes rendering of the trees, could it not just be a client side mod?

What an excellent idea for a mod. Nearly flawlessly executed, too! Certainly worth watching for future updates and improvements.

Will the dynamic growth stay optional forever? I worry that if it becomes a permanent feature of the mod, it's going to break compatibility with other tree-related addons, like for example Lakul's Enhanced Vanilla Trees, which makes all trees much larger.

I do play with a few other mods but I have encountered an issue where on wildcraft trees specifcally the cedar trees have enlarged versions of the butterfly textures sticking out of them, any idea what could cause this?

I've been waiting for this to come out! So excited!  

How demanding is the mod performance--wise? 

this is awesome! if i add it to an existing world will existing trees update?

Thank you for this wonderful addition to the community! This is stunning, been following progress for weeks!

Been following this for a while and its been great but I did notice something weird where using the magicwand for creative work, the select function just stops working. This is the only mod installed today and its when it stopped. 

I think I first saw this back near the start of development but only recently started following. Been very excited to see the progress on this. Great work! I'll be super excited to try this out.