Hi everyone, been awhile! Looks like the Elderwoods is here and so I must catch up! I shan't yap too much about where I've been, so I'll just move on to the changes at hand. Apologies for the wait

New Crafter Timing Support & Saves

I've now added Crafter Time Support, and with it comes the ability to save and share setting configurations. This is the 2nd major milestone of the planner, with the next being a better support for off-set plots. This implementation took way longer than necessary to come up with. I was attempting to tinker with more ambitious scopes but had to ground myself to this one. Truth is I wanted a more experimental process, testing changes with a smaller set of players to test different solutions. However, after such a long time (sorry), I decided that this simple one should be good for a live test.

Do see the Info tab in the Output Display to see some explanation on the processor! I belive the input will stay, with maybe an extra option or two, but I'll have to see if there's other internal implementations I can make to improve this.

To help with the effort everyone'll go through messing with crafter configurations, I've also added the ability to add settings into the code. I've done my best to minimise its impact on the code length, so hopefully it won't be much of a hassle to share. I've also added browser-saving! So now you can quickly fetch and share them from within the website

Harvester Improvements

While the processor was obviously going to be re-made, the harvester also got a massive change! The old method was incredibly slow and inefficient, impeding the experience especially on long simulations. Thanks to the overhaul, simulating a large amount of days should now be faster, you can try simulating 1.8k days of harvest now with a lot less lag! Unfortunately, this did mean I have to re-implement the day-by-day breakdown so stay tuned for that.

This change also disentangled a lot of the messy code the planner initially had. While it's still not pristine, it's now both easier and more convenient for me to add new changes! I'm eyeing the ability to factor in fertiliser costs soon, as well as alternative ways to factor in replant costs. I'll be working on this after bug fixes, re-implementations, and new crops.

QoL Changes

Outside of that, there should now be some new features to make things easier for your garden planning.

Starting off, I've added a widget to sort crops by buffs. The truth is this is to condense the space of the crop buttons to handle new crops, but it also doubles as a filter! Furthermore, I've added some assistance to mobile users, you should now have a new button that lets you pick a crop without having to scroll al the way up. In addition, there's now a couple options in the new UI Settings modal to let you hide crop buff indicators. This should make things look a lot less cluttered, letting your eyes breathe a lil' easier!

An LCM option got added to the harvest settings. One of many features that should've been here sooner tbh. This new default setting makes it so the last day has all your crops be ready for harvest, making it a nice way to round the simulation off. Speaking of, the output window as a whole is getting quite cluttered with these tabs, so I added the option to clone it! Feel free to leave the garden for a while while you mess with the configurations

Closing Words

What a long post! Anyway, I'll be testing these changes as they come and will be polishing things up. In the meantime, feel free to report any issues, complaints, or suggestions you may have about the new changes! (.aisen on Discord)

Thank you guys once again for your continued use of the planner. Happy planning and happy Elderwoods update!

Hello! The last internal tweak proved to be beneficial in reducing host resource consumption without affecting user experience. As a result, another tweak is being implemented to optimise another aspect of the website.

If you have been facing any issues since the update today or the previous one, please contact me on Discord below.

Hi folks! The Garden Planner now has a Ko-fi link for those who wish to send tips. I've had a few requests for this, but I wanted to hold off till I had something more substantial to show for it.

However, Garden Planner traffic has been increasing (woohoo!!). I'll soon no longer be able to host the server for free though, so I've decided to add the Ko-fi link now to help me cover the costs. Development continues when I can. I've got new plans for the crafters and how they'll fit in the planner that I hope will finally allow me to release them.

Regardless, thank you guys so much for your continued support and use of the planner. I'm glad to see it's been useful to so many of you and I'm proud it's come to a point I have to consider server costs (though stressful). I intend on maintaining the planner for as long as I can, and I hope to continue to improve it.

Have a great life everyone! Happy planning!

With the release of 0.179 comes the Courtyard building, a new housing add-on. Thank you to CauldronMorgana for confirming certain details about the Courtyard, as well as TinyDragon for the same reason as well as general housing information.

As of this update, the House Planner development is indefinitely halted. I've evaluated that the prototype needs to be reworked from the ground up to better simulate the in-game housing system as well as support the upcoming features (such as the Structure Blocks and 2nd Floor).

I've detailed the reasons for the halt on the bottom of the House Planner page. Overall, my prototype was just not feasible and I feel I do not have the time and resources to remake it in a way that fits my standards. For that, I've decided to halt development on the House Planner and simply maintain it for archival purposes.

Garden Planner development still continues and I have no plans to halt it.

New attempt at a level-based star-chance system, this time with a formula that can adapt to any level instead of just level 25. This change was originally intended to be part of the crafter update, but since that won't be out for a while (busy reasons, see Jan 30 update) I've decided to release that change now.

Formula: 0.25 + (0.25 * useStarSeeds) + (0.02 * level) + (0.5 * hasQualityBoost)

See Harvest Calculator Info > Assumptions for brief explanation

This new formula is arbitrary and based off player observations, and is still not the actual in-game formula. Level 25+ players using star seeds shouldn't notice any difference from the old system provided the same settings are used. Pre-level 25 star-seed layouts should expect the same settings as a level 0.

For players not using star seeds, the new system should hopefully provide a slightly more accurate representation of their star chance. Most notably, when you reach level 50, you should expect a 100% star chance with normal seeds. 100% is actually met earlier on at around level 38 as per the planner, whether that's accurate to in-game is debatable, but nevertheless should still be closer than the old formula.

Minor UI tweaks in preparation of an internal UI update, as well as minor experimentation with making the planner more compact.

UI changes are planned for the next major update (no ETA), with a specific focus to the harvest calculator. Many of my issues with the incoming updating has been the lack of space to fit everything in, so I'm making a smaller UI update to make the calculator more bearable to look at. In addition, I might look at better ways to display the crop/fertiliser buttons, as the increase of crops is going to make the buttons more cluttered.

If you notice anything wrong, please report it to me on Discord (.aisen)

Hello everyone! This was a bit of a quick addition. Huge thanks to Aschefield and Adain (Paliapedia) for providing information and assets on the new crops and by-products! Their help certainly sped up syncing the planner with the new patch.

There may be a chance I missed some values, so if you notice any discrepancies please do report it to me on Discord (.aisen). Those of you who are using the House Planner may note an issue with the Bay windows, I'll need to re-work how the planner handles housing add-ons to support it so it would definitely take awhile.

Apologies once more for the slow updates, I've been busy :( Please note that anyone willing to make alternative websites or improve on this one is more than welcome to do so. I'm currently searching for a job, so I'm not sure how much time I'll have to work on this. Consider updates to be much slower from now on until the situation changes.

Heya folks, small update this time round with a small focus on features unrelated to the garden planner.

I've worked on the layout for the planner a bit, hopefully to support larger gardens and smaller screens a little. I meant to add a fix to the screenshot feature but it did not pan out.

Crafter Support

Crafters are under construction! Files for them exist somewhere in the background. they support having limited slots and can properly calculate time spent processing regardless of the different crops inserted into each one. Information with and without idle time is also available.

Not much work left on the crafters themselves as they're almost functional. The big problem is how they'll be managed and displayed. I intend to support the ability to calculate for total processing time given a number of crafters. Every crafter will support having different crops placed into each one.

I have been mind-blocked on both how to manage and configure the crafters in a way that can reflect multiple playstyles. Not to mention that on release it'll likely need configuration saving and sharing, which is a whole other can of worms. Overall though, work is progressing on them, I hope to release them in a state that's satisfying.

However, to make sure I implement them right, I plan on releasing them in an experimental page first. This was where the house planner came in, as a way to gauge how users react to experimental features.

House Planner

The house planner is a proof of concept, and is not meant to be used regularly. Aside from being a way to gauge how users react to experimental features, it's also a highly demanded project that I've been wishing someone else would make. Since it's been months and I needed a change of gear to work on, I decided to make it myself.

It's currently in it's early stages, and is currently not a reliable source of information on housing. It has a lot of inaccuracies, and is missing a lot of information. That said, having this out there will let me test for bugs much earlier, as I personally do not have the resources and space to test for housing.

Hopefully, this will also encourage other developers to either improve on this or make their own versions. Otherwise, this opens up a new end goal of being the one-stop shop for simulating certain Palia mechanics.

You may try it out yourself here: House Planner

UI using custom layouts is not final, and will be changed soon.

This change is a major UI rework, with the aim of reducing scrolling and making the planner more compact. The initial design of the planner was added as an after-thought, and was not meant to be a long-term solution. Adding new features, and planning out future ones was proving to be a hassle with the current design, so I prioritised its re-work.

The rework is designed by an amazing friend of mine, frnkers, and was translated to code by yours truly. This change allows me to comfortably add new features, and plan out future ones without worrying about the messiness of the UI.

I've also added a couple new features, an in-game timer and growth boost support. Growth boost support is a toggle in the options menu as it's still bugged (and may work differently with fertilisers which is still untested), a lot of thanks to gazar for providing information regarding this mechanic.

The in-game timer is a small nifty addition that mimics the in-game clock. I've initially added a 6 AM alarm (for harvests) but it was proving to be buggy due to how web notifications work. The alarm feature will be kept on the shelf until I find a better system for alarms.

Overall, this update is late as I've taken a break. Health reasons and being busy with other stuff meant I couldn't follow my initial roadmap. I'm still working on the planner, but it'll be at a slower pace now and I'll be developing the planner at a more comfortable pace.

If you ever want to contribute to the project's development, just know that the website is open-source and can be accessed in the footer below!