Wood Wall has stupid recipe

[nik96rus]

In the recipe wooden wall includes boards and not the log. Boards but not the logs! So why is the wall of logs? Look at the picture above, there is a log and not the board. Can I get an explanation on this issue? I believe that the recipe for a very stupid and unrealistic. It saddens.

[Battal]

It saddens when people overreact when things in video games are unrealistic.

[JoeW]

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In the recipe wooden wall includes boards and not the log. Boards but not the logs! So why is the wall of logs? Look at the picture above, there is a log and not the board. Can I get an explanation on this issue? I believe that the recipe for a very stupid and unrealistic. It saddens.

 

It's less about being realistic about the components of a recipe and more about the balance in gathering the components needed. 

[toasterman3000]

It's less about being realistic about the components of a recipe and more about the balance in gathering the components needed. 

 

People seem to forget this all the time, and not just in Don't Starve.

[felipe3214]

I just hope that you are a troll , But Yeah, Don't Starve is not supposed to be realistic, at last Not at all.

[Parrotoss]

Yeah, I get what you're saying man, but as was said before, it's about game balancing. Of course, the cost of boards could be replaced by the number of logs needed to craft the same amount of boards, yes?

[MaxStrategy]

I can't say I ever use wooden walls except to close in Bees. I mean they light on fire so they are more of a hazard then protection

[imsomony]

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In the recipe wooden wall includes boards and not the log. Boards but not the logs! So why is the wall of logs? Look at the picture above, there is a log and not the board. Can I get an explanation on this issue? I believe that the recipe for a very stupid and unrealistic. It saddens.

Although the recipe would work out the same mathematically (8 logs/1 rope vs. 2 boards/3 grass, I imagine the devs made it a bit more complicated so you would have a challenge through the stages of progression.  

 

For instance, you can build a limited number of things without needing any machines... lets call that stage 1. In stage 2, you can build the same things of course, but to progress to further crafting, you need a science machine. In stage 3, you can build everything from 1 & 2, but you need an alchemy engine to progress further crafting. Etc. etc. 

 

Wood walls require materials that are more advanced crafting (stage 2) than simply wood and grass (stage 1). It's not about the looks, although that's nice aesthetically, it's about the progression. IRL, you would need to form materials in stage 1 o a certain degree (shaping, height, width, weaving, etc) to advance them into stage 2. They're not created that way naturally, but instead, manipulated into what they become.  In Don't Starve, these degrees are the same... only you manipulate them via machines, The more machines you craft, the more stages you can advance.

[Parrotoss]

Although the recipe would work out the same mathematically (8 logs/1 rope vs. 2 boards/3 grass, I imagine the devs made it a bit more complicated so you would have a challenge through the stages of progression.  

Doh, of course. I completely forgot about that whole other reason. Thanks.