Help with sprinkler layout?

[ISSsloth]

Hi all, I've finally gotten around to mapping out my modded farm in the planner, and I'm having a bit of trouble finding efficient sprinkler layouts.

The first problem area is the middle row of my crop field.

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The other one is a bit more of a unique shape, and is my attempt at a labyrinth.

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The bordering tiles are also free game for sprinkler placement, including the flooring spaces.

The tiles not covered by paths are the ones that need to be sprinkled. Ideally, the sprinklers would be one tile back from any pathing so that it could be somewhat covered by crops, but this is more necessary with the maze than the field. Any help would be so so appreciated. :)

 

[REtroGeekery]

Regarding your crop field: If you move the single rows of horizontal crystal path so the top one is one tile higher and the bottom one is one tile lower, then the middle two will fit two irridium sprinklers perfectly and the upper and ower ones will fit four quality sprinklers with some overap (or you could remove three tiles from either side to thin out the vertical rows of crystal path and fit the full quality sprinkler space in).

Are all of the spaces inside the crystal pathing of your maze tillable?

 

[FilthyGorilla]

For this, I would do one of two things
1. push the single rows up/down or down/up then have a mix of iridium and quality sprinklers. It will be a bit of an awkward look with the quality sprinklers unless you incorporate some overlap though
(the blue indicates paths, light yellow the soil, purple the iridium sprinklers, and orange the quality sprinklers)

2. reduce the number of rows to 3, with a two deep path on the top(or bottom) and single path lines between each sprinkler row

hope this helps

 

[ISSsloth]

Thanks all for the advice on the crop field. It hadn't actually occurred to me to move the pathing, since I was initially more concerned with having the same amount in each section.

Are all of the spaces inside the crystal pathing of your maze tillable?

Yes ,the tiles are all tillable.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

Good luck!

If you still want the same amount in each row it's absolutely possible you just won't have rows that are as even or have the sprinklers underutilized (which isn't the biggest deal to be entirely honest)

 

[stardew_luv]

Thanks all for the advice on the crop field. It hadn't actually occurred to me to move the pathing, since I was initially more concerned with having the same amount in each section.



Yes ,the tiles are all tillable.

I second moving paths. They need to accommodate quality or Iridium sprinkler size rows.

 

[FilthyGorilla]

Thank you, you made my day.

I'm glad I was able to help!

Also keep in mind that basically any layout can be adapted like this, just requires some thinking of specific placement and sometimes cutting your losses and not going for 100% coverage efficiency