I am gonna attempt a Japanese style setting, based on a house I saw online: Second Life Marketplace - Feudal Japanese House as well as some added features from OakKodama's youtube channel.
Q is about wheat growing, as I want to try and make a rice paddy of sorts. Does wheat need water to grow or just sporadic spots?
Wheat can be planted on farmland (tilled dirt) even if it is not hydrated; BUT, it won't stay planted if the farmland reverts back to regular dirt. Here's a link to the Wiki page that describes how hydration is supposed to work:
What I've noticed (and this was a couple of years ago) is that unhydrated farmland seems to have a greater tendency to revert back to regular dirt quicker than hydrated farmland; and I've never had hydrated farmland revert unless it was jumped on; but the info in the Wiki doesn't reflect that... so maybe it's something they've changed since.
As a test, I planted some wheat on unhydrated farmland just before I began typing this response; and so far, none of the planted blocks have reverted to regular dirt and the wheat does appear to all be growing. It does respond the same as hydrated wheat to bonemeal as well. So, based on this test, I would say you don't have to hydrate your wheat field. Just plant it quickly right after tilling the soil.
I guess to be safe, I should put 1 water per 9x9 square as shown in wiki, here is the vid with the paddy and sporadic blocks. They look like they are within a 9x9 area as well:
I think IRL rice paddies are submerged in a layer of water (which wouldn't work in MC). I also think they are often found with channels of water going through them, so maybe rows of water every so may blocks would be a good representation as well. Try googling for images of IRL rice paddies to get some ideas.
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I am gonna attempt a Japanese style setting, based on a house I saw online: Second Life Marketplace - Feudal Japanese House as well as some added features from OakKodama's youtube channel.
Q is about wheat growing, as I want to try and make a rice paddy of sorts. Does wheat need water to grow or just sporadic spots?
Perpetually negative
Wheat can be planted on farmland (tilled dirt) even if it is not hydrated; BUT, it won't stay planted if the farmland reverts back to regular dirt. Here's a link to the Wiki page that describes how hydration is supposed to work:
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Farmland
What I've noticed (and this was a couple of years ago) is that unhydrated farmland seems to have a greater tendency to revert back to regular dirt quicker than hydrated farmland; and I've never had hydrated farmland revert unless it was jumped on; but the info in the Wiki doesn't reflect that... so maybe it's something they've changed since.
As a test, I planted some wheat on unhydrated farmland just before I began typing this response; and so far, none of the planted blocks have reverted to regular dirt and the wheat does appear to all be growing. It does respond the same as hydrated wheat to bonemeal as well. So, based on this test, I would say you don't have to hydrate your wheat field. Just plant it quickly right after tilling the soil.
I guess to be safe, I should put 1 water per 9x9 square as shown in wiki, here is the vid with the paddy and sporadic blocks. They look like they are within a 9x9 area as well:
Perpetually negative
I think IRL rice paddies are submerged in a layer of water (which wouldn't work in MC). I also think they are often found with channels of water going through them, so maybe rows of water every so may blocks would be a good representation as well. Try googling for images of IRL rice paddies to get some ideas.