Let tree descriptions use the same size scheme as buildings

well, using the same description would be confusing as well. From an engine point of view, all trees are either of immovable size none (i.e. can be destroyed by placing a flag) or small (i.e. the size of a flag or a small building). The tree descriptions could be changed to young, older, old or so, but I think it is probably not worth the effort.

+1 for won't fix. But I think gunchleoc should speak on this as it is a language issue.

@gun: feel free to unassign after you said your opinion. I realized I did not mention this before, but getting a bug assigned is like pinging here. It does not mean you need to fix it - if you do not plan it, unassign yourself :)

Well, since we already broke tons of stuff anyway, I won't mind changing this, and it has been bugging me a bit as well.

So, +1 for changing these.

How about:

sapling
young
mature

I take it that trees are only ready to be cut down in the third stage?

OK, I did some digging. The system works like this:

tree4_t=_Maple (tiny) gets seeded, grows into
tree4_s=_Maple (small), which grows into
tree4_m=_Maple (medium), which can also seed tree4_t and grows into
tree4=_Maple, which has a falling animation and can also seed tree4_t.

http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about163.html

> The life cycles of trees, especially conifers, are divided into the
> following stages in forestry for survey and documentation purposes,
> though the boundaries between stages vary among gardeners and foresters:
>
> 1. Seed
> 2. Seedling: the above-ground part of the embryo that sprouts from the seed
> 3. Sapling: After the seedling reaches 1 m tall, and until it reaches 7 cm in stem diameter
> 4. Pole: young trees from 7-30 cm diameter
> 5. Mature tree: over 30 cm diameter, reproductive years begin
> 6. Old tree: dominate old growth forest; height growth slows greatly, with majority of productivity in seed production
> 7. Overmature: dieback and decay become common
> 8. Snag: standing dead wood
> 9. Log/debris: fallen dead wood

So, I think we should use these stages:
tree4_t = 3. Sapling
tree4_s = 4. Pole
tree4_m = 5. Mature tree
tree4 = 6. Old tree

I like the suggested changes. But please do not do them right now. I will give a merge nightmare when I bring the one_world branch in (still a few weeks off). Can this be postponed for a while?

nevermind, the change was much smaller than I anticipated (I thought we need to touch all conf files).

Fixed in build19-rc1.