[Easy] Make a 'Loading/Gathering zone' for Caravans

[Casazzo]

Hi

i would suggest a loading and gathering zone comparable to the mariage and party zone. It would make ai behavior a  lot less stupid erratic.

Cheers
C

[schizmo]

How would this differentiate in any way from the current stockpile zones? I don't understand.

[Casazzo]

At the moment, they just pick a place outside your homezone and start to gather the load. You can only select one of four directions. That may just be a LONG way from the cargo, though.

Better would be a placeable spot, so you can take some influence.

[schizmo]

Are you talking about something relating to caravans? Your post is very unclear. I don't have any experience with A16 so that might be why I'm confused, I'm just trying to clarify

[Casazzo]

Yes, i did :-)

But a very nice person already did make a mod for that. Thx!

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=28678.0

Should be included into vanilla for a17 though.

[Thane]

Should be included in 16B not 17.

[Grishnerf]

should not be included cause it is too easy to abuse Caravans then.


think a better solution would be that they only gather outside of your homezone at least 10 tiles away.
so you safe the crops, but still dont know where exactly they will idle around.

[deslona]

Oh yes please incorporate this in the next update. My bases tend to be large and I cannot fathom why the caravan has to park OUTSIDE my defenses to load up or unload. Wouldn't it be more in-lore to do this in the safety of the colony proper?

[Thane]

should not be included cause it is too easy to abuse Caravans then.


think a better solution would be that they only gather outside of your homezone at least 10 tiles away.
so you safe the crops, but still dont know where exactly they will idle around.

Umm... We are talking about a spot for your caravans to idle. Not visiting caravans.

[Grishnerf]

ah okey makes more sense now, my bad.

[Wishmaster]

Oh yes.
It is sometime a giant pain to see how caravan's loading can be so inefficient.
Glad there is already a mod for that !

[bills6693]

should not be included cause it is too easy to abuse Caravans then.


think a better solution would be that they only gather outside of your homezone at least 10 tiles away.
so you safe the crops, but still dont know where exactly they will idle around.

Umm... We are talking about a spot for your caravans to idle. Not visiting caravans.

Although there is a mod that does that too, and I find super useful (because I don't want my high social skill pawn having to go miles to go to the trader)

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=25579.0