All colonists 'only haul/construct/cut plants' work tab button

Started by Sanguine, September 02, 2015, 01:44:06 PM

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Sanguine

So no one likes having items left on the ground for long periods of time without any colonists hauling them to storage zones due to other work needing to be done. Hence why every now and then I like to have an in-game day where my colonists do nothing but haul.

There's one problem with doing this and that is having to go through the work tab manually deselecting everything each colonist would have been doing that day, had it not been 'Hauling Day'

So my suggestion is to add the ability to have the current work tab settings overwritten in favor of one specific activity at the press of a button, without changing all work tab settings (The 0-4 numbers). This would decrease wasted time, decrease frustration and increase our personal joy stat from getting to playing the game.

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Or just make hauling 1, and anything else on 1 you make 2 by right clicking.
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Sanguine

Of course you can do that, but doing that for 6+ colonists can take a very long time and you must remember what each colonists job is, for after the hauling has been completed.

Also, there's the fact that sorting out the job tab is the most boring part of the game, giving us more tools to set a colonists routine as quickly as possible does nothing but make the game more enjoyable for all.

Example: Your freezer is suddenly not big enough and needs extending as quickly as possible. So you wish to tell your little guys to make that their priority over all else. Currently the only way to do this takes time. Being able to click a button/dropdown menu next to a colonists name and set to construct only, with all daily routine setting being unchanged makes life easier.

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I do that fine for 6 colonists, and usually they don't all have the same skill worth it for doing it.
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