Force berry pickers to take stuff home

Started by TheNewTeddy, February 11, 2015, 02:00:10 PM

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TheNewTeddy

As it says on the tin. Annoying when after a large berry picking operation I come back to find the field littered with berries.
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RickyMartini

You want them to haul 3 berries back to the base everytime? It's true they are littered everywhere but essentially it takes a shorter time that way because colonists then haul as much as they can when the task is done.

TheNewTeddy

Quote from: Skissor on February 11, 2015, 02:03:04 PM
You want them to haul 3 berries back to the base everytime? It's true they are littered everywhere but essentially it takes a shorter time that way because colonists then haul as much as they can when the task is done.

I'm thinking that a better solution might be the creation of a "basket" that can be equipped to allow for holding more berries, in lieu of holding a weapon.
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Vexare

When you set their hauling priority to the same as growing, doesn't that then force them to haul the crops after they've picked them? It's just lower in the queue.

JimmyAgnt007

One thing we need to avoid however is that if they harvest something less than their max carry capacity then they do a lot of trips to the stockpile with partial loads.  It makes sense that they would harvest everything first then haul. 

What maybe needs to happen is something from the game Banished.  An increase priority zone draw tool.  Use it on the field, or base, or crafting tables, crash site, wherever.  What it does is make every job in that zone a top priority for everyone able to do it.  However it only lasts for a single task.  So it wont be a priority haul/clean zone forever, just for everything under that zone at that one point in time.

So if you are clearing rocks from your base you are digging in the mountains they get to that first even if you have other things going on.  hauling and cleaning are generally fine at the bottom of the list but sometimes its annoying.  so rather than removing jobs from everyone to focus on cleaning and hauling all over you can focus it in one small area.

ManWithNoName

There is already a priority haul mod can be useful you just need a worker that has some free time to haul things, anyway next alha they are ment to be smarter and haul things after doing their jobs or being in that area.