Strange path to store items in a storage.

Started by NeverPire, January 19, 2017, 08:22:49 AM

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NeverPire

I don't know exactly if it'a a bug or just a lack in the code.

Problem:
Each time one of my colonist has more than 75 items to store, for example after coming back from a caravan, or butchering a thrumbo, he goes to one free tile of storage, then to the farthest one, then to an other one...
With the result than rather than store all items he brings to the nearest tiles, he turns around the storage to store items in very distant tiles.
If I draw his path, it's almost a lot of concentric circles arouns the center of the storage.

Reproduction:
This strangeness can be reproduced by loading a pawn with a lot of silver, and asking him to store it in a big storage.

Expected result :
Pawns always store items to the first free tiles they reach.

No mods, A14,A15,A16 and all others.
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Tynan

They're not supposed to drop in the first free tile. They used to do this, but it creates a "wall" of items at the front edge of the stockpile, which slows down hauling. So it's deliberately randomized.
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