Workers dont collect materials - Please help

[tomassonl]

Hello,

I was only recently gifted the game, so it might be something that has been discussed, but I have been unable to find a topic.

My workers sometimes refuse to collect most of the resources from for example mining or put farmed/raw food in the allocated stockpile.
I tried to priorizing one worker to only haul materials and this one then just goes idle. Can anyone advise on what Im doing wrong or is this a bug?

[vagineer1]

Is your stockpile set to receive the resources you aren't getting? Click on the stockpile and go to the storage button on the top right, from there you will see a drop down list of what the stockpile is set to accept.

[tomassonl]

Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I always put what I want to store where and put priority on critical. The problem is very random. It seems the only thing that resolves it now, is to start a new game.

[vagineer1]

No problem, happy to help.

It most likely is a bug, try sending a message to Tynan the Developer of Rimworld. He may be able to help.

[Dr. Z]

Maybe the resources are forbidden? If there's a red X in the bottom left corne of the resource image it's forbidden and you have to unforbid it by selecting it and pressing F.

[Tynan]

Based on your description, they're probably all just busy doing other jobs. Turn off some other work types for them in the overview screen - hauling is low priority by default.

[milon]

What happens with a lower priority stockpile, like Normal or Preferred?

[Tynan]

Stockpile priority only affects the choice of stockpile, not whether to haul at all.

[milon]

That's true, and I know I'm only a muffalo here, but I am a hobby coder and I was considering the possibility of a bug.  (No offense meant whatsoever.)  Also, the OP said the colonist was idle, so I doubt there was another job interfering.

@tomassonl: Can you try the save file on another computer?  If it reproduces, then you could also post the file online and others could look into it.