Workaholic pawns?

[Shurp]

Why won't my pawns engage in recreation even when I order them to and forbid them from doing anything else?

I have a pawn at poor mood and 50% recreation.  I've set her to "Joy" activity on the restrictions tab, zoned her into a room with tables, a horseshoe pin, and artwork, but she just stands there "Wandering" idle instead of relaxing and enjoying herself.  Oh, and her boredom levels are all below 40% so that shouldn't be stopping her.  Unless pawns lose interest in an activity faster than that? 

But even if I release the zone restriction she won't go to her room and meditate or go outside for a walk, she insists on dutifully cleaning and hauling and all sorts of other work... right until she snaps and loses her mind.  What is going on here?

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Edit: I just remembered, I have the "Pawns are capable!" mod installed which could affect work priorities and mood behavior.  Has anyone seen something like this before with it?

[Canute]

I use "Pawns are capable!" mosttimes too, and didn't notice any problems.
Is that the only mod you use ? I don't think so.
So i would blame another mod, but mosttimes you would notice an error at the log window.

But when you have no errors i have no clue.

[Shurp]

No, the only other mod I'm running is my "house" mod -- I increase the sell factor to 1.0 for clothing and the range on charge rifles to 35 so they're worth building.  I can't imagine either would affect pawn behavior.

OK, I had another look at my save game and maybe boredom is a factor.  Relaxation is at 39%, Social is 49%, and Dexterity is 47%.  What determines if a pawn is willing to engage in an activity?  How high does boredom have to go before a pawn loses interest?

[mebe]

I've sen this in vanilla and not been able to work out why my suspicion is that even though the game *says* they are not bored they are really. I've also ended up scheduling joy at the start and the end of work schedules until the little buggers start playing - it's not obvious what made them go back to joy but they did.

[Shurp]

Maybe I'm just overloading how often they engage in recreation... when they get cranky I often schedule them for 8 hrs sleep / 16 hours recreation.  They play until they peg their bar, then work for a bit, then play for a bit, etc... the +10 mood bonus is great, but I guess they're wearing themselves out at play.  Sounds like I need to stick to drugging them for temporary mood issues instead.