cable lines keep having red x

[spade87]

everytime I make a new structure when I put the cable route I keep getting red marks

[jhendriks87]

pics or we can't help...

[Emmote]

Basically it means the workers can't place the materials there. That's one of 3 things usually.
1. The building you're trying to place the wires in is closed off so no workers can get inside.
2. You've trapped some workers whos job it is to place some wires so they can't get there.
3. You've trapped the source materials somewhere so the workers can't get to them.

Since you just said every time you make a new building, I assume you're doing something wrong with building the foundations by closing it off or something.

But, as jhendriks87 said, we could help much better with a screenshot (preferably zoomed out quite a bit to see the whole prison) instead of just guessing.

[Münster Mike]

Hover over the red X and it will tell you why it didn't get built...

[spade87]

yea I screen shot it

[jhendriks87]

From the looks of it your workers may not go there because of the high danger level in your prison. what does it say if you hover your mouse over it? can you get us a screenshot zoomed right out as well please.

[spade87]

Ok I did

[spade87]

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/717540395692299617/966A56A4B3A1E604454DEBE74DA4B0E91B63582B/

[Emmote]

That's not a whole lot of use. We need a shot of the whole prison.

[spade87]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=438411206

Originally posted by Emmote:

That's not a whole lot of use. We need a shot of the whole prison.

[sausages]

First try to cancel the jobs for those red X area, and the following 2 scenarios might happen:

1. workers can keep building at other location. It's possible that one bundle of cable is stuck somewhere in your huge prison and one particualar "stupid" worker is trying to reach it. Therefore, you should try to locate if such bundle of cable exist first. Usually those cables are either stuck at those 1-width corridors (if any) or at those crosswall if no walls are fully enclosed.

2. the red X area expanded. It could mean that a few workers are stuck in some other locations. You should try to help them manualy move around.

Last but not least, remember this isn't Simcity 4 kinds of construction so don't over build anything as the queueing might messed up once a while.

[spade87]

ok thanks!