Can't produce sticks

[Liordes]

Hi,

Although there is no need for sticks in any production line and there are four level 2 chopping buildings with %100 stick production, number of sticks are not increasing. It increases but quite slowly. There are two people in each copping building.

Any ideas???

[Lailantie]

If you don't have enough firewood, your villagers will burn the sticks.

[Philtre]

Yes, usually the problem with mysterious stick shortages is that your people are using them for their household fuel needs. Either increase the amount of firewood you are producing, or go into the management tab and forbid them from using sticks as fuel (then if you don't have enough firewood, they will burn logs instead). Take note that firewood needs go up considerably in winter, especially in houses with lower-tier construction materials.

[Veeshan]

What I'm currently wondering is whether the insufficient firewood warning icon that appears does so when there is insufficient firewood or insufficient fuel. Ie, does it appear before they start consuming your sticks and logs.

[TuppenceStick]

The warning is for insufficient wood, so it triggers when they have nothing to use that you have allowed in the demand control tab. If you still allow sticks and logs then no it won't trigger as they still have a fuel source, just not firewood if you provide that.

[Dutchgamer1982]

Originally posted by Veeshan:

What I'm currently wondering is whether the insufficient firewood warning icon that appears does so when there is insufficient firewood or insufficient fuel. Ie, does it appear before they start consuming your sticks and logs.

no. it burns when any villager want to take wood and not enough is in storage of allowed types.

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also :
consuming logs is actually best.

a lumberjack can produce 2 logs/hr per skill level.
each log is worth 10 wood so.. 20 wood per hour.
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but can only turn 1 log into firewood per hour -1 log of 10 wood +4 firewood of 5 wood = only a 10 wood/hour gain.

thus it is better to run your wood needs off logs but than you must make sure to turn off plank and stick burning...as villagers prefer those above logs.
and which only logs as allowed option it would mean that even if there are planks or sticks, the symbol would apear once logs run out.

[TuppenceStick]

Incorrect, the order of use is firewood > sticks > logs > planks.

[Dutchgamer1982]

Originally posted by TuppenceStick:

Incorrect, the order of use is firewood > sticks > logs > planks.

I stand corrected in the planks department...
but regardless.. if one wants to burn logs, due it being more efficient to gather more logs than to make firewood :
-also : one should turn off burning sticks regardless if one want to use firewood or not.
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if you run out of firewood, your villagers will start burning sticks.. before they start burning logs... thats very inefficient and you NEVER want that.
Firewood burning can be left on, if you aint making any.. it's no bother.