Can't reach wood message

[gizmo6023]

I started a new game and 15 days in cant build anything that requires wood. Every time one of my survivors attempts to build the message "Can't reach wood" pops up and they go do something else. I have a sizable stockpile of wood so something is broken.

[DarkHorse]

Hard to help you without a screen shot man. Its nice of you to come in and say something is broken though... that is fun.

[Wotannatow]

You have most likely built something in front of the stockpile so they can't get to it.

[Whisper]

Aloha,
actually I faced a similar Issue. Now that I am start to build actual Buildings, my Survivors start to have, what appears to me, Pathfinding Issues. I have no blocked pathways, that is for sure. I made sure that my Storage (shelfs) is surounded by empty floor Tiles (Floor is however Bricks). Now what happens is, they run out to a scavenge site to Haul stuff, they arrive and pick it up and then imidiately drop it with "no Access to Storage". Then they pick it up again and drop it again.
Another example is that they sleep next to their Bed on the Ground. Bedroom is 4x5, Bed is not blocked but they still cannot get to it somehow. the next Night, they manage to sleepin the Bed. These Pathfinding Messages are getting more and more.
Unfortunately, I do not know how to upload a Screenshot to Steam :)
But I did do a Bug Report thingi at least.

[Martin]

Originally posted by Wotannatow:

You have most likely built something in front of the stockpile so they can't get to it.

Yeh this is the most likely cause, it isn't that they can't reach the trees.. they can't dump the logs anywhere.

[gizmo6023]

Thank you for the tips, I will create a new stockpile and see if that resolves the issue

[DarkHorse]

Originally posted by Whisper:

Aloha,
actually I faced a similar Issue. Now that I am start to build actual Buildings, my Survivors start to have, what appears to me, Pathfinding Issues. I have no blocked pathways, that is for sure. I made sure that my Storage (shelfs) is surounded by empty floor Tiles (Floor is however Bricks). Now what happens is, they run out to a scavenge site to Haul stuff, they arrive and pick it up and then imidiately drop it with "no Access to Storage". Then they pick it up again and drop it again.
Another example is that they sleep next to their Bed on the Ground. Bedroom is 4x5, Bed is not blocked but they still cannot get to it somehow. the next Night, they manage to sleepin the Bed. These Pathfinding Messages are getting more and more.
Unfortunately, I do not know how to upload a Screenshot to Steam :)
But I did do a Bug Report thingi at least.

I mean a quick google search brings up instructions on how to take and upload and post a screen shot to steam forums....

If you expected your survivors to put wood onto shelves that is not going to happen.. they require a stock pile that has ' WOOD ' allowed. And is not blocked by anything.

[gizmo6023]

I think this is just a pathing issue as there is plenty of access to the wood piles.
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198326874910/screenshots/

[Grat Dalton]

Originally posted by gizmo6023:

I think this is just a pathing issue as there is plehttps://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198326874910/screenshots/nty of access to the wood piles.

Hi, this external link does not work.
-Have you submitted an ingame bug report to the Dev(s) ?

[gizmo6023]

Sorry, link fixed and no report yet, trying a few things first to confirm I haven't caused the issue as it seems survivors are too fat to pass through a 1x1 opening in structures.

[Grat Dalton]

Looks like wood storage is blocked per the link ya provided.
- Did the game not give warning about pathfinding issues when ya placed sheds this close?

[gizmo6023]

No warnings were given but I have discovered that survivors are fat and can not fit in a 1 x 1 gap. I now construct "roofs" I E pole barns for storage as soon as I find the resources.

[Martin]

Yeh you need to watch spacing in some cases they can walk past some items, ie fans, heated, electricity poles etc and in others they just get stuck.

[gutlor]

I put an extra space around my table so everyone could get to it. What happened? They all said they couldn't reach it and ate standing up. They refuse to go into a building because there is pile of scrap next to the door in a designated spot. I can draft them and run them in manually, then have them complete their crafting duties while inside unhindered. I'm beginning to think all devs are sadists.