Kelvin doesn't want to bring logs

[Wilku21]

I told him to pick up logs and put it in the log holder but he just ignores it and either does it when he wants and he's bringing just one, or he doesn't care about that order. Why is he doing that?
I also tried to tell him to leave logs where I'm standing. He did the same thing.

[nzuiz]

you gotta knock a few trees down in range of the holder or he will. its so buggy i killed him a few times out of frustration

[Wilku21]

He is in range though. I have a option to tell him to put it in the container.
ALso, I just lost 25 planks. WTF

[✰N0ni✰]

Give him breaks every now and then so he's more efficient, also it can be kinda wonky just straight up telling him to get logs... cut some trees down and zipline the logs into a pile so he can take those to the holder.

[Wilku21]

Originally posted by ✰N0ni✰:

Give him breaks every now and then so he's more efficient, also it can be kinda wonky just straight up telling him to get logs... cut some trees down and zipline the logs into a pile so he can take those to the holder.

Hes taking breaks all the time. And I did place logs a little bit closer to the base. He still refues to take more than one

[✰N0ni✰]

He can only carry one at a time, that's his limit.

[Wilku21]

I know, but hes only taking one. After placing one log he refuses to take another. He just goes towards campfire and just sits there. i was giving him couple breaks but he does the same thing.
He only can bring one and every time do I have to tell him to bring more?

[Haruspex]

Hey, Kelvin is a little special. It takes him longer to figure things out than regular people. Give him a little break.

[MeSSeD]

i found the easiest fix for kelvin is to just hit him in the face with an axe, worked a treat, rip kelvin :D

[Wilku21]

Originally posted by 8bitbeard:

Hey, Kelvin is a little special. It takes him longer to figure things out than regular people. Give him a little break.

I would never hurt Kelvin. I'm killing cannibals for him lol

[Zetsumi]

Originally posted by Wilku21:

I told him to pick up logs and put it in the log holder but he just ignores it and either does it when he wants and he's bringing just one, or he doesn't care about that order. Why is he doing that?
I also tried to tell him to leave logs where I'm standing. He did the same thing.

Kelvin seems to have some pathfinding issues depending on the location. One of my bases he would insist on going all the way up the nearby stream to the lake at the head of it, around the lake, and back down the other side to start chopping trees instead of just crossing the shallow stream with gently sloped sides that didn't require jumping to navigate. All while there were closer trees on our side of the stream anyway. If you run into these, barring a hotfix or update, you're just going to have to work around them for now. Try telling him to gather and drop logs in different spots nearby, or building a holder right next to the trees you want him to chop down.
Additionally, I did have some issues with him shaking his head and refusing any order that vanished after a save, relaunch, and reload, so try that as well.
If you're really having problems, just set him to gathering other resources while you handle logs yourself.

[Hellsmoke]

Originally posted by Wilku21:

Hes taking breaks all the time. And I did place logs a little bit closer to the base. He still refues to take more than one

He can only carry one. As for the breaks, actually put him on the task "take a break", the random breaks he takes himself may not count.

[Nik-Naks]

The "clear area up to 5-20 meters" when it comes to Kelvin, is your biggest friend.

Tell him to do that and then start gathering the logs.

The logs also have a limit of fifty on the ground before they start despawning. You can come around this by stacking all the logs to the ground by hand.

[Wilku21]

Originally posted by Saicko:

The "clear area up to 5-20 meters" when it comes to Kelvin, is your biggest friend.

Tell him to do that and then start gathering the logs.

The logs also have a limit of fifty on the ground before they start despawning. You can come around this by stacking all the logs to the ground by hand.

I know why he barely brung any logs - it's because of my base location. People from discord did tests and apparently beach is poor spot because Kelvin can't bring you any logs to the holder unless you build log holder near trees, not in your base.

[Wilku21]

Originally posted by Zetsumi:

Originally posted by Wilku21:

I told him to pick up logs and put it in the log holder but he just ignores it and either does it when he wants and he's bringing just one, or he doesn't care about that order. Why is he doing that?
I also tried to tell him to leave logs where I'm standing. He did the same thing.

Kelvin seems to have some pathfinding issues depending on the location. One of my bases he would insist on going all the way up the nearby stream to the lake at the head of it, around the lake, and back down the other side to start chopping trees instead of just crossing the shallow stream with gently sloped sides that didn't require jumping to navigate. All while there were closer trees on our side of the stream anyway. If you run into these, barring a hotfix or update, you're just going to have to work around them for now. Try telling him to gather and drop logs in different spots nearby, or building a holder right next to the trees you want him to chop down.
Additionally, I did have some issues with him shaking his head and refusing any order that vanished after a save, relaunch, and reload, so try that as well.
If you're really having problems, just set him to gathering other resources while you handle logs yourself.

I did that, I was stacking logs by myself. But I know why he was so inefficient - base location. It sucked. Kelvin needs to be near trees otherwise he might have problems with bringing logs.

[Maerkuz]

Originally posted by Hellsmoke77:

Originally posted by Wilku21:

Hes taking breaks all the time. And I did place logs a little bit closer to the base. He still refues to take more than one

He can only carry one. As for the breaks, actually put him on the task "take a break", the random breaks he takes himself may not count.

He can only carry one at a time, but he's only carrying one total. I know things need work, but it's almost like the best way to deal with kelvin is to kill him off until whenever EndNight decides to fix him. It's too much of a hassle getting him to stand still long enough to give him a command nowadays.