Questions... Recruit, Jobs, Building

[Murk7]

Maybe I'm dense, or things I want to do aren't in the game yet? I can't figure out how to do ... well, much of anything.

I recruited a person to my town but can't talk to them, have no jobs to give them, and really have no clue what I'm supposed to do. I can't build anything beyond the workshop and warehouse even after running all over the place finding a resource area.

I've read the forums and see people talking about wagon trails and sending people to trade, farming... I don't have any of these options.

My technology skill thing seems to be at max for current game state. There's nothing else to learn. I'm just completely lost... If there's a guide somewhere, direct me to it.

[Tazmo]

With hammer in hand, you should be able to press "B" and build several things on that wheel. There are sub-layers on that wheel you access by clicking on the different icons. If none of this works for you then save the game, quit all the way back to Steam then restart the game. This works for most problems.

[Winter's Embers]

No guides as of yet because the game is so early in EA that anything written now will be out of date too quickly.
For people, you need to go to the "Management" tab in your character screen. Select the city where the worker is. Along the left side will be a line of symbols. The lighted ones are buildings that are built. Select one and it will open a new window where you can assign a worker. After that, click on the building and it opens up a drop down where you can select something for them to produce.
Waggons (their spelling) are purchased in the transport section of the management screen but only operate as a means of moving bread produced in a barn to your main warehouse.
Skills are limited right now as they have not been implemented properly.
Remember, this is very early EA for a Dynasty-type game. They introduce a little at a time and ask us to test it and to come up with suggestions and opinions on how to make the game more complete. There will be a lot of things missing from the game here in the beginning. They will be implemented in updates but this EA is slated for one full year so you'll need to have some patience with what is available.

[Spotter]

Wish I had a clear and concise method to answer your question. Grind and Try different things works for me... Eventually.

[XKXIXTXTXEXNX]

There is this one.
Walkthrough guide
1:Starting: https://techraptor.net/gaming/guides/wild-west-dynasty-starter-guide
2:A Friend in Need: https://techraptor.net/gaming/guides/wild-west-dynasty-friend-in-need-quest-guide
3:Fight the Hunger: https://techraptor.net/gaming/guides/wild-west-dynasty-chapter-ii-walkthrough-guide
Last edited by Dagravit; 21 Feb @ 1:58am

[Murk7]

Thanks all. I know how to access the build menu, etc. I've completed through Chapter 3, which I believe is the limit right now.

The thing is, I can't do most of what is described here. It won't let me build a barn, a woodmill, etc. (I assume some things aren't in game yet, but I know people have barns)... none of the symbols on the side of the management screen are lit up.

I'll keep muddling along trying things and read those guides. Thanks!

[Goldi_Toplitz]

The barn can already be built, but it needs to be placed on fertile land. So, the prairie is perfect, but I found a spot in Red Rock as well.

[Winter's Embers]

The barn is not in the usual place. It's in the same radial menu as the not-yet-implemented mines. When you hit the build key, it's under the pickaxe symbol and then in the lower right.

For city management, hit Tab and click on the Management tab. You'll see this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2942683292

Now, select the city by clicking on the line. Don't click near the city name or it will just prompt you to rename the city by highlighting the name (this doesn't work currently). You'll see this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2942683432
On the left side are the buildings that I have built in my city. Click on one (I chose the Rabbit Hutch for this example). You'll see this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2942683786
Now you can assign a worker. If you click on the white bar in the middle, it will open a production tab. You'll see this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2942686661
If you select "Add Product," you'll get a selection pop up screen, like this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2942686747
For the rabbit hutch, the drop down has two options, rabbit meat and rabbit fur. Assigning a worker and selecting one of these will add 1 item to your warehouse every time the countdown reaches zero. Work only occurs between 10:00 and 18:00 so you might see an "Out of work time" message. Just means the people are being lazy and unproductive! They'll get back to work eventually.
Please remember the EA part. Many items cannot be made even with the proper materials in stock and many items will be made without any regard to materials available.
Hope that helps.

[Winter's Embers]

Originally posted by nl_toplitz:

The barn can already be built, but it needs to be placed on fertile land. So, the prairie is perfect, but I found a spot in Red Rock as well.

There are 5 spots in Red Rock Canyon that I've found... :)

[Winter's Embers]

Originally posted by Murk7:

Thanks all. I know how to access the build menu, etc. I've completed through Chapter 3, which I believe is the limit right now.

The thing is, I can't do most of what is described here. It won't let me build a barn, a woodmill, etc. (I assume some things aren't in game yet, but I know people have barns)... none of the symbols on the side of the management screen are lit up.

I'll keep muddling along trying things and read those guides. Thanks!

Here's a save game file you can load up to see the different stuff and test it out.

https://we.tl/t-qn8KxBJby0