Saw mill not making planks?

[Mike]

I assigned a family to it, its stuck in a waiting loop doing nothing and I had 100+ logs as well. I also connected it to a road. What else does it need ?

[[PC]Roco45]

The game is just bugged. You could try moving the sawmill or building another one if reloading the save doesn't work.

[akaplan1]

Did you have an ox freed up to bring timber to the sawmill? Or were your oxen busy with other things? Just guessing out loud.

[Beric01]

There is an issue where oxen won’t prioritize delivering to the saw pit. The best workaround right now is to temporarily assign a ox directly to the saw pit so you can make some planks.

[Karsh]

did you setup up a reserve for construction ? (if the logs are below that sawmill will not work)

[mydayyyyy]

I produce planks but they disappear instantly. For what i need planks that they disapear?

[Dirtweasle]

What seemed to work for me with this problem was having an additional Ox The problem appears to be that the saw pit only stores 1 log at a time So, if the Ox has been swamped with many tasks and the 1 log in the pit is made into planks it takes bloody ages to recharge the inventory I've also assigned an Ox to the saw pit and it works ok that way but dedicating your single ox to the pit when there isn't another... not a great solution but can work in a pinch as a temporary fix

[Nuke Knight]

Yup weasel is correct sounds like you have too many tasks for a limited work force the oxen drags your lumber for you so if they are dragging it across the map then they are not taking it to the plank maker as soon as needed.

[Nuke Knight]

Originally posted by mydayyyyy:

I produce planks but they disappear instantly. For what i need planks that they disapear?

Do you have a storage depot with a worker assigned? If you do they are coming with their little pull cart and taking the materials to storage.

[subwaybananas]

But to be honest, the whole saw pit is bad designed. There is space for only one log. After they do their job, they go immediatly home. Till an ox bring a new one. That´s bad. There should be a storage, for like 3-5 logs, so the worker don´t have to go home and back every time.

[Kakofonix]

had the same problem, it turned out that Joiner was stealing them to make shields XD

[para1us]

Originally posted by Kakofonix:

had the same problem, it turned out that Joiner was stealing them to make shields XD

i had just figured the same thing out and it was also my flecher that was also

[Oddible]

If anyone is having problems with the saw pit, it's a logistics issue. Make sure you have free oxen not assigned to a building (or assigned to the saw pit). The disappearing planks are getting carried away to store houses.

[SecondSince]

Same issue. I have plenty of free oxen, people assigned to the building, plenty of logs in storage, yet no planks are made. The workers just sit at home. I have at least 2 oxen just sitting there doing nothing and the sawmill is pointless. What a patch!!

[Batfish J. Macaque]

Originally posted by SecondSince:

Same issue. I have plenty of free oxen, people assigned to the building, plenty of logs in storage, yet no planks are made. The workers just sit at home. I have at least 2 oxen just sitting there doing nothing and the sawmill is pointless. What a patch!!

Assign an ox to the saw pit and make sure you have enough workers in the storehouse that planks from the saw pit are being moved to the storehouse as when the saw pit store is full the saw pit workers will stop working.

[SecondSince]

Originally posted by Batfish J. Macaque:

Assign an ox to the saw pit and make sure you have enough workers in the storehouse that planks from the saw pit are being moved to the storehouse as when the saw pit store is full the saw pit workers will stop working.

Doesn't work. Everything is exactly as how it worked before, the workers just sit at home. No logs are brought to the sawpit, no planks are made. It's not a supply chain issue. It is the game just bugging out for no reason i can tell. NEVER had this issue before the patch!