Question about making bread

[MrApocalyptic]

Hey everyone, so I have a windmill and an oven build, workers assigned to it but they just don't seem to make bread at all, what am I doing wrong?

[MrApocalyptic]

And yes, I do have a ton of wheat stacked up

[Conan]

Logistics is kind of a nightmare in this game.

You want to make sure you also have plenty of people working granaries so that the granaries themselves are stocked, and keep in mind that workers have to physically travel to retrieve things. If your bakers or mills are extremely far away from granaries, each other, or the marketplace, it can become a problem

[MrApocalyptic]

Originally posted by Conan:

Logistics is kind of a nightmare in this game.

You want to make sure you also have plenty of people working granaries so that the granaries themselves are stocked, and keep in mind that workers have to physically travel to retrieve things. If your bakers or mills are extremely far away from granaries, each other, or the marketplace, it can become a problem

Weird, they are all built next to each other, maybe I have to wait for some game patches?

[Conan]

Granaries and storehouse workers really are the GOATs as far as logistics are concerned, make sure they're fully staffed and upgraded and build new ones when their storage is full, and it will help give your logistics network a little extra breathing room.

Its also entirely possible that your bakeries are just making bread slower than its being ate, this can happen if you have a really high population (the mid-game food crisis)

[Hugemoron]

Your farmers on default will plow, plant and then thrash the wheat last. Dont bother putting anyone into the windmill/ovens til you see the fields have been replanted.

[TheBlackMambah]

The only thing I can think of is making sure you have workers in the farmhouse as that is where they thresh the wheat to grain to prepare it for the windmill.

[Huntor]

They have to "thresh" the grain in the farmhouse before it can go to the windmill. Click on the farmhouse and change the threshing priority to highest

[Conan]

Originally posted by Tritega:

Originally posted by Conan:

Logistics is kind of a nightmare in this game.

You want to make sure you also have plenty of people working granaries so that the granaries themselves are stocked, and keep in mind that workers have to physically travel to retrieve things. If your bakers or mills are extremely far away from granaries, each other, or the marketplace, it can become a problem

Weird, they are all built next to each other, maybe I have to wait for some game patches?

A lot of people have complained about logistics so I wouldn't be surprised if Greg planned to touch it up. For now just make sure buildings are fully staffed and theres room in the granaries

[Conan]

Originally posted by Hugemoron:

Your farmers on default will plow, plant and then thrash the wheat last. Dont bother putting anyone into the windmill/ovens til you see the fields have been replanted.

Definitely this, too, if you haven't got any threshed wheat than mill workers just sit around because theres nothing to make flour with

[Farradin]

Originally posted by TheBlackMambah:

The only thing I can think of is making sure you have workers in the farmhouse as that is where they thresh the wheat to grain to prepare it for the windmill.

Bread is made from grain not wheat. The farms must process the grain after harvest.

[MrApocalyptic]

Originally posted by Farradin:

Originally posted by TheBlackMambah:

The only thing I can think of is making sure you have workers in the farmhouse as that is where they thresh the wheat to grain to prepare it for the windmill.

Bread is made from grain not wheat. The farms must process the grain after harvest.

I have that set up as well, sorry I didn't list it

[Hugemoron]

Harvest wheat
Thrash to Grain
Grain to Flour
Flour to Bread

[Shartman1433]

I would locate your windmill, granary, and bakery all right next to each other. It speeds up the process a lot and make sure you have enough workers in the granary.

[Scaristotle]

Originally posted by Tritega:

Hey everyone, so I have a windmill and an oven build, workers assigned to it but they just don't seem to make bread at all, what am I doing wrong?

Make sure there are workers assigned to the Farmhouse, to thresh the wheat/rye into grain. The mill turns grain into flower.

[shoobers]

You probably need more storehouses and granaries than you expect to handle goods. Less storehouses than granaries.