Cooler not working

[SpaceCataz]

The cooler box in the game is broken for me at least I have for Pengullets setup and none of them path to keep it cool. There should be a way to set a priority rank for their crafting abilities

[Elvick]

Originally posted by Ghastous™:

Needs a system added into the game where you can give instructions to Pals cos atm its terrible cos no matter if you put a peng or a chillit on the cooler they will eventually just stop doing it and do random ass jobs. Only part of the game i cant stand is the Pal system at the base.

I disagree actually because there's more depth to planning who you pick to put in your base this way. It makes it more interesting.

Otherwise you may as well just have everyone do everything anyway

[SodaPop]

Besides them no longer following assigned spot once the sleep or sometimes go to eat I have had issues trying to re-assign them back to the Cooler. It will tell me nothing to do when I try to assign them, and they wonder off. Food is in the cooler, so it isn't that. Moving the cooler sometimes resolves, sometimes does not. Randomly try again after a bit will sometimes work as well...it is probably the most frustrating thing about it for me to be honest. Hate going away and coming back to it no longer being there and losing food.

Edit: I also no longer keep the cooler in the house due to trying to assign it and if another bench or something was above or in next room it, for whatever reason, would try to assign to that and not be compatible. Glad XB got much needed updates but we need some love too soon

[Solus]

Since the patch, my pengullets refuse to be assigned to the cooler... Says fixed assignment failed, and they run off to do auto.

[Musturdballs]

Originally posted by SpaceCataz:

The cooler box in the game is broken for me at least I have for Pengullets setup and none of them path to keep it cool. There should be a way to set a priority rank for their crafting abilities

I made a room for my penguilin with a bed and a food box along side the cooler, and I keep the door closed.
I also threw him at the cooler so its the main task, and since they cant open doors hes always cooling it.

[Semirotta]

Dunno, works fine for me. But Im not in the newer versions :D

[Shamurai]

Do you have multiple tasks fit for a water type? They may be running off to water crop plots or man mills/crushers. Try adding another compatible Pal to your base and see if that works.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by ilduce:

Do you have multiple tasks fit for a water type? They may be running off to water crop plots or man mills/crushers. Try adding another compatible Pal to your base and see if that works.

The best method is to just find pals with exclusive work types when it gets to much. I use a currently lvl 3 waterer (only water) but you can do less cuz water is such a highly needed task they will always be busy, milling or planting. Best to avoid pals with the water stat. Ice foxes and the little jolthog ice versions are the vest for coolers. I'd suggest not trying to call all of your food and only the good stuff, like wheat, eggs, milk and more rare foods. Because it decays slow enough if you make a large stack it'll be fine.

[Jetrel]

they have too many things to do that are higher in priority. try using something that only does cooling, or some other job you arent utilizing. I use the little ice hedgehog thing for cooling, and thats all it does. Pals that can do everything are a trap for noobs.

[SoloQ]

There also has to be food in it for them to stay at it when you throw the pal at it in case some people are still having trouble getting them to work it.
I did have issues with the bigger fridge and pals not wanting to work at it, but the smaller fridge should work.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by SoloQ:

There also has to be food in it for them to stay at it when you throw the pal at it in case some people are still having trouble getting them to work it.
I did have issues with the bigger fridge and pals not wanting to work at it, but the smaller fridge should work.

It's possible and idk for sure, but likely that the bigger fridge requires a higher cooling stat, the metal pres for example need a minimum of 2, so the fridge may as well, on a small ice mountain there is some larger 3 tailed ice foxes that have only a 2 in cooling no other Stats named "Foxcicle"

[Roskuel]

Originally posted by Kai Ω:

Originally posted by Hawt:

I got it to work with a Chillet. It just sits right next to it. Looks like whatever works on it, cannot be pulled away by other work.

Issue is though, is that it can still be pulled away to eat/sleep and then afterwords it seems like it forgets what it's supposed to be doing. That and frankly, having them be away from the cooling job for the entire duration of the night just gives a good amount of time for food to be spoiling..

I'm hoping the generator will help power these things without the need for pals to sit their ass on it cuz it's frustrating that the AI can be so ADHD sometimes. :(
Not to mention there's been times where I tried to assign a pal to something intentionally and it just said "nah I don't have compatibility" WHEN IT DOES!
My favorite one being when I tried assigning a fire pal to a heater and it said it can't be assigned to heater because it lacks compatibility with cooling. :wheeze:

The real problem (imho) is that it runs off of AI at all. There needs to be an assignment menu for job-related objects. This way, there is no confusion as to what job each summoned pal should be doing. A manual assignment would be cleaner and allow you to spend less time worrying about Pals at base so that you can focus your attention elsewhere.

[Lahgtah]

I tried throwing ice kingpaca at my cooler, but the game refuses to acknowledge its existence saying there's no work to be done and defaults to automatic mode. There's nothing else for ice kingpaca to do in my base, yet he spends most time meandering around when there's cooling to be done, only occasionally deciding to cool it.

IMO, the refrigerator should cool things automatically since it requires electricity to maintain.

I just gave up on bothering with food other than jam filled buns and baked berries for feeding me and my pals. The others just don't keep long enough to feel worth trying to make: 20 minutes just ain't long enough for how long they take the cook unless you have a level 4 kindler, not to mention time taken to go out and gather the ingredients. I just use a ranch-oriented base for breeding farms, having all the ingredients locally made for cakes and leave them in the pot until I need them.

[OppaErich]

Originally posted by Lahgtah:

I just gave up on bothering with food.

Yeah, me too. Screw that broken cooler mechanic! I get some dozen eggs per day, more than enough to feed me.

[J4ffa]

Anyone still having this issue??

It worked before the latest update and now it doesn't which is annoying.

[zytimer]

…..An old post

Have you set your cooling pals to only mind the fridge and not do other base functions?

Can your cooling pals reach the designated fridge to cool?