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Mr-Bandit Jan 4 @ 3:01am
is there a way to make villagers use coal as fuel?
cant produce enough firewood for whole village, but can convert to charcoal so i have plenty of fuel. but they will literally burn anything before charcoal. even carpenter wooden shafts (i hate that - i need those!).

is there a way i can increase the priority use of coal? i would rather they use that first, i cant make arrows if they keep burning all the sticks!
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Originally posted by Magic Lantern:
There is no way to increase the priority. However, you can control the access of coal by whitelist and warehouse. So your villagers will be forced to use only coal.

Generally, Firewood is collected by only Woodcutters. I am sure you already built Woodcutter's pit/hut/houses. In the menu of the building, Go to Tasks tab, and find Firewood. Set the priority to "None" You can even click the Firewood icon and uncheck the villagers, too. Then build one more Woodcutter's hut/pit, and hire a new woodcutter. Allow to collect Firewood there. Go to Whitelist tab of the building, and uncheck "Whitelist All Villagers". Then add only your coal-maker into Whitelist.

With these settings, no one is going to use Firewood except Coal Maker, and he/she will only use Firewood to produce Coal. Build a coal storage in the warehouse near the cooking house and/or village houses. They will use coal for heating and cooking. This is a very basic logistics setting. You can even use multiple warehouses to set more precise resource control too. Anyway, I am sure you understand the concept and have some ideas.
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Magic Lantern Jan 4 @ 4:14am 
There is no way to increase the priority. However, you can control the access of coal by whitelist and warehouse. So your villagers will be forced to use only coal.

Generally, Firewood is collected by only Woodcutters. I am sure you already built Woodcutter's pit/hut/houses. In the menu of the building, Go to Tasks tab, and find Firewood. Set the priority to "None" You can even click the Firewood icon and uncheck the villagers, too. Then build one more Woodcutter's hut/pit, and hire a new woodcutter. Allow to collect Firewood there. Go to Whitelist tab of the building, and uncheck "Whitelist All Villagers". Then add only your coal-maker into Whitelist.

With these settings, no one is going to use Firewood except Coal Maker, and he/she will only use Firewood to produce Coal. Build a coal storage in the warehouse near the cooking house and/or village houses. They will use coal for heating and cooking. This is a very basic logistics setting. You can even use multiple warehouses to set more precise resource control too. Anyway, I am sure you understand the concept and have some ideas.
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Mr-Bandit Jan 5 @ 4:26am 
it works!

seems a bit dumb to have to jump thru all these hoops for something so simple, but firewood is being funneled into the charcoal spot, and the sticks to the crafters

the actual woodcutters are spending less time moving stuff around, focussing on the timber, while the gather grabs the sticks and fuel and runs back quickly (not carrying on shoulders means faster movement, and picked a villager with stamina for longer running.

so, while it is a little convoluted, it actually has other benefits too!
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