Softwood game break

[my_reign]

I'm struggling... I've run out of softwood trunks, but to build the woodcutter... you need 4 of them. I'm quite far into the mission and don't want to start again.

Is there a way to fix this? I don't have a trader built - you need softwood beams to build it

[dampf.l]

You don´t have any woodcutter? No Forester?
(if you have, you could try to change the working area, so that they will interact)

If you don´t have any softwood trunks in any building storage (if you had, you could deactivate the building), you ran into a dead end as no building material will be refunded, when deleting a building.

Trading is rather limited (by design), so if nobody wants to trade these softwood trunks...

Start again, do it better next time. (woodcutters should only cut grown-up trees)

Build a forester (and well), a sawmill and two woodcutters (allow to cut only grown-up trees) right at the beginning and keep them.

That´s the basics! You always need forestry in this kind of game! Never delete all woodcutters or all foresters!

[dejan.lekic]

I learned the hard way to build a forester early in the game even if you do not need it. Also, build a woodcutter next to it, and _never_ demolish those two. (Also do not forget a well next to the forester)

[wolf_5963]

When you destroy a building that requires materials to build you should get a refund. Softwood was not grown by the foresters. Why? No idea. They just did not do it. It was checked but the soil preferred hardwood. Moving my lumber because it was in a bad place I had the same problem as OP. No softwood to produce a new forester in a better location. You are right, do better. Don't buy a game that is incomplete. Thank you for the advice.

[dampf.l]

The game is so much complete - it even checks if the soil is OK for different types of trees. At least I found out that small trees might die depending on the soil (very wet or dusty) but on grass every tree should grow up.

You should always start with some grass area at the beginning: Build two foresters (and two wells), build two woodcutters (let them only cut grown up trees) and be happy ever after.

[galadon3]

Originally posted by wolf_5963:

When you destroy a building that requires materials to build you should get a refund. Softwood was not grown by the foresters. Why? No idea. They just did not do it. It was checked but the soil preferred hardwood. Moving my lumber because it was in a bad place I had the same problem as OP. No softwood to produce a new forester in a better location. You are right, do better. Don't buy a game that is incomplete. Thank you for the advice.

Yea nonsense, it just means you didn't use hardwood for quite a long time, so the softwood trees got cut, the hardwood trees remained and after a while the whole place was filled with hardwood.

[dr.namaste1]

I assigned the Forester to grow only softwood trees (temporarily)
I made more "Storage" as they hold up to 64 items
I then assigned the Storage to hold "Hardwood Planks", this got the sawmill going and the tree cutters chopping to make more space for planting Softwood trees and as was mentioned, assign your wood cutters to "Only chop Fully Grown Trees"