How do i make my gnomes use wheelbarrows?

[Roy]

I'm sick of how slowly they haul stuff, there's hundreds of stuff still needing to be collected.

So i made like 5 wheelbarrows, why aren't they using them? They just stocked them.

I noticed people were having problems with this in 2013 but i imagine it's different now, how do i make them use them?

[Zylpher]

I do not think there is a way to force gnomes to use wheelbarrows.

I'm not sure if this is correct, but my understanding of gnomes and wheelbarrows is that when the gnome takes on a hauling task they consider how close a free wheelbarrow is to them in relation to the path they take to reach the to-be-hauled goods. If there is a free wheelbarrow nearby at the time of planning the task and the to-be-hauled goods can go in a wheelbarrow, then the gnome will grab the wheelbarrow and use it in the loading and hauling. If there is no free wheelbarrow or a free wheelbarrow is not in a convenient range, then the gnome will haul by hand.

Also, I think wheelbarrows are considered crates in terms of what they can be used to move. So seeds and fibres can't be moved with them. (at least not from what I've seen)

That's how I think it works.

[lPaladinl]

Wheelbarrows only move items that fit into crates, or Clump items. They automatically use wheelbarrows whenever available.

[D#]

Wow I have 60+ hours into this game over the past year and I never noticed I could make wheelbarrows!

[[PUNK]Gunman]

They seem to ignore/drop wheelbarrows if you use the "clear ground" command on the stuff they want/need to pick up.

[Diesel]

Making a parking spot. I did that and sdet it to priority 1#.

I put it in the enterance between the mine and the stock piles.

So basically the haulers would always pick up wheel barrows and bring them to the parking spot, others wouyld run past the wheel barrows and automatically pick them up.

[Diesel]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=258302966

[Roy]

Originally posted by D#:

Wow I have 60+ hours into this game over the past year and I never noticed I could make wheelbarrows!

IF they use them, they carry MUCH more much faster, so it's really worth it.

[Roy]

Originally posted by Diesel:

Making a parking spot. I did that and sdet it to priority 1#.

I put it in the enterance between the mine and the stock piles.

So basically the haulers would always pick up wheel barrows and bring them to the parking spot, others wouyld run past the wheel barrows and automatically pick them up.

Awesome, what stockpile tab are wheelbarrows listed under though? I couldn't find them in tools.

[LeoCean]

Wood, around the bottom of it.