Prisoners won't create license plates

[Aquacephale]

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding license plates. I have built a workshop equipped with saws, press and tables. The tools are powered, I have a foreman and my prisoners did the workshop safety training. Metal is even delivered in the workshop.

The situation is that my prisoners come to work in the workshop every day but instead of actually sit behind the tools they just wander around and then leave.

Do any of you have an idea of what I am doing wrong ?

Thanks for your help.

[Proteus]

Just for completeness sake:
I guess you also assigned prisoners to the workshop?

Do you get blank metal plates delivered to your prison/workshops (which cost money, so if you are in debt it may be that you cannot afford them)?
If you don´t get metal plates delivered, your prisoners don´t have any raw materials they can turn into license plates

[Aquacephale]

Hello,

Yes I assigned 20 prisoners to the workshop. For information it is built on the same foundations and splitted in two: a laundry room and the workshop per say. I have globally 20 inmates assigned to the area.

Also I have metal sheets delivered, they are even on the saws tables...

[Proteus]

Are your saws/presses directly connected to powerlines?

And are your prisoners free from urgent needs (i.e. in red)?
(just a shot into the blue ... i.e. the assumption that your prisoners are less motivated to work, if they have lots of urgent needs)

["Dirty" Rataca]

try making the zone again. I guess it could be laundery workers going into the workshop vice versa or mateials. (you have got work time set right?)

[Aquacephale]

My saws and press are connected, I have set work time. They have sometimes a need for recreation in red but it is the only one.

Tonight I will try to remove the laundry and put it in another area just to make sure.

[Aquacephale]

By the way cleaning and laundry are working fine.

[Proteus]

Oh one other thing ...
IIRC Sawsd and Presses need a single tile for the prisoner to stand on,
below the middle tile of the press and (not sure) they may also need access to the input and output tile of the saw/press (i.e. a free tile directly adjacent to the in/output tile).

I guess if those prerequisites aren´t met (i.e. you built the devices too close to each other) the prisoners won´t be able to work on them.

[Aquacephale]

I have space between the machines so I guess it's ok !

[Aquacephale]

Hello all,

the issue was caused by the mixed zone Laundry / Workshop. You need to have a door between the two areas if they are next one to another. If not, the game will consider it as the same area and it will bug.

Hope this helps other wardens ;)