Watering Crops

[Asassinx1]

Is there any way to get your chars to get water from the well and add it to the crops? I got mine set to farming the patch but they arnt getting water from the well.

[nex]

i don't do a lot of farming but don't you just add the well to the tasks with alt or something?

[Peregrine]

AUTO HAUL

You need to have a Well, and Water Storage.

AUTO HAUL to the Water Tank, then AUTO HAUL to the fields.

Simple is best, I just take 6 Water barrels to the field. Dump one out so it gets water, and then stack the other 5 in the inventory. Check back that day to see water use. Once water rate is known, then check every day or two as needed to top off the water, or don't worry about it until harvest time.

[Tommygun]

Just making farming a permanent job should be enough to get the farmers to haul water to their fields.
They should go straight to a well or water tower to get the water.
It's probably a glitch to the path finding, production logic or maybe the water is too far away?
I would try rebuilding the Navmesh just to be sure.

[Admiral Kobi]

Yea I'm a bit confused how this auto haul water thing works for wells. I have Tier 3 wells so they produce water using power and no need for labor. I have 2 built on either side of my outpost. I also built a water tank next to each of them.

I select one of my laborers and then shift + right click on the well and then the same with the water tank. The following que happens:

1. Operating automatic machine: Well III
2. Hauling to: Well III
3. Hauling to: Water Tank

I tried this for just one of the wells and then did the same for both wells as a chain to keep him busy but he doesn't do anything. I even tried just Hauling to: Water Tank assuming he would grab the water from each well and place it in the water tank right next to them. Nothing.

With that being said, this stops me from then trying to start a full production chain of:
1. Taking water from well
2. Placing water into water tank
3. Taking water from water tank
4. Placing water in each wheat crop
5. Rinse and repeat

I now just manually place 6 barrels in each wheat field and check back every couple days. If anyone knows if this can be automated, please list the steps you have done that was successful. Thanks!

[Mudkest]

assign (permanent, with shift+right click)farming job to someone he *should* water the crops when t it's out of water. At least that worked in 95.11 experimental, figure it should still work.

don't set to haul to water tank, then farming as the guy will grab water for a farm, realize he's carrying water and haul it to the tank as that's higher priority then farming.

[Tommygun]

That reminds me; be sure to prioritize your jobs correctly.
Farming needs to be first or number one. If you have someone also hauling water, then that must be number 2 job or he may take the water somewhere else and not your fields.

[Isee-deadpeepz]

When you shift click the farm choose the "inventory". They will fill up the farms inventory with water.
i have 3 people doing farms, where one of them have top prio to always keep farms watered.

[Asassinx1]

Got it..my problem was a pathing issue around my crops..solved :p

[Zombie101]

Assain
1. farming have a clear personal inventory.
2. If manual well set it Auto first then Crops.
3. Have all farmers water all the fields areas there going to tend
4. Make sure all your wells have water maybe well cann't keep with demands.
5. If making bread it take alot water.

[Zombie101]

My base run 6 Wells II. 4 for 12 fields wheet 1 for 6 hemp 1 for Food production. This to keep water in my wells at all times. All My farmers then just grab water as the fields needed it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=878042795

[Haplo]

I have had an occasional issue where my farmers would not go and get water from the wells because the gate was closed. If they don't seem to want to get water try opening the gate when its safe and see if they do it then.

[Kehldael]

You have to assign each farm individually, so they may have several 'operating: farm' job in their joblist. They also need enough space in their inventory

[Admiral Kobi]

Lots of excellent tips. Only thing I'm a little confused on is the one talking about "rebuilding the nav mesh"?? What is the "nav mesh"?

[Peregrine]

It's the game world.

Hit Control F11 to reset it, that can fix a lot of problems.

[johntarmac]

Originally posted by Peregrine:

It's the game world.

Hit Control F11 to reset it, that can fix a lot of problems.

Control + Shift + F11