Well, Water Tank, And Farming

[Teralitha]

Is it just me, or has anyone ever seen their farmers take water out of a water tank to use on the farms? I see them do from wells, but never from a water tank. A well will be empty, the farm will need water, and the water tank will have 1000 water, but they never go to the tank to get the water. If the well has water in it they will go and get it. Why not the water tank?

[Goweigus]

Perhaps the well is closest?

[Teralitha]

If the well is empty then they should get water from the water tower.

[GerManBearPig]

With automatic wells, the water tower itself is totally pointless

[Hatsune Neko Gaming]

the water tower is in fact useful even with automatic wells. if you have someone assigned to it and several wells, you can infinity keep the tower well stocked.

also its about placement, place your water tower closer to everything that needs water and your people should get water from it first. though due to teh AI i dont think it has a check list in it that says check water tower first then well's. but i could be wrong. and its not working properly.
which would make this a bug if it continues.

[Teralitha]

It most likely is an AI priority issue. The first time I had a water tower it was right next to the well and they filled up the tower but never took water from it. In my current game I have a water tank instead and its far from the crops. I have 2 auto wells going and a person assigned to gather up the water. The wells are pretty much empty all the time because of my water gatherer, and the farmers do run to the water tank to get the water. First time was on an older game version though..

[Jens LN]

Would be neat if you could run a tube from the automated well, to the water tower.
And maybe be able to add some sprinklers on the sides of the watertower so it automatically transfers water to nearby fields.

[Papasaurus Rex]

I use the water tower and wells to train athletics and str to a point. Place wells a fair distance from water tower and assign people to carry back n fourth, is pretty handy and the tower is close to my farms, so tower gets full, and farmers have quick easy access. I have a large spread with 0 walls in the fog with occasional run ins with fog boys, but they get slaughtered so Havent needed walls, best spot in game so far That I have found. anyways my 2 cents

[lalala]

Seen them take it from water tank, but not the water tower ;) I think it might be distance dependend too.

Shortest way is not what you assume the shortest way! If you think a path is straight, you might be absolutely wrong, cause this game implementes space-time model and is quite bent in this game! xD

[Teralitha]

Just fyi, I cratd this topic when I was using version 91.18. I dont think its an issue anymore.