Automation and jobs problem

[TheKerevas]

Hi, I've seen around that it has always been a much discussed topic, in fact before creating this post I read around and watched some videos to see if I could solve it, but I couldn't.

I've been playing Kenshi for a few days and now I find myself having built the stone quarry.
I have the problem that when the quarry (even the mineral deposits) is full, the NPCs stay put and don't transfer things to their inventory or suitable deposits placed next to them. Regarding the stone quarry next to it there is the storage for the stones and the refiner but despite this as soon as the stack of the quarry is filled they stop, I have seen videos that you just need to give the jobs to pickaxe they automatically bring the stones or you will mine in the suitable depots or refiners nearby, which doesn't happen to me...
How can I do it, I'm tired of doing everything manually :(

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Did you simply right click the stone mine or did you shift right click (which assigns the job to mine, and will make them remove stone and place it in valid storage)?

[TheKerevas]

Originally posted by Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia:

Did you simply right click the stone mine or did you shift right click (which assigns the job to mine, and will make them remove stone and place it in valid storage)?

It seems that I have partially solved it, removing the stone chest, now when they create the stone they automatically take it to the refiner

[Triple G]

The people will first fill the storage, and when the storage is full they will fill machines. (those who mine the stuff) The guy who operates the other machine will obviously fill that first, and take the resources from the nearest source. If You have an automated refinery You need someone who hauls to the machine - and someone who hauls from there to the storage, which could be the same person, while You only can use one storage, and need to work from the end to the beginning, like for iron it would be: haul to storage iron, haul to iron refinery, haul to ore storage - if You have all automated machines with no workers. If the same guy should also do steel You´d need to add: haul to storage steel, and haul to steel refinery in front of it...

If You do it the other way around they´re in an endless loop, same as if You address two storage containers for the same resource...

There are few automated machines which don´t make much sense, like the automated grain silo, which is only good if You want that the farmer puts his stuff in there, without having storage.

[TheKerevas]

Originally posted by Triple G:

The people will first fill the storage, and when the storage is full they will fill machines. (those who mine the stuff) The guy who operates the other machine will obviously fill that first, and take the resources from the nearest source. If You have an automated refinery You need someone who hauls to the machine - and someone who hauls from there to the storage, which could be the same person, while You only can use one storage, and need to work from the end to the beginning, like for iron it would be: haul to storage iron, haul to iron refinery, haul to ore storage - if You have all automated machines with no workers. If the same guy should also do steel You´d need to add: haul to storage steel, and haul to steel refinery in front of it...

If You do it the other way around they´re in an endless loop, same as if You address two storage containers for the same resource...

There are few automated machines which don´t make much sense, like the automated grain silo, which is only good if You want that the farmer puts his stuff in there, without having storage.

From the stone quarry to the refiner they do it automatically only by putting NPCs to work in the stone quarry. I don't understand how to get the stones brought to the stone warehouse, which if I needed it as a command I don't know how to do...

[Khan Boyzitbig of Mercia]

Quarry workers will deliver to any valid storage, be that the refinery or the dedicated storage for stone.

[Triple G]

You don´t need a stone storage. I wouldn´t build it, as the quarry itself also has some storage for output - and the stone refinery never works faster that the quarry, and later if You upgrade it makes building materials automatically in one go, and then You have no use for the stones in the storage....

I usually have it so that 3 people (or how many can work on it, do this work, and one of these guys works at the stone refinery (or how many ever can work on it. Or if it´s only one guy, as You don´t need many building materials when Your buildings and walls are built - he would work at the stone refinery, and then mine stones as second job, as he has all the time in the world to fill the building materials storage.)

Else You shift right click on a storage to haul to it, or use the menu and shift + choose the inventory it´s a machine...