Request for help - NO crafting is being done at all

[KJTB8]

Hi All. Just bought the game and love it so far - I've got a basic base established in the side of a mountain, and a room with 4 different crafting tables in it. I've manually chosen a survivor to only craft, ad I have a store of raw products close by, but no one s doing any crafting at all. No cooking, no smelting, nothing.

I've searched online but the only answers I can find are from versions long ago. Any one able to assist or point me in the right direction please?

[avil]

I guess you don't have mods, yes?
Cooking isn't crafting, so you need cooking job prioritized instead.
Tailoring isn't "crafting" job.
Smithing also isn't "crafting" job.
Crafting are basic jobs like breaking stones into bricks or rolling smokeleaf.

Also some recipes require higher skill from your crafter.

[Monoxide]

There are a TON of things that could be going on. The fastest solution would be to add a few screenshots showing 1) a crafting station bills to be made. 2) your work priority 3) everything else.

That said, ill bullet out the biggest things I think it could be:

1) You didnt set a bill to craft anything (you need to tell them what to make, not just provide a table)
1a) click on a station, select create bill (might be called something else, but similar), select what you want made. Easiest example would be to click on the stove, tell it to make some simple meals

2) you dont have anyone set to craft on a high enough priority - set your best crafters to 1 on the manual priority list
2a) "crafting" could mean several things skill wise - you have cooking, smithing, art, tailoring etc. Make sure you have the right skill turned on for a given job

3) make sure your materials arent "disallowed" - this should be pretty self evident as if its forbidden it will have an X on it.

4) if all these things seem fine, then select a pawn with a skill you want to use, then right click a station and see if you can force them to work. If you can, then things are probably set up right, but your priorities are not high enough. If you cant, then something is still wrong. Again, screenshots will let us answer a question instantly in most cases.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by KJTB8:

Hi All. Just bought the game and love it so far - I've got a basic base established in the side of a mountain, and a room with 4 different crafting tables in it. I've manually chosen a survivor to only craft, ad I have a store of raw products close by, but no one s doing any crafting at all. No cooking, no smelting, nothing.

I've searched online but the only answers I can find are from versions long ago. Any one able to assist or point me in the right direction please?

You have the tools.(assume you have power on any that need it?)
You have the materials
You have the craftsmen (assuming " I've manually chosen a survivor to only craft" means set this person's work tab appropriately)
You have created job Bills for the workbench... you have.. you... You do not mention this step at all?

[KJTB8]

Thanks guys - had a mod which removed the Bill button!

[Preechr]

If you just started and the first thing you did was install mods, not only are you missing a big chunk of the fun in the game you are also setting your self up for a broken experience altogether.

Walk before you run.

[M.K.]

Originally posted by Preechr:

Walk before you run.

or, given just how many and fancy the mods available are..
"Walk before you Parkour down the Eiffel Tower"