Set priorities by re-ordering the list rather than numbers?

[DizzyChimera]

I'd much prefer to re-order the listings, rather than change the numbers, so I can actually see the order things will be performed in without having to take a long time to think. The work tab has always been the worst part of this game for me, why hasn't anyone added a better way to organize it? Is there some weird part of rimworld modding that makes it very difficult to accomplish or something?

[tiberiansun371alexw]

How is it confusing? Go from left to right and look for the ones. Then up numbers. Then you are done

[DizzyChimera]

I didn't say it was confusing, it's just more convenient to have them listed in order.

[sbmarauderman03]

It is listed in order. It's up to you to determine which tasks are most important to each colonist and then prioritize them. You're not going to have the same set of prioritized tasks for each colonists...

[Koraxious]

What I find easiest for setting up work priorities is to use the manual numbers, and set every single task to 2. Then, for each colonist, pick whatever you want them doing first as 1.

[DizzyChimera]

Originally posted by sbmarauderman03:

It is listed in order. It's up to you to determine which tasks are most important to each colonist and then prioritize them. You're not going to have the same set of prioritized tasks for each colonists...

All of this is correct and also does not invalidate my point except the first sentence. The order in the menu is only for breaking ties. If you have your priorities like "A1 B1 C2 D1" it goes ABDC and not ABCD. I simply wish for a mode that allows me to see it written as "ABDC" instead of "A1 B1 C2 D1"

Originally posted by Boneman:

What I find easiest for setting up work priorities is to use the manual numbers, and set every single task to 2. Then, for each colonist, pick whatever you want them doing first as 1.

I know how the work tab functions. I simply wish for a tab on each colonist that allows me to view their tasks in list form sorted by priority and re-order that list, as that would make it easier to double-check that they're going to behave the way I expect.

[liosalpha]

doing it like that would require a full bar with all the skills spelled out per colonist.
making that tab a very long and confusing thing to read and navigate.

I agree the work tab does takes some time to get used to. i would recoment fluffies mods. on of them makes the number go from 1 to 9 +0 and colorst them bright green for lower nr and grey for high. making it even easier to see what colonist is focusing on what. Also having a colonist focus on 1 main task +the usall stuff like cleaning hauling firefigthing etc. will de clutter that screen too. making it easier to spot holes in the task force. while making sure you colonist are focust on one main taks to grow in that skill.

[xicewindex]

I have only firefighting, doctoring and wardening at 1.
All the rest is a mix of 2 - 3 - 4.
However sometimes I want to quickly put a task to 1 like say cleaning the base after some bloody raid or plantcutting if a coldsnap is announced.
So much easyer to quickly turn all those to 1 and back to what it was than re-arrange the tabs?

So can't support you in this, its fine the way it is imo

[Jaasrg]

Kinda like the simple food restriction menu but instead of allowing X and they follow it with their own logic, you could reorder it and they would follow it up to down?

[CellNav]

Originally posted by Moonset Moth:

The order in the menu is only for breaking ties. If you have your priorities like "A1 B1 C2 D1" it goes ABDC and not ABCD. I simply wish for a mode that allows me to see it written as "ABDC" instead of "A1 B1 C2 D1"

Considering the example you gave, your idea of how priorities work isn't correct. The pawn will perform ABD (#1) until there isn't any of those jobs available, THEN he will look at C (#2). So it's not ABDC, it's ABD...C...ABD...C (etc,etc).

To minimize the "thinking" involved, can I recommend a quick procedure for you?

Select one pawn and ONLY have him perform #1 jobs. Uncheck (turn off) all the other jobs that are not #1. When you get the message that this pawn is IDLE, pause the game and see if there is something else he can do, that "something else" can now be given the task of #2. Unpause the game and see what happens.

Basically, any job that is NOT #1 is a "sub-task", performed when there is NOT a #1 job to perform. When you look at it that way, you can see the order better, and when you do the above procedure to ever pawn piecemeal, then over time your brain will recognize the order and you will no longer have to "think" anymore.

Players need to train their brain before training their pawns ... :)

[DizzyChimera]

Originally posted by CellNav:

So it's not ABDC, it's ABD...C...ABD...C

That's literally the same order. Tasks with the same priority are performed in left-to-right order and not chosen between at random, if that's what you're saying. It says this on the work tab itself.

Originally posted by xicewindex:

So can't support you in this, its fine the way it is imo

This reads like "I don't need this, therefore you shouldn't either."

Originally posted by liosalpha:

doing it like that would require a full bar with all the skills spelled out per colonist.

Yes. That's what I'm asking for. It'd be really hard to convey the information in a grid like the work tab unless you assigned icons to each work type (which would be possible, just harder to read, which would kinda defeat the purpose of making it easier to read.)

Originally posted by liosalpha:

i would recoment fluffies mods.

I have Fluffy's work tab expansion.

Originally posted by Jaasrr:

Kinda like the simple food restriction menu

I don't think I've seen this so I can't confirm/deny this is like what I'm talking about.

[NRFBToyStore]

I'm searching for the same thing...after too many blights, i just want them to CUT before they SOW... and the fact that, everytime someone asks the question on how to change job priorities (which is possible, mods do it, just not how I want), nothing but negative, ignorant and insulting comments. Seriously, some of you people are more toxic than a 12 year old on XBox live.

[liosalpha]

Originally posted by NRFBToyStore:

I'm searching for the same thing...after too many blights, i just want them to CUT before they SOW... and the fact that, everytime someone asks the question on how to change job priorities (which is possible, mods do it, just not how I want), nothing but negative, ignorant and insulting comments. Seriously, some of you people are more toxic than a 12 year old on XBox live.

Assuming that everyone has not chance one bit in 2.5 years time...
But if you have a question feel free to ask now that you have stirred me from my slumber. :P

[believor in Prawn]

Originally posted by Sunset Moth:

I'd much prefer to re-order the listings, rather than change the numbers, so I can actually see the order things will be performed in without having to take a long time to think. The work tab has always been the worst part of this game for me, why hasn't anyone added a better way to organize it? Is there some weird part of rimworld modding that makes it very difficult to accomplish or something?

how is "1 pri will be done before 4 pri" in anyway confusing

[DizzyChimera]

Originally posted by believer in prawn:

how is "1 pri will be done before 4 pri" in anyway confusing

It's not confusing, it just takes longer to read than seeing a plain ordered list, since you have to mentally reorder the list based on the numbers, especially when you've got a massive list of categories and 9 different values instead of 4.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Sunset Moth:

Originally posted by believer in prawn:

how is "1 pri will be done before 4 pri" in anyway confusing

It's not confusing, it just takes longer to read than seeing a plain ordered list, since you have to mentally reorder the list based on the numbers, especially when you've got a massive list of categories and 9 different values instead of 4.

But then what do you do when you do not want everyone doing the same order? Which is typically always.