Is there a way to locate an object?

[Myriad]

Mod or otherwise? This really frustrates the f*** out of me. I feel like writing a rant about how stupid this aspect of the game is because I'm pissed right now, but that's just troll bait.

I'm looking for a humble steel spear. I have my, rather large, warehouse designated, and it's chalk full, but organizing it is taking time.

I'm playing on savage, and things are very hectic. Raid after raid. Mental breaks because other rooms aren't complete, rushing food production, etc. The warehouse has to wait, but fills up quick as a result of other tasks. I'm sure others can relate.

Well I just got an infestation right after recruiting a new pawn. I need that weapon, and searched the ground tile by tile, but can't find the damn thing. And I don't have time to build a shelf specifically for it and hope that it eventually ends up there.

This happens quite often with me. It's a lot of the reason why I like shelves so much. So is there a quick way to locate the position of an item, or is this just a built in frustration that every player has to endure?

[BlackSmokeDMax]

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=45972.0


Think that will do the trick for you.

There was an older mod called RimSearch that definitely did that, but don't think it was updated recently. I believe the one I linked to above does about the same thing but with a different interface.

edit: ok, correct link now

[Astasia]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1550628303

[Monoxide]

You could always put a single tile storage spot designated to exactly what you want, and put the priority to critical. Your haulers should get to it quickly if you arent backlogged on hauling.

[Dr@g0n]

i do what mike does.

[Myriad]

Thanks for the answers. I'll check out both those mods.

@Mike and Dragon: I already mentioned that I don't have time to do that, but thanks anyways ;)

[Monoxide]

I actually keep my stocks organized before* needing to find something, so I dont actually "do" that, just offering a solution =p

I line the outside of my main storage with shelves for weapons/mortar shells. I auto-smelt/destroy anything of normal or less quality for weapons/armor - so I dont get overloaded (and dont get higher raids than necessary).

[Myriad]

Originally posted by Mike Aruba:

I actually keep my stocks organized before* needing to find something, so I dont actually "do" that, just offering a solution =p

I line the outside of my main storage with shelves for weapons/mortar shells. I auto-smelt/destroy anything of normal or less quality for weapons/armor - so I dont get overloaded (and dont get higher raids than necessary).

I agree, and I do the same. I organize everything, but I'm still trying to get to that point. Everything is a hectic mess in this game because I'm microing to many things at once to get everything situated.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Astasia:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1550628303

Oh, great to see that did finally get updated!

[CellNav]

Originally posted by Myriad:

Mod or otherwise

If you prefer not to have a 'myriad of mods', vanilla can find one object easy :

1. Form Caravan with one pawn + item.
2. Select pawn on map, follow white path to item.

Since the pawn can carry the item, nobody else should grab it to load caravan.

EDIT : ... oh ... step 3, cancel caravan loading (but you knew that).. :P
EDIT #2 : ... Choose the pawn you want to pick it up anyway... :)

[Myriad]

Originally posted by CellNav:

Originally posted by Myriad:

Mod or otherwise

If you prefer not to have a 'myriad of mods', vanilla can find one object easy :

1. Form Caravan with one pawn + item.
2. Select pawn on map, follow white path to item.

Since the pawn can carry the item, nobody else should grab it to load caravan.

EDIT : ... oh ... step 3, cancel caravan loading (but you knew that).. :P
EDIT #2 : ... Choose the pawn you want to pick it up anyway... :)

Right? That makes way too much sense for me to have done. I would have figured out the cancel caravan part though. Lol

[CellNav]

Originally posted by Myriad:

Right? That makes way too much sense for me to have done. I would have figured out the cancel caravan part though. Lol

Haha ... I added the part about cancelling the caravan because ... cough,cough ... I've forgotten if an event pops up to distract me (yes, I've left animals locked in their room until they starve too!).

BTW ... You can use that procedure to find and pickup more than one item (obviuosly), just as long as you don't exceed the carry capacity (even more obvious, yes). Here's the cool part ... After picking up everything you can't find, cancel the caravan and the pawn will unload the items into an appropriate location. So if you just built some new shelves (lets say) with the correct priority, then, bada-boom we can guess where he/she is gonna drop them off next (all else considered equal in the stockpile department).

AND ... Pausing the game first, selecting pawn, forming caravan then going back to the map you can select the 'caravan tab', then hover mouse over items needing loading and you should see a big fat white arrow (or many) pointing to the items.

gee-wizz kinda stuff actually ... ENJOY! (don't forget to cancel caravan!...haha)

[Myriad]

I've accidently starved my poor roosters more than once hahaha. Thanks for the tips!

[CellNav]

Originally posted by Myriad:

I've accidently starved my poor roosters more than once hahaha. Thanks for the tips!

You're welcome ... And one final note ...

You can see how using the caravan method can expedite reorganization. Pretend the muffalo is a storage box, load the storage box, then unload ... Of course, after you set up appropriate stockpiles. That's like a worse case scenario though, but it does sound like your base is ... ahem ... in need of a spring cleaning! :P ... Oh, pretend the muffalo is a RoomBa, if you want.

And, one more tip (if you didn't know) .... Same method works for transport pods. All that junk (150kg) can be shoved into the pod for safe keeping ... Press the cancel button and it all falls out ... AND (most important part) ... don't accidently launch the pod!! (yes, I did a double doh click and watched my stuff go into never-never land).

[Coder]

CTRL+Z will open a popup on your bottom right corner to find items.

[Aranador]

Yah, way to necro an ancient thread, and tell the zombies of a solution that wasn't implemented at the time.