why caravan not leaving

[OKOK]

the caravan system seem broken. they dont pickup stuff and dont leave. they just gather and wander around at the same spot until they go crazy!

[Tinasbuddy]

is one of the colonist or some of the items you want to take behind or in an inaccseable spot?

[Joshua]

There are two things that need to happen before the caravan moves. The first is that all the animals coming must be tagged. You will see the colonist walk up to an animal and tag him. This takes time. The second is all the items you are bringing must be loaded. Click on someone in the caravan then press the caravan tab to see what things must be loaded.

The best thing to do to speed things up is to click on every colonist and add him to the caravan (shortcut M). The when the caravan is about to leave, remove the colonists (shortcut U) that are not joining the caravan. This will speed things up greatly.

[OKOK]

it at the ruin map. all my animals are together. with all my people. they just dont move to load item phase. seem link to ruin map. it not the first time it get stuck

[TwoTonGamer]

If you are visiting a generated map tile, when you are ready to leave, go to the world map and select the tile - reform caravan.

[Gamefever]

Put a barn zone right next to the stock pile, zone your pack animals there.

Assign everyone temporarily to "hauling" priority 1.

Also make sure to pack just after breakfast, less problems that way especially with big maps.
Make sure the stoners get their fix or low mood characters get smashed on alcohol before while on the map so that they can finish their work and walk out of there before a mental break. Mental breaks off map are less likely to happen and dont stop the caravan completely from moving so I sometimes send those pawns out. Get a drone event, send the gender pawns that are being hammered down out of the area, its something Ive done plenty.

[Spicy pineapple]

have all colonists help with packing then when all gear is loaded only keep the colonists you want to have go in the caravan.

I had the same problem earlier today and ended up doing that and after waiting about 12 in game hours the caravan decided to leave. Check the pathing of the colonists in the caravan to see if they are trying to leave map or not. Sometimes you gotta add more colonists to trigger the others to start moving to edge of map. The rest will start coming once one is waiting at edge. None leave until they all together tho.

It was quite a few different things I was needing to collect and did get a dozen or so animals with me. So the high amount of stuff would've slowed it down a bit but yeah basically don't start a caravan until your colonists you want staying in there are in a good mood. Not just neutral but at least content, otherwise they may have a mental break before they leave. But they do still eat and sleep though while in the caravan before it has left.