Caravan help

[AnUnculturedLittlePotato]

My caravans get stuck a lot on gathering materials. Does anyone have any advice on how to get around that?
It's usually when they try and gather food that they get stuck. My guess is that because someone ate the food that was supposed to get in the caravan they won't move because their loading something that doesn't exist but I'm not sure

It's kind of annoying cause trying and failing to form a caravan can take days to recover from

[gussmed]

The only time I've had a caravan get stuck during formation was when one of the colonists passed out due to lack of sleep. If they can't pick something up, they'll skip it and continue forming anyway.

Before going to the caravan dialog, you should -

- Make sure the colonist leaving aren't sleepy or hungry. They'll interrupt packing for food, and will pass out if they're too sleepy.
- Send the pack animals who are going to a small zone, where they can wait to be tagged.

When the caravan starts, colonists tag all the animals going, and then head for the caravan packing point (which I assume you've designated). They will then "wander" until all colonists and animals are within a minimum distance of the starting point.

Next they enter "gathering supplies" mode. They'll pick stuff up and put it on the nearest pack animal.

When "gathering supplies" is done, they'll start wandering again. This continues until all colonists have finished "gathering supplies." If the caravan looks like it's stuck, examine each of the caravan colonists in turn. At least one should still be "gathering supplies."

Once all colonists finish gathering supplies, they switch to "moving," and head for an exit point on the edge of the map.

[Kid 1,000]

Make a bunch of packaged survival meal. Mark them all forbidden so no one can take it before you pack. Then when you make your caravan, only take packaged survival meal. That's what I do. Haven't had any problems.

[AnUnculturedLittlePotato]

Originally posted by gussmed:

The only time I've had a caravan get stuck during formation was when one of the colonists passed out due to lack of sleep. If they can't pick something up, they'll skip it and continue forming anyway.

Before going to the caravan dialog, you should -

- Make sure the colonist leaving aren't sleepy or hungry. They'll interrupt packing for food, and will pass out if they're too sleepy.
- Send the pack animals who are going to a small zone, where they can wait to be tagged.

When the caravan starts, colonists tag all the animals going, and then head for the caravan packing point (which I assume you've designated). They will then "wander" until all colonists and animals are within a minimum distance of the starting point.

Next they enter "gathering supplies" mode. They'll pick stuff up and put it on the nearest pack animal.

When "gathering supplies" is done, they'll start wandering again. This continues until all colonists have finished "gathering supplies." If the caravan looks like it's stuck, examine each of the caravan colonists in turn. At least one should still be "gathering supplies."

Once all colonists finish gathering supplies, they switch to "moving," and head for an exit point on the edge of the map.

I see I see... Is it ok if the animals are sleeping? Or will that also interrupt the process?

[adobo]

They'll wake up the animals sleeping.

I did have a problem when the animals started sleeping after they get "packed" for the caravan.

[ichifish]

This requires some micro management, but I put as many colonists as possible in the caravan as it’s staring to form (so that they help pack and one dude doesn’t freak after hunting down those 32 crap weapons I want to get rid of), then as the caravan is almost ready take them out of it. Just don’t:

1) make the caravan too heavy (anything the extra pawns are carrying can’t go in the caravan) or

2) let them move out of the base, or you’ll have to split the caravan, and that’s a fustercluck waiting to happen.