(Help!) My colonist won't cut stone or smelt items.

[PhearedPhantom]

None of my colonist will cut stone, smelt, or even full fill their own recreational needs. Please help!

[DeadLineNine]

Hello,

You need to check in the worktab properties if your colonists are allowed to crafting (for smelting) and plant cut (if i remember to cut stone). I've played with a friend to the game and now i bought it :D. You need to click it to have a cross to allow the job for a colonist

We also have the same problem with the cut stone, and we believe that was crafting but strangely it was cut plant. But now they have a new feature i think if you highlight the differents categories you can see what job are concerned with that.

Hope it will help ya

[Daffy]

sounds like a mod issue ....

you gonna need to give us a bit more info here.

[Vintorez]

Stone cutting requires the colonist be allowed to Craft on the work tab, I don't believe there's an attached skill requirement.

As for recreation, try setting an hour or two assigned to recreation in the Restrict tab, or at least set to Anything so they will do so on their own. Also make sure you have multiple forms of recreation as they may be getting bored of what you have available.

[PhearedPhantom]

Originally posted by DeadLineNine:

Hello,

You need to check in the worktab properties if your colonists are allowed to crafting (for smelting) and plant cut (if i remember to cut stone). I've played with a friend to the game and now i bought it :D. You need to click it to have a cross to allow the job for a colonist

We also have the same problem with the cut stone, and we believe that was crafting but strangely it was cut plant. But now they have a new feature i think if you highlight the differents categories you can see what job are concerned with that.

Hope it will help ya

It is not only stone cut but also the other stuff I listed above, I do believe it is a mod problem.

[DeadLineNine]

Originally posted by PhearedPhantom:

Originally posted by DeadLineNine:

Hello,

You need to check in the worktab properties if your colonists are allowed to crafting (for smelting) and plant cut (if i remember to cut stone). I've played with a friend to the game and now i bought it :D. You need to click it to have a cross to allow the job for a colonist

We also have the same problem with the cut stone, and we believe that was crafting but strangely it was cut plant. But now they have a new feature i think if you highlight the differents categories you can see what job are concerned with that.

Hope it will help ya

It is not only stone cut but also the other stuff I listed above, I do believe it is a mod problem.

Yeah so i guess they are two options, check in your game if one of this option below is your problem :

-There no one stone chunk on the map that allowed colonist can pick up and cut it (already happen for me) also same for metal debris that colonist can smelt. I right click on the bench with a selected pawn (that is allowed to do that ) to know if they are no ressource available

-Your colonist are not allowed in the worktab propertie (or Restrict tab as say Vintorez) to do that job, you need to get in there and choose which colonist can craft (you find "Crafting" categorie just click and it will be crossed for the colonist that your choose, and if your have the workbench builded AND ressources avaible to smelt or cut, well the colonist choosed should start his job if he has not priority job to do (for example : Firefighter or doctor)

[PhearedPhantom]

They have every reason to cut blocks using chunks. They would rather to wander around instead of cutting them and I have to manually make them.

[DeadLineNine]

Well...That sound weird, do you use a lot of mod in your game ? Or especially mods that are concerned with smelting items, cuting stone or bricks ? If yes, then the problem can be a bug/issue with that otherwise I do not really know what else it could be...

[PhearedPhantom]

I got rid of some mods and it fixed the problem.

[n1nj4squirrel]

Originally posted by PhearedPhantom:

I got rid of some mods and it fixed the problem.

do you remember any specific mods that you got rid of?

[Dennis]

I know that quality surgeon is causing this bug, also the stone cutting XP mod could be another one.

[PhearedPhantom]

I had quality surgery

[Ironpanther617]

Heyyyyy thanks for the tip on Quality Surgeon - that was the root here too. I was getting so annoyed....