work queue?

[magmoose]

is there a way to set up a work queue for your guys, because i have a lot of things i need hauled to storage (mainly food) and they go halfway then its like "working on (insert annoying useless task here)"

how to set up a queue if possible? becuase id like to haul this in before winter kills us all

[Orpheus]

No queue as such, but in the work tab you can switch to manual priorities, which allows you to rank each task 1 to 4 for each colonist. They will do any '1' tasks before considering any '2's, and so forth. So you can at least make sure people are hauling stuff, but it's really awkward if you want things moved in a specific order. If it's that important to haul some things before others, you could set up some allowed areas and manually switch between them, so that ONLY the next thing you want hauled is accessible. I can't think of any more convenient method, or any reliable way to automate it.

[ministrog]

Once you get manual priorities ticked off, you can specialise which pawn to do which task exclusively. Or, for a bunch of food laying around, you could temporarily just raise the hauling numbers to 2 or even 1 on everyone. Once all the food are stored away, you can dial down the hauling priority back to 3 or 4.

[ShunTheWitch]

Be nice once we get shift commands, then i can have manual hauling be much easier.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by Orpheus:

No queue as such, but in the work tab you can switch to manual priorities, which allows you to rank each task 1 to 4 for each colonist. They will do any '1' tasks before considering any '2's, and so forth. So you can at least make sure people are hauling stuff, but it's really awkward if you want things moved in a specific order. If it's that important to haul some things before others, you could set up some allowed areas and manually switch between them, so that ONLY the next thing you want hauled is accessible. I can't think of any more convenient method, or any reliable way to automate it.

I would only add that one other thing you can do to help them prioritize certain things is "Forbid" the items you do not want them to haul right away.

[magmoose]

Originally posted by BlackSmokeDMax:

Originally posted by Orpheus:

No queue as such, but in the work tab you can switch to manual priorities, which allows you to rank each task 1 to 4 for each colonist. They will do any '1' tasks before considering any '2's, and so forth. So you can at least make sure people are hauling stuff, but it's really awkward if you want things moved in a specific order. If it's that important to haul some things before others, you could set up some allowed areas and manually switch between them, so that ONLY the next thing you want hauled is accessible. I can't think of any more convenient method, or any reliable way to automate it.

I would only add that one other thing you can do to help them prioritize certain things is "Forbid" the items you do not want them to haul right away.

lol well its all food thats all that is even available for hauling. its just i keep having it spoil because no one will do it. and when i prioritize it everyone gets pissed and goes berserk lol i have a lot of people needing bionic parts atm xD very unhappy customers