Handler problems

[GrimTyk]

I cant seem to get mine to start working, I have packing station selected, a bed, and I have paths from shelves to packing station that contains bag and weed, then a path back to a empty shelf.

What am I missing or anyone suggest a good video?

[JonWoo]

If you talk to them you can ask them what the problem is, that should give you some idea.

[malogoss]

Did you put money in the suitcase on the bed?

[GrimTyk]

Originally posted by malogoss:

Did you put money in the suitcase on the bed?

Sure did!

[malogoss]

Well, my employee works just fine and he is set up almost exactly like yours. The main difference is that he grabs jars instead of baggies and the product to pack is sitting on a different shelf than the jars.

Other than that, I have no clue what is wrong in your case.

[MangionaBirdie]

I’m having the same problem. He won’t package weed but he’ll package meth just fine. I think its either a bug or he isn’t programmed to package weed and only meth atm.

[ffrotty]

Originally posted by GrimTyk:

I cant seem to get mine to start working, I have packing station selected, a bed, and I have paths from shelves to packing station that contains bag and weed, then a path back to a empty shelf.

What am I missing or anyone suggest a good video?

remove the path to the empty shelf, that might be bugging them.

the output from the packager machine should be to the shelf and the handler will move it there without eating up a path.

try this:

1. get 2 shelves
2. put weed + containers on shelf1
3. set your handler to the packager
4. give your handler 1 route: shelf1 with weed+containers -> packager
5. set output of packager to shelf2

that should be it

also do not mix baggies/jars. if the container is a jar make sure your supply shelf only has multiples of 5 on it, otherwise you might have 1 weed on the packager with jars and it waits. handlers are not currently smart enough to take jars out for a baggy

Originally posted by MangoniaBirdie:

I’m having the same problem. He won’t package weed but he’ll package meth just fine. I think its either a bug or he isn’t programmed to package weed and only meth atm.

neither (i mean it could be some weird bug). weed+meth works fine for me

[mjayk24]

Was watching a streamer earlier and the handler didn't work when assigned to the advanced mixing station. Had to assign him to the basic one, then it worked fine.

[ffrotty]

Originally posted by mjayk24:

Was watching a streamer earlier and the handler didn't work when assigned to the advanced mixing station. Had to assign him to the basic one, then it worked fine.

people are saying this was fixed.

i've never bothered with advanced mixer because even if it was "faster" the chokepoint is frequency of sales not how much product you have, so all the
slowest productions are still too much product unless you're doing it manually.

[R]

I have the same problem. I researched and found the following.

I have the botanist placing the product on a shelf, shelf A. The handler taking from that shelf (A) and a shelf filled with only Jars or baggies (Shelf B) and going to the packaging station (C). And from the packing shelf to a third empty shelf (Shelf D) and placing the packaged product. The problem occurs when the handler takes jars, multiples of 10, and then takes the product lets say its 8. He makes 1 jar and gets stuck as 3 cannot fit into one jar, it needs to be 5?.

How can I fix this and automate this?

[Ayatoma]

Mine got confused by the position of the packing station even if it was in big open space, Im guessing. Other handlers has gotten stuck inside the station 😅

Setting the bags/jars as the first thing to get helped.

[R]

Originally posted by ffrotty:

Originally posted by GrimTyk:

I cant seem to get mine to start working, I have packing station selected, a bed, and I have paths from shelves to packing station that contains bag and weed, then a path back to a empty shelf.

What am I missing or anyone suggest a good video?

remove the path to the empty shelf, that might be bugging them.

the output from the packager machine should be to the shelf and the handler will move it there without eating up a path.

try this:

1. get 2 shelves
2. put weed + containers on shelf1
3. set your handler to the packager
4. give your handler 1 route: shelf1 with weed+containers -> packager
5. set output of packager to shelf2

that should be it

also do not mix baggies/jars. if the container is a jar make sure your supply shelf only has multiples of 5 on it, otherwise you might have 1 weed on the packager with jars and it waits. handlers are not currently smart enough to take jars out for a baggy

Originally posted by MangoniaBirdie:

I’m having the same problem. He won’t package weed but he’ll package meth just fine. I think its either a bug or he isn’t programmed to package weed and only meth atm.

neither (i mean it could be some weird bug). weed+meth works fine for me

What do you mean do not mix baggies and jars. How can I automate the process and make sure that the botanist only puts multiples of 5 or the handler only takes multiples of 5 from the shelf?

I have the botanist placing the product on a shelf, shelf A. The handler taking from that shelf (A) and a shelf filled with only Jars or baggies (Shelf B) and going to the packaging station (C). And from the packing shelf to a third empty shelf (Shelf D) and placing the packaged product. The problem occurs when the handler takes jars, multiples of 10, and then takes the product lets say its 8. He makes 1 jar and gets stuck as 3 cannot fit into one jar, it needs to be 5?.

How can I fix this and automate this?

[R]

Originally posted by Ayatoma:

Mine got confused by the position of the packing station even if it was in big open space, Im guessing. Other handlers has gotten stuck inside the station 😅

Setting the bags/jars as the first thing to get helped.

The problem offucrs when he takes jars (multiples of 10) and takes product, an arbitrary number and starts packing. He then ends with lets say 6 jars on the packing station and 3 product. He stops and goes outside. When i manually go to the packing station and discard or remove the 4 product. He goes and picks up more product and starts doing the same until he stops at under 5. Even if there are only 3 jars left, he goes and refills it up to 10 but always stops when is is under 5 product.

And the botanist cuts as he cuts so i cannot get decent multiples of 5 and its not automated. What else can I do or how did u fix this?

[mfdaze]

Originally posted by GrimTyk:

I cant seem to get mine to start working, I have packing station selected, a bed, and I have paths from shelves to packing station that contains bag and weed, then a path back to a empty shelf.

What am I missing or anyone suggest a good video?

I just restart my computer when that happens then my handler starts working again.

[Dainty]

Assign what you need fully, save and quit, relaunch the game. I came back and they all got to work immediately fixing all my problems

[Ayatoma]

Originally posted by rickflanagan1:

The problem offucrs when he takes jars (multiples of 10) and takes product, an arbitrary number and starts packing. He then ends with lets say 6 jars on the packing station and 3 product. He stops and goes outside. When i manually go to the packing station and discard or remove the 4 product. He goes and picks up more product and starts doing the same until he stops at under 5. Even if there are only 3 jars left, he goes and refills it up to 10 but always stops when is is under 5 product.

And the botanist cuts as he cuts so i cannot get decent multiples of 5 and its not automated. What else can I do or how did u fix this?

I guess we have to wait for a fix.. the handlers seems to get dumber at an alarming rate