cauldron is broken

[sleezus christ]

my chemist does not use the cauldron, it has been assigned to him, but now it is just glithced out and cannot even be interacted with, anyone have a fix?

[re0]

Originally posted by MassimoDog:

Tried every solution posted in this thread. The spacing 2x2, the reloading. eventually the cauldron just gets bugged again shortly after each thing I try. any solid solutions????? HELP PLSSSS

You tried the 2x2? I'm planning to do it since 1-2 cauldrons are bugged each time the chemist work on it consecutively. I guess I won't try it since I have to re assign everything. We'll wait for the fix.

[re0]

Originally posted by Wild:

For me the solution was splitting the jobs to make every chemist is assigned to 1 or 2 cauldrons insted of a single chemist working all 4.
I noticed one time i had 3 cauldron that were ready to start, when the chemist was done starting the first cauldron the animation changed on the third one, locking up the first cauldron until reload.
Not sure if it had something to do with leaves getting delivered while 2 or more cauldron are queued up ready to start for the same chemist, but splitting the jobs solved the problem.

Note: I have 4 cauldron in a line with no space in between.

I have a screenshot of my docks setup are we the same in that regard? I'm going to try the 2 cauldrons, 2 lab oven assign.

[Wild]

Originally posted by re0:

Originally posted by Wild:

For me the solution was splitting the jobs to make every chemist is assigned to 1 or 2 cauldrons insted of a single chemist working all 4.
I noticed one time i had 3 cauldron that were ready to start, when the chemist was done starting the first cauldron the animation changed on the third one, locking up the first cauldron until reload.
Not sure if it had something to do with leaves getting delivered while 2 or more cauldron are queued up ready to start for the same chemist, but splitting the jobs solved the problem.

Note: I have 4 cauldron in a line with no space in between.

I have a screenshot of my docks setup are we the same in that regard? I'm going to try the 2 cauldrons, 2 lab oven assign.

Same layout (i use only 4 cauldron and 4 oven but in same position, a line of cauldrons in front of a like of oven).

Edit: I see you use the same amount of pots but only few dryers compared to my layout, but double the cauldrons and oven.
Do you grow more on another proprety? I think leaving the cauldrons waiting for materials for longer time give you more chances to get chemists bugged (if that's really the issue here)

[re0]

Originally posted by Wild:

Originally posted by re0:

I have a screenshot of my docks setup are we the same in that regard? I'm going to try the 2 cauldrons, 2 lab oven assign.

Same layout (i use only 4 cauldron and 4 oven but in same position, a line of cauldrons in front of a like of oven).

Edit: I see you use the same amount of pots but only few dryers compared to my layout, but double the cauldrons and oven.
Do you grow more on another proprety? I think leaving the cauldrons waiting for materials for longer time give you more chances to get chemists bugged (if that's really the issue here)

I tried your suggestion and it worked, everyone reading this try to split the assigned workplaces of your chemists AVOID assigning them all to 4 cauldrons to avoid the bug.

Yes, I have all 3 setups running, as for the lack of dry racks, that dry rack is like a decoration there lol it's not used but I'm planning to use it though since I need even more cash flow.

I think it bugs out because all 3 workers are overlapping their pathing with assignments too since assigning a chemist to do only cauldrons conflicts with my botanists and handlers most of the time.

[Vince Masuka]

I did everything that you told to do but the bug still happens, I think we'll just have to wait until after early access.

[Sentient Roomba]

I had one chemist work 2 cauldrons, one cauldron bugged almost immediately. I shuffled my chemists around so each one only does one cauldron and I havent had the issue since.

[Vince Masuka]

also, the bug happens everytime you go to sleep

[Vince Masuka]

Originally posted by Sentient Roomba:

I had one chemist work 2 cauldrons, one cauldron bugged almost immediately. I shuffled my chemists around so each one only does one cauldron and I havent had the issue since.

do you think I could get away with 2 chemists and 4 cauldrons

[MizterGreenThumbz]

if you wait until 4am when the worker is done it will not bug out!

[Bladesaver]

I've figured it out!

It happens whenever the same chemist is assigned to 2 cauldrons and you provide both the cauldrons with the materials that they need to start running at the same time.

aka, if a chemist is assigned to 2 cauldrons and you give them the leaves to be able to start cooking, the chemist will claim both of them at the same time and make both of them unable to be interacted with, and once the chemist is done with the first cauldron that was claimed, he will forget about the second one, and it will remain in the claimed state.

The solution is to not put the cauldron's required materials in the chemist's assigned cauldrons until they finish with the first one.

[Shane]

of course its broken the entire game is broken lmao

[TheLoneStonR]

Originally posted by Scruffy Sage:

Anyone know how to pick em up to fix em...? Currently stuck with 1 like this and I dunno what to do since reloading and everything hasn't worked

mine fixed itself out of nowhere once the chemist used it. i left it where the cauldron was and it got glitched again lmao

[--Kaos--]

my steam guide how to fix

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3464048587

[Biscuit]

my cauldrons are:

X X X X

but only #2 is broken and the other 3 are fine so i dont think it has anything to do with the ordering or spacing at all

[Miggs [ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ]]

Originally posted by sleezus christ:

my chemist does not use the cauldron, it has been assigned to him, but now it is just glithced out and cannot even be interacted with, anyone have a fix?

I've been having this problem as well and with drying racks too. I assign 1 worker either 4 cauldrons or 4 drying racks and after a minute irl of playing, one of the cauldrons and/or drying racks is stagnant. No one goes to it and I can't access it. I have to restart the game and it fixes itself for a moment, then back to the same thing.