Supply Line Water/Food Shortage (Solved)

[LvDarkwolf]

Whenever I would send a new settler to my scrapper or farming town the supply lines would go crazy going from a green 0 to a red 0.

You have to make sure there is enough food type items and purified water in the benches at each settlement workbench if it is getting supplied from other locations.

When you remove them all at a particular location they will refill with those items from the other town workshops. If you had already emptied the workbench from those other locations they can't refill until the settlers from those locations refill it over time.

Example
My scrap settler town redrocket has 5 people. In order for it to be supplied I have to ensure there is 5 purrified water and atleast 5 food are items left in the workbench.

If i remove those items, they will refill by pulling purified water and food from its linking supply line settlement which is Santuary.

Now Santuary is the town that supplies water, if i remove the water from its workshop this will cause there to be no available water for any other town until it refills it's workbench.


I made sure santuary had 15 purified water. I tested by pulling the purified water out of my redrocket settlement twice for a total of 10 water. I went back to santuary and there was only 5 left in its inventory.

Keep all of this in mind if you are moving water and food around, and like to empty the workbenches at other locations.

[LvDarkwolf]

I have been testing for several days and this has proven to be true. I have had no other issues with supplies since I stopped taking water and food out of the workbench of settlements that get those items supplied by other settlements.

The pipboy still gives a warning every now and then about food or water but the settlement no longer has the 0 go red when I get there. Happiness is at 80 in every settlement.

[Regent]

I've been trying to figure this out. I noticed somting simular and was getting frustrated that my towns would go from green 0 to red 0 and show a ! in the pip boy data tab.

my network is gained together, and I believe it can take time to have supplies trickle down the line. not certian if/or how much of a time.