File Storage

[Ongo Gablogian]

I have 31 file storages and only 180 office workers, but they still say they're getting too many calls - what am I supposed to do?

[therealjohnconnor]

Position them so they're accessible to the offices concerned. You didn't shove them all in the lower levels of the basement, did you?

[Ongo Gablogian]

No, I have an elevator in the center, offices on the right side, and file storage spaced up the left, almost one every floor at this point

[SomaSim]

Where are you seeing that - in the ADA report or in the notifications?

[Ongo Gablogian]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/955213082858338502/BCE870CECE938CDA22CA96AAB13D2A869D64DFB2/

All my office services are out of controll really. I need way too many for the amount of office workers I have.

[SomaSim]

The key is in the heading - those are 48 hours (2 days) of reporting. It's best to place a new one and then wait. If you don't see the icon showing up over the services on the game board, it's probably fine.

[Ongo Gablogian]

I just left the game running for a few hours, and 34 file storages can't handle 305 office workers.

[Ongo Gablogian]

Bumpo

[SomaSim]

Hi - we were out for a coupe of weeks for some shows. That doesn't sound right - do you have mods or have you altered the game in any way? Just curious. Do you have a saved game you could send?

[NoobaNoob]

Hello ther, SomaSim. Hope you're having fun in your festivities and wish you a great 2019. I see the OP hasn't returned but since I have a similar problem and this post came up on google when I was searching for a solution, I have decided to reply directly to you. Can't think of someone better than the devs to answer and I'll be really grateful if you do.

Thing is: I've been working on a tower where I'm trying for the first time to mix offices, residences and hotel. It's been a lot of work, so I'm taking my time. What's been happening is file storage and bottled water services have consistently been getting overloaded, even though no new offices or location moves have happend for many hours (in RL). While I'm planning what I'm gonna do next, erasing and replanning the new construction and alocations, without adding or taking any more offices away, both services keep getting clogged repeatedly, no matter how many I add without adding more offices. It's just a matter of time, not how many offices. In a building that worked like clockwork for a long (in game) while until a certain point, which is even weirder.

I mean, how come both services get more and more demand if I didn't add any more offices to create the need? And then I tried adding more of the services and still they keep getting overloaded after some more playtime, even though I still haven't added any new offices? That sounds crazy but that's how my save game has been going.

If you can shed some light on the matter I'll be very grateful. Thanks in advance!

[Greygal]

I had the same problem - office services demand out of balance with number of offices in the tower, and getting worse even though I didn't add more offices. I inadvertently came across a possible solution: Add a service elevator (I believe the service elevator is part of the Las Vegas DLC - it's whichever DLC has hotel stuff in it).

The service elevator is used by all service workers, not just hotel staff. You don't even need to build a hotel to install it - just build a small hotel lobby, then build the service elevator.

Your service workers are then able to respond much faster to service calls (such as bottled water), as they aren't being held up waiting for elevators/elevator repairs.

Not sure if this will work for you, but ever since I started installing service elevators, my services demands are MUCH more sensible now!

[NoobaNoob]

Hey, Greygal.

Thanks for your reply and suggestion, I'm going to try that soon. I ended up by giving up that tower, starting two different ones and giving them up too, since that problem happened over and over. Maybe with your way of solving it I'll be able to have fun with PH again! Happy new year!