Zombie Queuing

[itsmyroad]

Is it a bug or a game mechanic that zombies can only produce one item in a queue at a time. What I mean is, if I queue 10 items, the zombie stops after making the first item. Seems to defeat the purpose a little since the time commitment to running around and micro managing every zombie queue vs just doing it myself is marginal.

[EVIL Shenanigans]

You're correct in thinking that they should continue ...the only two good reasons that they wouldn't be able to is that either there is no space available in the local area in order to deposit completed crafts (in which case a very particular image would appear over the workstation), or the resources required to make the crafts aren't currently located within the local area.

My guess is that you have the requisite materials in your inventory, which does allow you to start the first craft, but the zombie will not pull resources from your personal inventory after that, whether or not you stay in the local area. Try depositing what they need in a nearby trunk.

[GlassDeviant]

Originally posted by EVIL Shenanigans:

My guess is that you have the requisite materials in your inventory, which does allow you to start the first craft, but the zombie will not pull resources from your personal inventory after that, whether or not you stay in the local area. Try depositing what they need in a nearby trunk.

This. I've queued up Acceleration Solution or Powder at the Zombie Alchemy Decomposer more than once based on having Honey in inventory and then wandered off and the queue stalled. It also does not resume when you reenter the area. Now I keep a stack of honey in one of the lab containers.

[ritardedartkid]

Took me a while to realize this, but you can also set some (all?) zombies to produce items indefinitely as long as they have resources available. At first I was restarting my zombie farms after each harvest but if you start them working, go into the craft screen, hit X to move over to a task queue panel, and then Y it will set them to infinity queue

[GlassDeviant]

Something tells me he's not on PC. Can't quite pin it down. :P

[itsmyroad]

Nah, I'm on PC, and I had materials and space, but even queuing infinitely, they make one and stop, then I stop the zombie, re-queue, and the make one and stop, etc.