Builders not building.

[Crasher]

I have 3 builders living near construction sites, yet wont do crap. Getting frustrated.

[Bored Peon]

What are they doing?
Click on the building and then the workers, or open the book of job listing and click on them.

They could be off upgrading houses or removing resources.

[City Builder]

I have the same problem when trying to build my gold quarry, they started bringing resources like 80% tools, 60% planks etc and even though I have all the rest of the resources in my warehouses they just snoozed and there wasn't any other construction projects going at the same time. I think it needs fixing and should have some kind of debug in game to show where the problem is or if it's just bugging out.

[cjww55]

im having this problem... builders are stuck in a loop. they say they're working, but don't actually start anything, even though i have tons of projects.... just started happening.

[Crasher]

It says waiting for builder, then a builder attaches for a micro second, then detaches and goes back to waiting for builder...

[Bored Peon]

Originally posted by Crasher:

It says waiting for builder, then a builder attaches for a micro second, then detaches and goes back to waiting for builder...

That sounds like a pathing issue. Did you paint a forbidden area and forget about it?

[Phytoseiulus Persimilis]

Each time i see a villager cycling like that when there is stock somewhere, it's because he can get the resource in a warehouse. Warhouses seem to need more space around them, especially the extensions. Wood cutter extensions also need free space all around.

[Galahad]

Have you checked that you don't have a suppression area (the red brush that allows you to remove trees without harvesting them) ? When my builders abandon constructions, it's usually because they're busy removing the resources I painted in red.

[Crasher]

Nope. I have none of that. I tore down the wall and am trying to rebuild it. They got stuck in the same loop in the same spot!

[Bored Peon]

Try firing and rehiring them.

[Crasher]

Already done. Also rebuilt the builders hut and wall completely. Does this game get messy after 600 pop? because im noticing the larger i get the more bugs start to show

[Doc_Hotpants]

Whenever I run into these types of problems, I find that it's usually either
- a logistics issue (warehouses might need more people, or I forgot that some warehouse pulled 100 of something which prevents others to get the resource that might need it)
- a food problem (e.g. if the builder lives in a house with no or not enough access to refined food, they might cross the whole map to get some refined food, preventing them from working much or at all)

[Crasher]

Im now building it 1 segment at a time and as of now it appears to be working.... We shall see.

[City Builder]

Originally posted by City Builder:

I have the same problem when trying to build my gold quarry, they started bringing resources like 80% tools, 60% planks etc and even though I have all the rest of the resources in my warehouses they just snoozed and there wasn't any other construction projects going at the same time. I think it needs fixing and should have some kind of debug in game to show where the problem is or if it's just bugging out.

Okay, so I deleted all my game saves as there were getting to be too many from things not working or from learning new ways to do things from the community.

I started a new game and when it was time I placed a gold quarry and low and behold it built just fine, no delays, no builders sleeping in the building hut. I did nothing different but this time it worked. This leads me to believe it's a bug or something in the game which is not exposed to the player by telling them what problem is going on. It built this time but who knows what they will refuse to build next time.

It seems there could be something wrong in game that is not common sense way of seeing what causes it.

[Crasher]

First world gamer problems we have eh

[Hammer]

Same issue, builders get stuck in the builders hut. Game is broken.