Second fishing dock will not collect nets.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Hello all.
I have built my second fishing dock. They have 3 boats and men. For some reason they will not collect the spare nets from storage in the first fishing dock.
How do I force them to collect the spare nets?
Cheers

[SoftwareSimian]

Move them from the first fishing dock to a warehouse. I don't think the fishers can "steal" them from another dock, but they can take them from the warehouse.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Originally posted by SoftwareSimian:

Move them from the first fishing dock to a warehouse. I don't think the fishers can "steal" them from another dock, but they can take them from the warehouse.

Ah, Many thanks. I shall try this but the text regarding nets does say they will gather them from another fish dock if in supply.

[yevhen8]

Supplier should have 0 in fishing net supply options. The receiver should have non-zero amount there.
If both have non-zero, the game doesn't know which one is supplier since both are set to collect fishing nets.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by yevhen8:

Supplier should have 0 in fishing net supply options. The receiver should have non-zero amount there.
If both have non-zero, the game doesn't know which one is supplier since both are set to collect fishing nets.

This might no longer work as intended.

I've used this method for a while, but I noticed when playing several days ago that the fishing docks set to produce nets kept running out of them, they didn't use the ones they produced, and no one collected new ones from storage. I temporarily set them to receive nets, and they collected and used them.

I thought it was related to that I kept running out of threads or something (I now have 4 weaver's huts set to produce threads! ), although it shouldn't matter since there were several (100+) nets in storage in warehouses.

When I played again now, I noticed the same thing. The net producers got 'no fishing nets' message, and didn't use their own nets or collected new ones, so I had to temporarily set them to receive them, and they collected them.

So something might have happened to this mechanic in one of the hotfixes, not the most recent ones, but maybe from a week or so ago or earlier?

[Anthracite]

I've noticed my fisher hut doesn't seem to be producing nets either, though they have the materials and it's set to 10. I have two people in the hut itself, someone started producing a net but then stopped halfway and now they're both fishing. Yesterday is the first time I've played the game in ages so I might be doing something wrong...

[Geauxboy]

Originally posted by Anthracite:

I've noticed my fisher hut doesn't seem to be producing nets either, though they have the materials and it's set to 10. I have two people in the hut itself, someone started producing a net but then stopped halfway and now they're both fishing. Yesterday is the first time I've played the game in ages so I might be doing something wrong...

Do you have the threads to make nets? Is the inventory of the fishing hut full?

[Anthracite]

Originally posted by Geauxboy:

Do you have the threads to make nets? Is the inventory of the fishing hut full?

I found that they'll only make nets if they can't fish, so in winter or with more people than boats. I have plenty of threads and space in the hut.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Many thanks all. I moved the nets back to storage and they finally collected the nets.
We are in winter now and they are salting the dried fish and making spare nets, so very happy about that :)

[embkmb61]

I have one fishing dock, fully staffed with 5 workers, the boats had run out of the 10 supplied fishing nets from storage at the start of the map. 280 threads are in storage in the fishing dock. Limit is set to 10, yet they not make any fishing nets so the 3 boats are just sitting there as they cannot fish without the nets.

[Claybot]

I have two docks, one worker per dock. Each has 10 nets. They have never touched the 200 I have in storage ( I made them first).
I've never adjusted the settings in either dock.

[embkmb61]

Update: In September they finally start making a fishing net. Still think something is a bit off as from at least April they had no fishing nets and the 3 boats are just sitting in dock without any nets. 5 workers should have made the nets way faster then September as all the threads and 5 workers were available since April. But at least they start making a net at the moment

[Claybot]

Originally posted by embkmb61:

Update: In September they finally start making a fishing net. Still think something is a bit off as from at least April they had no fishing nets and the 3 boats are just sitting in dock without any nets. 5 workers should have made the nets way faster then September as all the threads and 5 workers were available since April. But at least they start making a net at the moment

Build a second dock, DO NOT order boats. Fill it with threads add one worker to produce nets. Transfer nets to warehouse.

[embkmb61]

I narrowed the issue somewhat down I think, it seems they prioritize fishing and salting the fish over making nets. Currently it is winter so no fishing and they make batches drying the salted fish. When I lower the dried fish limit to say 40 and a batch of 50 is ready they directly start making a net. If I go back a save before the batch is ready and not adjust the dried fish limit and leave at say 1000 they create another batch of dried fish instead. I keep an eye out to see what else I can find regarding the mechanics :) I am sure the solution above with another fishing dock will work but it should work with 1 fishing dock too IMHO

[allxander]

Originally posted by embkmb61:

I narrowed the issue somewhat down I think, it seems they prioritize fishing and salting the fish over making nets. Currently it is winter so no fishing and they make batches drying the salted fish. When I lower the dried fish limit to say 40 and a batch of 50 is ready they directly start making a net. If I go back a save before the batch is ready and not adjust the dried fish limit and leave at say 1000 they create another batch of dried fish instead. I keep an eye out to see what else I can find regarding the mechanics :) I am sure the solution above with another fishing dock will work but it should work with 1 fishing dock too IMHO

I think you are correct. They can make maximum 3 batches at a time, no matter dried fish or nets. They prioritise dried fish. So if you see 3 batches of fish drying they simply can't do nets at the moment. If there is enough fish available even after they finish one of these batches, they will start another dried fish batch if the limit allows them.

[embkmb61]

Yes, What I do from now on is to set the limit of dried fish quite low like 95 so when I have no extra nets. After 2 batches of dried fish are made they start making a net, depending if the fish is taken out to be supplied to Market Stalls/Granaries of course, Can always set the limit to 45 or so if the dried fish is taken out fast. If I have say 10 nets or so in the dock made I raise the dried fish limit again. A bit of micro management but 3 boats not go through 10 nets that fast :)