How to...

[Moyocoya]

... fill the first silo ?

[Darth Alpharius]

build more farms so the excess goes to the silo.

Edit: Should also point out the Bright Harvest Expansion is more for Late game Rather then Early game

[Moyocoya]

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

Edit: Should also point out the Bright Harvest Expansion is more for Late game Rather then Early game

You mean that there is no hurry to build that silo (it was asked by my population - I am in early game) ?

[Humble]

grain farm fill silo, but you can use silo in early of game, that what I did number of time, but there is some like lifestyles is for late game.

[Moyocoya]

OK, thank you !

[Tankfriend]

Originally posted by Moyocoya:

Originally posted by Darth Alpharius:

Edit: Should also point out the Bright Harvest Expansion is more for Late game Rather then Early game

You mean that there is no hurry to build that silo (it was asked by my population - I am in early game) ?

Yes, you can take your time building and filling that silo. If a task has a time limit, then it will say so and countdown on the actual task notification on the left.

However, imho, silos are already extremely useful as soon as they're available, rather than late-game only.
Consider that adding a silo makes a single farm produce almost triple its base amount, and that a single grain farm can supply 5 silos. You save *a lot* of building and upkeep costs and materials, space, and work force by using silos, all of which are already good to have early on. They also fit perfectly with pig farm setups, which you will be using a ton of early on for meat and soap production.

The only thing that might make you consider not using them is if you're short on bricks and want to save those for something else that might have higher priority.

[Moyocoya]

Thank you Tankfriend, good to know, I'll use them ! So only a farm, I suppose no need for a mill, that's it ? Works as well for sheeps ?

[Tankfriend]

Yes, just build a grain farm without a mill, and have it in transport range of either your farms with silos, or a warehouse.
Silos are available for all animal farms except in the arctic region, so, yes, they also work for sheep.

The great *but* is that silos are always 2x3 squares in size, while animal farms and their animal pens have different sizes depending on the type of animal farm. So if you want to design a compact and space-efficient layout, you'll have to use different layouts for each type of animal farm.

[Arlen Tektolnes]

Originally posted by Tankfriend:

The great *but* is that silos are always 2x3 squares in size, while animal farms and their animal pens have different sizes depending on the type of animal farm. So if you want to design a compact and space-efficient layout, you'll have to use different layouts for each type of animal farm.

Or just go lazy like me and use the grain farm's fields to fill in all the gaps.

[Tankfriend]

Lazyness works as well, of course.

[Moyocoya]

Originally posted by Tankfriend:

The great *but* is that silos are always 2x3 squares in size, while animal farms and their animal pens have different sizes depending on the type of animal farm. So if you want to design a compact and space-efficient layout, you'll have to use different layouts for each type of animal farm.

Well... For the moment I am not really dealing with space management :-) I am just a newbie happy when things work

[Tankfriend]

Then consider that having a compact layout (usually rectangular) is also extremely easy to replicate and fit in using the copy/paste build function. Lots of quality of life there. :)

[Moyocoya]

I do use layouts (a good habit inherited from Cities Skylines) but no more.

[kmmacman]

You should also note that the silo can be placed anywhere within the farm houses area of influence as long as they are connected to a road. They do not have to butt up to the farm house.

[Moyocoya]

OK, thanks !