Cannot get forestry to work

[GmanUK1965]

I've set up the industry specialisation to forestry and plotted out its area within a forest. I've given the building there electricity and water and connected it to an industrial area connected to the rest of my city.

When I click on the building it states "This building is empty and available to rent"

I've obviously missed something out or need to add something to get it working. Any ideas?

As far that I can remember, all that I have done is what it states in first paragraph.

[꧁꧂꧁꧂]

Thats because it doesnt work xox

[Pathogenic]

Did you adjust the area nodes like you do for garbage landfill?

[Amok]

Originally posted by Pathogenic:

Did you adjust the area nodes like you do for garbage landfill?

Most likely this, I've got quite a sizeable area for forestry and it's working perfectly fine. Also if you are plotting nodes, are you ensuring that you have trees to actually cut down?

Just trying to cover all possibilities.

[Overeagerdragon]

Is the building actually there?
I know this sounds stupid but sometimes when you try to plop a building the blue wireframe of the structure actually shows and sometimes it doesn't (it will get that grey gear icon above it too).... and then it doesn't work...

So make sure you're not actually plopping down an empty lot and that it actually shows a building in blue wireframe.... Sometimes it actually only takes a pixel of moving your mouse to the left or the right for it to show (OR DISAPPEAR for that matter)

EDIT: This goes for ALL specialised industry btw and is ONLY an issue for specialised industry like ore, forestry, husbandry and/or oil

[GmanUK1965]

Originally posted by Overeagerdragon:

Is the building actually there?
I know this sounds stupid but sometimes when you try to plop a building the blue wireframe of the structure actually shows and sometimes it doesn't (it will get that grey gear icon above it too).... and then it doesn't work...

So make sure you're not actually plopping down an empty lot and that it actually shows a building in blue wireframe.... Sometimes it actually only takes a pixel of moving your mouse to the left or the right for it to show (OR DISAPPEAR for that matter)

EDIT: This goes for ALL specialised industry btw and is ONLY an issue for specialised industry like ore, forestry, husbandry and/or oil

Yes the building is definitely there as it shows a blue wire frame. It also has an address. It states that higher industrial demand in the area will rectify it so I built an industrial area, commercial area and a small residential area as I was thinking if people moved nearby the industrial area would benefit and so would forestry. Nope! All the areas filled up except the forestry

I am now thinking about giving up with this whole game because it just seems a joke. It is nothing in comparison to the first game

[lnomsim]

Can you show a screenshot, please?

[BatWingSix]

If it is too far away from residential, nobody will take it. Put some residential closer to it and it will populate

[Ravalion]

funny part - not all trees give you wood... and it was marked to work "as designed" :) so have fun guessing which ones are forest and which ones arent, because i have spent hours on finding whats wrong... and you have to spam the "wood" button, they glow up with green or not, if its green, you can farm it, if its not glowing, you can do nothing even with super dense forest

[GmanUK1965]

Originally posted by Amok:

Originally posted by Pathogenic:

Did you adjust the area nodes like you do for garbage landfill?

Most likely this, I've got quite a sizeable area for forestry and it's working perfectly fine. Also if you are plotting nodes, are you ensuring that you have trees to actually cut down?

Just trying to cover all possibilities.

To answer all of the above...Yes

[GmanUK1965]

Originally posted by BatWingSix:

If it is too far away from residential, nobody will take it. Put some residential closer to it and it will populate

Done that and it did not help

[banzaimonkey]

Originally posted by GmanUK1965:

When I click on the building it states "This building is empty and available to rent"

Specialized industry is still a zone, even though you have placed a "building". As such, a business must first move into the zone, and then hire employees. If there is no demand, no access, or no employees available then the business will not grow.

Originally posted by Ravalion:

not all trees give you wood... and it was marked to work "as designed" :) so have fun guessing which ones are forest and which ones arent

You can see forest areas using the natural resources info view (top left of the screen).

Also, if you have placed a forestry industry and it doesn't have any trees you can see this on the building's efficiency rating. It may say "-X% Natural Resources", for example.


All this being said, it's possible that there are bugs but forestry does work in my city. I noticed that another of my specialized industr areas that is very far from the city center has a hard time hiring people.

[Xamurai]

Originally posted by GmanUK1965:

I've set up the industry specialisation to forestry and plotted out its area within a forest. I've given the building there electricity and water and connected it to an industrial area connected to the rest of my city.

When I click on the building it states "This building is empty and available to rent"

I've obviously missed something out or need to add something to get it working. Any ideas?

As far that I can remember, all that I have done is what it states in first paragraph.

I tried for houres just turn of snapping to road and move the building just a little bit away from the road, but not to far you still need the road connection.

[GmanUK1965]

I've now uninstalled the game. This game is nothing compared to the first game. Also with me being so engrossed in trying to to get forestry to work the rest of my city went downhill before i realised.

[GmanUK1965]

I'm a glutton for punishment. I'm installing again and starting from scratch

[Ry4n]

It could be because the land value it too high, move it further away from your city or services.