The Still does not work... or ?

[EasyAce]

i have lots of plump helmets... and created an underground still. Did not get the option to either brew drinks from plants or fruits. Annoyed I created another one outside the fortress, and the option to brew drinks from plants is available.

I tried to move the still, I tried to delete and recreate the still. Nothing works.

What do I not understand... or is this a major bug?

[TechReaper]

Did you forbid the kitchen from cooking your brewing plants?

[TechReaper]

If not go into the labour tab, then the kitchen tab and forbid anything you want to brew. It's worth forbidding some other items while you are in there such as tallow if you don't want a similar headache when you come to make soap.

[John_Borjomi]

But do you have any empty barrels or pots?

[EasyAce]

I have empty barrels and pots and I have done the correct forbidding thing. Ref the outside still works. It wouldn't work outside at the same time if I have had some settings wrong

[TechReaper]

Originally posted by EasyAce:

I have empty barrels and pots and I have done the correct forbidding thing. Ref the outside still works. It wouldn't work outside at the same time if I have had some settings wrong

Yeah that was the bit that confused me as well. It suggests that the dorfs don't have access to the plants from that specific brewery but I'm out of ideas.

[DEM1L1CH]

Originally posted by EasyAce:

i have lots of plump helmets... and created an underground still. Did not get the option to either brew drinks from plants or fruits. Annoyed I created another one outside the fortress, and the option to brew drinks from plants is available.

I tried to move the still, I tried to delete and recreate the still. Nothing works.

What do I not understand... or is this a major bug?

unlock doors, ensure clear path to still and ph

[kheftel]

Have you linked the still to any stockpiles? That complicates things.

[Amiancht]

Try create orders on the manager tasks window to brew drink from plants o fruits. You need a manager with office to do it. If the Dwarfs can't do this task, you receive a alert that explain the reason of cancelled task.

[AlP]

Do you have any burrows?

[McOrigin]

As one still is working while an other is not, it is something with linked stockpiles:
Any workshop linked to a stockpile needs everything from linked stockpiles.

In your case, I guess you linked a stockpile with plants to 'give' to the still in question, but now it cannot pull any barrels.
Check the linked stockpiles for the indoor still.

[EasyAce]

I gave up and started a new fortress and everything seem to work now. I have no clue on how to reproduce the issue... but it has to do with something unknown. I did not have any burrows defined, nor did I have any linking issue (tried both with and without linking stockpiles)

[TechReaper]

Originally posted by EasyAce:

I gave up and started a new fortress and everything seem to work now. I have no clue on how to reproduce the issue... but it has to do with something unknown. I did not have any burrows defined, nor did I have any linking issue (tried both with and without linking stockpiles)

It happens mate. I've abandoned a few now for various reasons. Now you get to scratch the autistic itch and refine that fort layout lol.

[DoubleG]

Did anyone ask if you had forbidden BOTH cooking and brewing for plump helmets in the cook/brew menu?

[McOrigin]

If you forbid an ingrdient, that cuts off every workshop.

[EasyAce]

Originally posted by DoubleG:

Did anyone ask if you had forbidden BOTH cooking and brewing for plump helmets in the cook/brew menu?

Again, If I had forbidden an ingredient... how come hte outside Still works fine, while the insideone don't? I don't see any options to set these parameteres between individual stills