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Floyd Stash Oct 13, 2024 @ 12:24pm
Can't make a stockpile for porcelain large pots
Hi,

i can't seem to make a stockpile for large porcelain pots.
ive made my stockpile for furniture>largepots>porcelain+kaolinite
But all the crafted porcelain large pots stay at the kiln instead of being moved to my stockpile.

Anyone knows whats going on with this?
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AlP Oct 13, 2024 @ 12:30pm 
Did you enable all qualities?
Floyd Stash Oct 13, 2024 @ 1:23pm 
i did, started with enabling porcelain and kaolinite, then just enabled all stone large pots.
i always keep all qualities on except artifact, i doubt that every single pot i create is an artifact.

Still can't get it to work thou..
Last edited by Floyd Stash; Oct 13, 2024 @ 1:23pm
AlP Oct 13, 2024 @ 1:59pm 
Are there any hidden stones in the stockpile?

Did you have any stockpile links? Try to make a completely new stockpile.
Floyd Stash Oct 13, 2024 @ 2:09pm 
No hidden stones in the stockpile i think i dont know how that would happen im running on the default game settings. No changes to anything.
The stockpile is in an empty room with plenty of space to be filled up.
No stockpile links i have it to receive all from everywhere.

Fiddled around a lot and i really can't seem to get my porcelain large pots to be stored anywhere, i want it to be stored next to my trader.
Last edited by Floyd Stash; Oct 13, 2024 @ 2:10pm
AlP Oct 13, 2024 @ 3:01pm 
If you make regular stone large pots, do they get stored in a stockpile with the same settings?
Floyd Stash Oct 13, 2024 @ 3:42pm 
i seem to have 2 mudstone large pots that are being used by my food stockpile, i dont actually know how to make large pots with stone and im unsure how i got them.
I assume the large porcelain pots should work the same but they are not being used at all.
AlP Oct 13, 2024 @ 3:51pm 
Can you post a screenshot of your stockpile settings?
Other Oct 14, 2024 @ 2:54am 
The screenshot shows settings that should work; certainly you haven't been tripped by some of the common mistakes in setting up a custom stockpile.

Some other things to check:
- what does your task list look like, and what does the labor list report for what people are doing? If the tasks show up in the list, then you know the settings are correct to generate the job, and just need to find out why the job isn't being done; what your dwarves are doing instead is also useful information (some tasks, like "take item to trade depot" and "harvest plant" have very high priority, and other jobs will just sit until those are cleared away)
- can your dwarves get to the kiln & from there to the stockpile? A locked door, stair/ramp that has accidentally been dug out, or a burrow that includes one but not the other can muck up this sort of task
- does the kiln have any destination links? (stockpiles that take from the kiln, as opposed to stockpiles that are giving the kiln materials)
- does at least one dwarf have Furniture Hauling (or the generic Hauling group) turned on? The default settings let every dwarf do every job, but if you have told your dwarves to only do the jobs they have been assigned, there may be no one left who is allowed to do the job. Marking the generic hauling group as "no one does this" would have a similar effect, but I doubt that is the issue because it would cause many other things to break as well.
- is it possible that other tasks have claimed the pots before they could be hauled to the stockpile? Brewing jobs will claim a pot or barrel when a dwarf starts the task, and any food stockpile that has less than its set number of barrels will try to claim an empty barrel (and then will generate jobs to fill that barrel if there are loose items sitting on the floor in the stockpile)

Also, are you using DFHack? That has some tools that will do things like labor assignments automatically, but may need to be configured before they will do what you want them to do, rather than working against you.

As an aside, stone pots are made at a Craftdwarf's shop by a stonecrafter, so if you want more, you can make them there. If you only have two, though, you likely bought them from a caravan (sometimes stone pots will show up in the "tools" section near the bottom of the list; imported pots will always be empty, while imported barrels are often filled with drinks or a few other liquids)
Floyd Stash Oct 14, 2024 @ 6:09am 
The dwarfs are not too busy to do it, they move other items right away, the large porcelain pots remain on the workshop that crafted it, and refused to be moved.
Even when i make a stockpile that allows everything.
Theres no blockage. Hauling is enabled on all dwarfs. It's 30 large porcelain pots and they are all unclaimed by workshops/dwarfs.
I'm not using any mods or DFhack. My game is 100% clean and legit.

I'm pretty sure porcelain large pots is bugged.

I am however able to sell the pots to a trader when it arrives.
But the distance between the workshop and the trader is so large that its almost not worth it moving them there.

Just noticed that craftsdwarf does make large pots, except its just called Rock pot. No idea why Large pot then isnt just called clay pot at the kiln.

Im fairly certain that porcelain large pots are bugged and unscripted to fit anywhere on a stockpile.
Last edited by Floyd Stash; Oct 14, 2024 @ 6:10am
max normal Oct 14, 2024 @ 7:20am 
I just tested this by building a new stockpile next to my kiln. I made regular clay pots and porcelain pots and both were stocked correctly.

Sometimes the names of things don't match up and it is frustrating.
Floyd Stash Oct 14, 2024 @ 7:41am 
Originally posted by Max_Normal:
I just tested this by building a new stockpile next to my kiln. I made regular clay pots and porcelain pots and both were stocked correctly.

Sometimes the names of things don't match up and it is frustrating.

Are you using a vanilla game too?
could you give me the settings that you put on the stockpile in order for it to move the porcelain pots?
I can't for the life of me figure out why they are not being moved.
amade Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:00am 
I'm pretty sure this is a problem with either stockpile/workshop links or with burrows.
Floyd Stash Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:10am 
Originally posted by amade:
I'm pretty sure this is a problem with either stockpile/workshop links or with burrows.

i rebooted my game and added a force output to stockpile, i forgot that was a thing and possible. now my kiln is moving the porcelain pots to the stockpile i told them to go.
Very strange, but glad to see it resolved.

thanks for the help all.
amade Oct 14, 2024 @ 8:24am 
Originally posted by Floyd Stash:
Originally posted by amade:
I'm pretty sure this is a problem with either stockpile/workshop links or with burrows.

i rebooted my game and added a force output to stockpile, i forgot that was a thing and possible. now my kiln is moving the porcelain pots to the stockpile i told them to go.
Very strange, but glad to see it resolved.

thanks for the help all.

Sounds like your workshop had output links to other stockpiles but not to the porcelain pot stockpile, or your workshop had no output links but your porcelain pot stockpile did not have 'take from anywhere' enabled. Either would've prevented your dorfs from moving the pots out of the workshop.

Workshops that have any output links can't move items to unlinked stockpiles even if those stockpiles have 'take from anywhere' enabled.
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Date Posted: Oct 13, 2024 @ 12:24pm
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