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The-Moon

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Migrants taking a long time to get to my fortress?
« on: February 05, 2008, 12:08:00 am »

Everytime migrants arrive in my land, they spend several minutes, just standing on the edge of the map, before they start moving to my fortress, anyone know why this is?

I searched the forum but i didnt find nothing that helped.

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Skanky

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Re: Migrants taking a long time to get to my fortress?
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2008, 12:10:00 am »

Try designating a meeting area inside your fortress. They will head to it immediately and then start working.
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Re: Migrants taking a long time to get to my fortress?
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2008, 12:12:00 am »

Migrants come onto the map slightly dazed from the trip.  You'll see that they flash a gray "X" periodically, and this indicates that they are still migrants and not yet true citizens of your fort.  This means they won't work.

Under normal conditions, they'd head over to your meeting area until their tag wears off and they pick up a job.  If you don't have a meeting area, they'll do the same thing, except they do it at the place they first came onto the map.

The-Moon

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Re: Migrants taking a long time to get to my fortress?
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2008, 12:27:00 am »

Ok that makes sense, i haven't built a meeting hall yet.

Thanks for the info!  :)

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Hypcso

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Re: Migrants taking a long time to get to my fortress?
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2008, 05:39:00 pm »

I've actually had this happen with two designated huge meeting areas before. They just mill about on the edge of the map for a few minutes, eventually lose their migrant tag and run up to the fortress.
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