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Another Cat

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Collecting sand with manager
« on: August 31, 2017, 04:21:50 am »

How do I set sand collecting job order through job manager? I set it to activate below certain amount of 'sand-bearing items', but it seems its not what it should be used, as it only colects two bags or somethign and then acts like it's fifty.
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mikekchar

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Re: Collecting sand with manager
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2017, 07:06:36 am »

I use "Amount of sand-bearing items available is at most 6" and it works for me.  I have it in several fortresses.  What version are you running?  I have noticed that there are occasionally bugs where certain things won't work.  For example, I've had lye production work perfectly for me in one fortress and have it not work in another.  It may be one of those things...

One thing that helps a lot is to play with the number of "at most" and see where it turns red.  Then go through your stocks to see what's going on.  Often times you will find that there are items in containers (which become "unavailable" while in transit), or they are forbidden or somehow bugged (can happen on fortress retire and unretire).
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Re: Collecting sand with manager
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2017, 10:03:36 am »

I've made it work by using just 'black sand items', don't have any other sand at my embark area anyway. 'Sand-bearing items' must be something else.

I'm using PeridexisErrant's Starter Pack 0.43.05-r07 if it matters.
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