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Deathswarm

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Trader can't trade, help!
« on: November 21, 2014, 08:41:27 pm »
 My broker is on top of the trade depot and the merchants and his goods are there, but I can't press t, trade is dark.
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utunnels

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Re: Trader can't trade, help!
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2014, 08:51:25 pm »
Check the broker, what did the job say?
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PatrikLundell

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Re: Trader can't trade, help!
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2014, 01:53:04 am »
One possible reason is that the merchants haven't yet finished unloading.
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ptb_ptb

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Re: Trader can't trade, help!
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2014, 04:27:43 am »
The merchants could also have been scared by something and have 'broken'. I've seen trading cancelled by a single buzzard. Sometimes the merchants 'stick' and the only thing you can do is deconstruct the Trade Depot. They leave, but drop all their stuff, and it annoys their civilization.
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Deathswarm

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Re: Trader can't trade, help!
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2014, 02:11:10 pm »
 When I look at what he's doing, it says no job when he's standing right by the depot where the merchants been there for a long while, when I switch him with a new broker, the new broker does the same thing, there are no animals on the map except for a goose at the top left.
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ptb_ptb

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Re: Trader can't trade, help!
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2014, 02:30:04 pm »
You _have_ pressed 'r' for
"Traders are 'r'equested at Trade Depot"
right?

Choosing
"any'b'ody can trade"
is a good idea too.

Failing that, put up a save file link.
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