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Author Topic: carts as hauler equipment  (Read 968 times)

schnobs

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carts as hauler equipment
« on: March 29, 2007, 08:25:00 am »

I think I thought of one that's actually new:

There's no dedicated hauler task so far, and who knows when it will come. But here's a quick fix:

Hauling works as it does now. There's an additional entry in the dwarves' labor list that will make them fetch a cart when available; they'll run around with the cart just like miners never let go of their picks at all times.

Dwarves with carts may still carry only one item at a time, but due to the cart no load will ever encumber them. They may move stone and even full bins at normal speed.

Variations (which may or may not be easy to do):
- smooth floors may affect their speed
- dwarves-with-carts will look for heavy loads first before considering cargoes that others could move just as well

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Chthon

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Re: carts as hauler equipment
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2007, 10:38:00 am »

Hate to break your bubble, but it's in the list of things that need to be implemented.  Too lazy to look it up  ;)
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schnobs

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Re: carts as hauler equipment
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2007, 11:52:00 am »

Are you talking about the blobs quoted in the other "carts" threads of the past two days?

Those strive to have dwarves solve several hauling tasks at once. This one is different insofar as it doesn't require any changes to the hauling as it is now.

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