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Author Topic: Any Hints on Bin Usage? Also, a few other quirky things.  (Read 902 times)

dirty foot

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Any Hints on Bin Usage? Also, a few other quirky things.
« on: July 24, 2012, 08:16:33 pm »

I took a slight break from the game (as I always do between major patches), and bins now function in ways I cannot seem to control. Any time there's something to be gathered up in the fields, my dwarfs insist on dragging the entire bin (slowly) out to the item, and then proceed to leave the entire bin there for seasons on end while they go do something else.

Also, I'm getting some pretty crazy job cancellation spam that I think may be tied to these games of musical bins. 150+ seeds and being told there's no seeds for planting. Also, trap components seem to disappear and reappear every few minutes while I'm setting some up.

P.S. - Loving the minecarts. Not digging the vamps (needs more options, ex: rehabilitation after caught? Drink lamb's blood!), and the world gen issues seem to be fixed. I love this game so much.
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weenog

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Re: Any Hints on Bin Usage? Also, a few other quirky things.
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2012, 08:30:08 pm »

Try making catcher stockpiles that don't allow bins (or any containers) and will take from anywhere, and other stockpiles nearby which do allow containers, take only from links, and are linked to take from the catcher stockpiles.
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dirty foot

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Re: Any Hints on Bin Usage? Also, a few other quirky things.
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2012, 08:39:10 pm »

Try making catcher stockpiles that don't allow bins (or any containers) and will take from anywhere, and other stockpiles nearby which do allow containers, take only from links, and are linked to take from the catcher stockpiles.
Oooh. I'll do that. Already sounds like it would solve my problem.

Thanks!
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