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Author Topic: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?  (Read 1171 times)

llyarden

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Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« on: September 03, 2013, 10:26:18 am »

My broker, who is also a fisher, completely ignores the fact that I've assigned him to a burrow that includes only the trade depot and continues fishing outside and I don't know why.  The only workaround I've found, aside from turning his fishing labours off every time, is to use a civilian alert to restrict everybody to the burrow, and then he'll go and trade quite happily.

Erm, help?
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smjjames

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Re: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2013, 10:36:25 am »

You do have trader requested and only broker can trade on right?
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llyarden

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Re: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2013, 10:45:39 am »

Yes, because if I order a civilian alert to restrict everybody into the trade depot he will go and trade quite happily.
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Re: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2013, 03:25:04 pm »

Just give up and have him be ONLY a trader. It's the only solution which works for me :(
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Re: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2013, 07:16:05 pm »

I always have one dwarf that is JUST the broker, manager and bookkeeper .
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Re: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2013, 03:12:30 am »

Maybe you've accidentally added him to another burrow? A dwarf assigned to multiple burrows can take a job located in just one of the burrows.

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Re: Why won't my broker stay in his burrow?
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2013, 10:42:40 am »

Noble related tasks are incredibly low priority due to a bug. Disable all his labors (especially fishing, since risky jobs have naturally higher priority, of course). Sometimes I have to create a one-man squad specific to him and force him to station in the depot.
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