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[TheCoolSideofthePIllow]

While setting up work orders for an automated, efficient fort I ran into a complication stemming from the fact that Chests and Bags and other build-able containers are all in one catch-all category when it comes to work order conditions: "Boxes and Bags."

This makes it a lot harder to set up production orders than with most other things. As an example, if I always want 25 beds, I can set up a condition to make 1 bed until we have 25. I can not do this with chests and bags. I would want 25 chests and 25 bags at all times; but there is no guarantee that setting 50 "boxes and bags" will get me this exact ratio. Instead, I have to make a much more complicated condition utilizing the material types. This should not be necessary for something so basic.

All that needs to make it simpler is to make Boxes (or chests/coffers) into one category and bags into another.

[Thisfox]

It would certainly make the game easier.

[Bumber]

The funny thing is that, IIRC, the bag category actually exists, but you can't select it manually. It appears for at least one of the auto selected reagents/products.

[anewaname]

Rock coffers and wood chests have the "hard item" trait, so the condition "empty hard boxes and bags available is less than 10" can be used to trigger a generic "Construct Rock Coffer" order without messing with materials.