Topic: Problem with worker requests

If an economy target is set to > 0, then the ware will be produced if and only if the total amount stored in warehouses is strictly less than the target setting (regardless of existing requests).
By setting a target to 0, you enter "produce-on-demand" mode: The ware will be produced if and only if it is requested somewhere.

Worker requests are being correctly cancelled when the target building is destroyed or gets a worker from somewhere else. The translations from worker requests to tool requests is done in the Economy.

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JanO wrote:

Not very intuitive.
I would vote for making zero a real zero and putting the "produce on demand mode" to -1. Then mask the -1 with a less misleading icon.

It is very intuitive as I see it. Set to zero means do not produce any wares for stock. If a request is created for something not in stock then a request to produce the item is created.

The main problem currently is a worker requst is made to a warehouse which then creates a tool request. If the worker request is cancelled for any reason the tool request is still left active and a tool will be produced for stock. Handling the request chain in code is much better than creating new states in the UI, together with rewording help texts, tooltips etc.

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No, I cannot imagine that. I guess it is more likely that code produces an error for wrong type of variable than that. The "-1" is only a name I chose to visualize how to enter that state. I still think that setting the stock to zero should imply a production ban.

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Nordfriese wrote:

Perhaps the following interpretation is more intuitive? If a ware is needed somewhere and we don't have enough in stock, it will be produced. Always. If we don't need a ware, it will be produced until the desired amount is being stored in warehouses.

A production ban would not be useful most of the time IMHO so I don't see the need to implement that.

me neither. I believe the settings is explained well in the Tutorials, so it should be clear what it does.

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I have played now a whole game with all economy settings set to zero, and it works nicely.

Main reason why this works nicely are:

1. Most construction sites needs a lot of time to be built. In this time the needed wares are created.
2. Production sites have a stock in themselves, and if this stock isn't full of resources, the needed requests are made but the production does not stop.

hessenfarmer wrote:

Nordfriese wrote:

Perhaps the following interpretation is more intuitive? If a ware is needed somewhere and we don't have enough in stock, it will be produced. Always. If we don't need a ware, it will be produced until the desired amount is being stored in warehouses. A production ban would not be useful most of the time IMHO so I don't see the need to implement that.

me neither. I believe the settings is explained well in the Tutorials, so it should be clear what it does.

I have played also the economy tutorial again. It doesen't explain the "produce-on-demand" mode. Instead this tutorial does two things:

1. It makes one feel the economy settings are very important, but in a real game it isn't.
2. It shows how to handle the economy settings in a situation where ressources are plentyfully there. In real games this situation will likely not arise, because the one who produces wares on the limit (= turn every ware in shortest time into the needed ware), will likely win the game. A stock management (economy settings) isn't really needed.

Just to make it clear: I don't want to change the game, or some parts of it. I just write my thoughts.

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