I don’t know if this is a new topic, but I am having some difficulty with my gameplay. (I’m kinda new anyway, but still…) I play on the easiest setting (Pioneer, Idyllic Valley, Pacifist Mode) because I am wanting to really learn the game. But holy hell, with the villagers NOT doing what is asked of them. I put them to build things and it seems like, even though I prioritize a building, they do everything BUT what I asked them to do. And getting enough logs??? I can’t. I’m not sure if it’s something I’m doing wrong, or if there is a game mechanic I don’t fully understand, but I really like the game concept and want to keep playing. It’s just that this singular problem with getting people to do what I want them to do is impossible. Suggestions, please?
Slow down, for starters. The game has a lot of tension built in, that makes many of us want to build the biggest town possible- yesterday! Fight that urge, and expand more slowly- in Pacifist Mode you don’t have to worry about Raiders at all, so you don’t need a huge population and tons of gold to support soldiers.
Build you starting town.
Stockpile stone, clay, logs and planks in your stockyard(s). Generate gold through your market for a bit. You don’t need to get rich immediately- it will come over time, faster or slower depending on the map you are on.
Set exploration flags and clear the fog of war so you can see where more resources and thicker forests are. Idyllic maps have lots of trees, it just tends to start you with lots of immature trees that won’t seed if you cut them down and don’t let them grow to a maturity stage where they will begin reseeding and creating more forests. There are thick mature forests on Idyllic maps, but they seem to almost always take some exploration to find.
As far as builds not getting done- only Builders build (and use the Flattening tool, and put down decorations)- don’t give them too many jobs all at once, or those jobs will never get done. Your builders also have to do any needed building repairs- you can overwhelm them if you try to grow too fast and build too much all at once. Laborers harvest trees and stone. Don’t set up a ton of building jobs if you still only have the initial 4 Builders. If your population will support it, open the Professions window and in the upper right, assign new builders- just a few at a time. You need laborers for everything else, included Professions like miners, cobblers, traders, sawyers, etc.- if your laborer number is red, you have too few laborers. But the game will not tell you if you have too few builders- you’ll just notice that builds take forever or repairs don’t get done.