Hi there, I keep trying to start new maps but since the new update my people won’t build wells. They will collect stone, build any other building, but not a well. and my people are dying of dehydration.
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Have you verified the game files? Tried prioritsing the wells to be built? Make sure you’re not trying to build too many others things at the same time.
What is the state of the build site? Do you have an image?
Sometimes, if the ‘to do’ list becomes too long for your Builders, an item far down on the order might get ignored, have to be deleted and re-set.
But I’ve not heard of it being specific to Wells in particular.
Different maps and locations do have different values for Well quality, but that should not stop construction completely.
If it is not a game files validity issue, all I can think of is to make sure you don’t overwhelm your Builders with too many projects placed on the map all at once, especially in the beginning, when you have very few people, and many tasks to accomplish.
I have generally found that Wells seem to be ‘lower on the priority’ list than residences, food supply (hunter’s huts, fishermen’s huts, forager shacks, etc) when I prioritize any of them at the same time.
One thing that worked for me was to go onto the screen of the Well construction and increase the number of workers assigned to the well - this seemed to ‘boost’ the priority and get it built much faster - but only if there were actually enough Builders to respond to that command, which might not be true at start of game or near it when the total number of villagers is in the low double digits.
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