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[Chthon]

Just an idea I had for hauling.  How about dwarves who regularly perform hauling jobs grab backpacks and/or carts for large jobs.  Then they can grab a number of similar items in an area, untill either the cart is full, or there are no other items to grab, and then haul all of them at once.  Once arrived, the cart can act as a bin/barrel until it is unloaded into normal bins and then the cart could be reused.  This should end the problem of the studly dwarf who hauls 50 tonne chunks of rock around carrying a single spider silk glove to the stockpile.

[Eiba]

# Bloat10, WHEELBARROWS, (Future): Wheelbarrows could be made and used by haulers to do several jobs at once. The AI for this is complicated though.

# Bloat59, MORE HAULING, (Future): Animal-drawn carts and large rocks. Use carts and places to post them to do hauls more efficiently (move dozens of objects from post to post between burrows).

If you have a lot of spare time, reading the development notes can be rather interesting.

[ February 16, 2007: Message edited by: Eiba ]

[ February 16, 2007: Message edited by: Eiba ]