[Ack] - workers getting stuck behind scaffolding

Same thing here, i build a house, and all my toons were stuck.

Itā€™s happened to me several times, but this time I got to see every step that led to the problem.

Before the building was completed one worker decided to put in a door. A wall was low enough so that he could step into the building to get access to the doorway. He went through the doorway and put in the door from the outside. He ended up stuck inside the door for a while, probably because there was still scaffolding in the way. Eventually he opened the door and stepped into the building. Now heā€™s hungry and canā€™t get out.

This could be solved by dropping putting a ladder on the inside I image. That is if the ladder gets finished and trapped worker gets out before the wall gets built higher. I tried this, forgetting that I canā€™t build a ladder down. Too bad I canā€™t have one worker toss in some wood for the guy.

I have an idea to that I think would work to prevent this sort of thing. The concept is to build scaffolding so that it does not block opening in the wall, such as windows and doors. Basically the scaffold could be supported where the the windows and doors where not and bridge over the tops of windows and doors. Or this could be done with only doorways as a means to allow workers to escape.

Also, you can see that the small wall where the door is installed is completely finished. This may have contributed to the decision making.

Another simple solution would be to prevent the decision to install doors or windows until the roof is complete.

In the latest build you should be able to walk through scaffoldingā€¦ any chance you can check which version it is youā€™re playing? The latest is (on the main menu) 0.1.0 (develop 1687).

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From the main menu, it says,ā€œ0.1.0 (release 150).ā€

Ah, that explains it then. If you go to Stonehearthā€™s properties in Steam and set it to use the latest build, youā€™ll find the workers can go through the scaffolding fine, and so wonā€™t get stuck like this :slight_smile: .

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I just saw a bunch of my villagers getting stuck. One got trapped in a bed they just placed. Two others got trapped next to one another while gathering turnips.

The one who was stuck in the bed was freed after she slept and woke up though. Not sure if my farmers will get free yetā€¦

You can see the bed worker getting stuck here: First Play - G18P2 - Stonehearth

And the farmers here on the far right: First Play - G18P2 - Stonehearth - YouTube

the people when they build finish they stuck in side the building and cannot go out of the house because they don know how to remove the scaffoulding LOL

Iā€™ve had this bug repeatedly in Alpha 6. Is it still considered fixed?

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Well, the topic is open / Active bugā€¦ This is still being considered, donā€™t worry.

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Okay, thatā€™s fine. I just saw the post that workers should be able to walk through the scaffolding as of Oct 26ā€™s lastest build, and was making sure that this wasnā€™t expected behaviour as of Alpha 6.

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all my people got trapped by a scaffold! http://puu.sh/dsXGP/7fb1b2e189.jpg

http://puu.sh/dsXGP/7fb1b2e189.jpg

But thereā€™s wood inside the house. Did you try building a ladder against the inside of the wall to free everyone?

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Iā€™ve had it where while building the house, they place the beds in and use them to sleep, but the scaffolding keeps them from leaving, and eventually all of my workers end up stuck in one house