flannan

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flannan
Thanks for the guide.

I read somewhere that each workstation can be worked by three natives at once, is it true? That same comment also said putting 6 natives near each workstation maximises efficiency. The native huts have enough space for two people. So I need three huts per workstation.
Most questions were already answered, but I'll give my answer to this one.
The thing is, workstations are cheap. You can loot tools to make them from natives, or you can easily craft your own. And even pigs for pig breeding farm are easily caught in traps.
Compared to that, villagers and their support buildings are expensive. Wells require a lot of iron, any house above native hut requires a lot of iron, and so on.
As a result, there is no meaning in maximizing workstation productivity. It is perfectly fine to just make a separate workstation for each native hut you have. It is much better to maximize villager productivity by ensuring that there is enough workplaces for every villager to work at the same time.

Also, you can get your pet cats or roosters work the workstations. They don't need any sleep.
And if they are pet werewolves, they don't even need guards.
 

timmy95

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Most questions were already answered, but I'll give my answer to this one.
The thing is, workstations are cheap. You can loot tools to make them from natives, or you can easily craft your own. And even pigs for pig breeding farm are easily caught in traps.
Compared to that, villagers and their support buildings are expensive. Wells require a lot of iron, any house above native hut requires a lot of iron, and so on.
As a result, there is no meaning in maximizing workstation productivity. It is perfectly fine to just make a separate workstation for each native hut you have. It is much better to maximize villager productivity by ensuring that there is enough workplaces for every villager to work at the same time.

Also, you can get your pet cats or roosters work the workstations. They don't need any sleep.
And if they are pet werewolves, they don't even need guards.
That's why I said I will plan on building the well and food box a the centre, so one well can serve 4 workstations worth of villagers. The well fills up pretty fast too.

Since you mentioned werewolves, do they respawn so I can get multiple? And the bigfoot?
 

Shurutsue

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why i can't save?
Try changing resolution (or fullscreen or similar).
Edit: if you have trouble changing your resolution settings, due to them not really working like the save button, try pressing and holding the [ALT] key, then press the [ENTER]key and release both - this should toggle fullscreen/windowed mode.
 

Carl178

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Try changing resolution (or fullscreen or similar).
Edit: if you have trouble changing your resolution settings, due to them not really working like the save button, try pressing and holding the [ALT] key, then press the [ENTER]key and release both - this should toggle fullscreen/windowed mode.
it didn't worked
 

Shurutsue

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it says this when i try to save
1. Right click on "Mad Island_Data" folder
2. Click on "Properties" (last option)
3. In that window, click the first checkbox until it's completely unchecked. (the write protection)
4. Press apply (bottom right corner) then OK (2 left from apply)
5. Try again
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If that did not work, definitely close the game and the following:
1. Check the path your folder is located in:
If it's a long path, shorten it by moving it somewhere else.
2. Try starting with admin-rights.
3. Ensure you have the following folder structure: "Mad Island_Data\StreamingAssets\XML\" (The XML folder may need to exist!)
4. Try again.
5. Redownload or unpack the game again and try again.

If none of those help, I am out of ideas.
 
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I'm sorry for asking so many times, but does anyone have any workshop mods they're willing to share on this forum? You can include the creators of the mods if you're concerned with credits. Thanks.
 
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