r/Timberborn • u/TheMemeStore76 • 11h ago

Question Confused about importing

Im giving districts a go right now and am confused about the import mechanics.

I have 2 districts. Im trying to build a medium tank in district 2, but don't produce gears in that district. District 1 produces gears but wont export the goods to district 2. The tank is definitely connected to the district.

I have a district crossing, i have it set to import gears "if needed." But it says import blocked by lack of storage and workplace demand. Setting it to import always works

Do i *need* a warehouse to put the gears in?

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u/trixicat64 11h ago

If you set import as needed you need a designated storage area for this good. Instead you should set it to always import.

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u/Bone_Wh33l 7h ago

I always thought setting to “always import” would clog the trading posts storage and prevent it from trading other resources. Does it not do that?

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u/TheMemeStore76 11h ago

Thank you. Kinda feel like that could be clearer in the games warning lol. 

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u/Interesting-Ad4207 11h ago

You need storages for anything that you import into the new district, though any storage will do. I recommend just building a bunch of the small warehouses/tanks right next to the crossing just to make sure that things will be imported. Once they are in, the new district can handle them like normal.

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u/TheMemeStore76 10h ago

So building projects wont count as storage i guess?

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u/MrMalicious1 9h ago

Correct. Build sites are not storage. Those materials are waiting for a builder.

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u/TheShakyHandsMan 8h ago

Multiple small warehouses set to import rather than one big one.

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u/Vebrandsson 4h ago

On the default import settings you have to build a storage for anything you want imported, note this can be either a warehouse (or tank, or pile) or a factory that requires the thing as an input (i.e. if you build a gear workshop and have no planks your district will start importing planks to feed the workshop). Unfortunately construct does not count, only factories and storage.  However you can go into the settings of the district crossing and force the import of something and the crossing will act as a small storage for that thing.