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=== Assistant: Got it — with that setup, your problem is almost certainly NOT lack of trees 🌲 ===
Got it — with that setup, your problem is almost certainly NOT lack of trees 🌲
You’re actually over-producing raw logs, so the sawmill stopping means a logistics or setting issue, not resource shortage.

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You have:
* 3 small tree plantations
* 1 large tree sapling field
* 2 large tree sapling greenhouses

That’s way more logs than:
* 1 large sawmill can consume

So if the sawmill is idle, it’s almost always one of these 👇

==== If any log yard is set to “Fill”, it will: ====
* Hoard logs
* Refuse to send them to sawmills

===== - 1 Large Log Yard → BALANCED =====
* 1 Small Log Yard → BALANCED
* 1 Small Log Yard → EMPTY

: 

==== If your log yards are: ====
* Exporting logs
* Or importing despite local supply

…your sawmill gets starved.

===== - Click each log yard =====
* Watch the trucks: - If most are exporting, set one yard to EMPTY - If importing, road access is broken

==== Even with green traffic: ====
* One-way roads
* Too many intersections
* Shared city roads

…can prevent log delivery.

===== Create a dedicated forestry loop: =====

<syntaxhighlight>Plantations → Log Yards → Sawmill
(NO city traffic, NO intersections)

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Use:
* Two-lane industry roads
* No bus lanes
* No heavy traffic ban policies

==== Even with Hadron Collider, sawmills still need workers to reach the building. ====

===== - Bus stop OR metro within walking range =====
* No pedestrian-only roads blocking access

==== This tells us everything: ====

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==== Right now you should be running: ====
* 2–3 sawmills minimum
* Or remove 1–2 tree producers

Best balance:

<syntaxhighlight>4–5 tree producers
↓
2 log yards (Balanced + Empty)
↓
2–3 sawmills

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===== Tell me: =====
1️⃣ What message the sawmill shows
2️⃣ Log yard storage %
3️⃣ Are logs exporting?

I’ll pinpoint the exact fix in one reply 👍