Improve Duplicant Hauling/Sweep Search Area

[Ambaire]

In the screensnip below, we can see Hassan and 7 muckroot that have been assigned to sweep. If I do not micromanage him, he will take at least 3-4 trips to haul all of them back.

If I micromanage him:

1. Move him to (1)
2. Let him pick up those two and move to (2)
3. Force move him a tile to reset orders, set the dropped muckroot to sweep, wait for him to pick up those and the stuff around (2)
4. Wait for him to move to the landing at 4, force move to 3, wait for him to pick that up and move to 4
5. Force move a tile, set dropped to sweep, wait for him to pick those 3 up and move to the landing
6. Force move a tile, set dropped to sweep, wait for him to pick everything up and haul 7 muckroot back to base

Aftermath of the forced move set, showing Hassan carrying all 8! muckroot at once.

 

Now, wouldn't it be nice if the game intelligently issued 'move here, pick this up' orders so micromanagement like this was unnecessary?

[Sasza22]

It`s weird how dupes handle sweeping light stuff like food or clothes that are way below their max carry capacity. They could carry 200 of those but when sweeping seem to only pick up 4 at a time maximum. I don`t understand the logic behind it.