# Is there a way to stop "craft as long as possible"?

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**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155 "2018-03-21T12:14:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vargathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f475e1/32.png) [@Vargathon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vargathon)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/1 "2018-03-21T12:14:38Z")

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Just as the title says. I just could not find any way of doing that.

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/2 "2018-03-21T12:30:10Z")

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Wait button, by default ‘.’ (dot).

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**Author:** ![Rose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rose/32/1963_2.png) [@Rose](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rose)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/3 "2018-03-21T12:48:32Z")

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Or 5 on the NumPad. The same as a dot.  
The game is going then to ask for a confirmation. This way can be used to stop any activity.

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**Author:** ![Vargathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f475e1/32.png) [@Vargathon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vargathon)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/4 "2018-03-21T19:45:14Z")

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Neither of those work. Also tried with NumLock on/off just to make sure.

I am in my car making “clear water” “as long as possible”. It has enough solar panels to have pretty much infinite power and a tank + funnel to take in infinite water as well (it’s spring). I already filled the whole clean water tank but still can’t stop it. Pressing “.” or “5” on numpad doesn’t work. Neither does any other key.

Just a bug?

I did find a thread about this issue from year 2013 but really nothing after that.

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/5 "2018-03-22T06:19:35Z")

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Can you provide a save file?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/6 "2018-03-22T06:38:44Z")

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I’m not here to help but this is hilarious  
here, take a drawing  
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**Author:** ![Rose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rose/32/1963_2.png) [@Rose](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rose)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/7 "2018-03-22T11:50:35Z")

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Have you not recieved a “You’re feeling tired. Stop crafting? Y/N” box?

That’s actually strange. Many tasks like boiling water do not require constant attention. Especially if you’re using electric things like a Kitchen Unit or an Atomic Coffee Maker, these devices should turn off automatically after the water is done boiling.

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**Author:** ![NuG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nug/32/7057_2.png) [@NuG](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/NuG)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/8 "2018-03-22T15:07:05Z")

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I had this happen one time, but it was when I first started playing. I don’t remember how I stopped though, I think it was from eventually getting the tired message, but it was so long ago I’m not 100% sure.

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**Author:** ![Zhilkin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zhilkin/32/3749_2.png) [@Zhilkin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zhilkin)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/9 "2018-03-22T19:41:28Z")

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It is possible to stop `crafting as long as possible` activity in latest experimental version using `Pause` action (`5` or `.`).

Go to keybindings menu, assign some key to this action and use it while crafting.

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**Author:** ![syler1983](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@syler1983](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/syler1983)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/10 "2018-04-03T04:10:45Z")

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This is sightly off topic:

I thought i am an experienced CDDA player, but i never noticed a “craft as long as possible” option, only a batch craft.

How do i “craft as long as possible”?  
And what happens when i break these crafting loop? Cause if you exit a batch crafting you’ll get nothing.

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**Author:** ![Sanehatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sanehatter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanehatter)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-stop-craft-as-long-as-possible/15155/11 "2018-04-03T14:39:55Z")

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You can find it under the “Craft…” tab in the action menu or just setting up a keybidding for it. If you break the loop all the item being crafted atm is reset and the previous ones remain.