Work orders keep the crafting queue

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

game.py

@@ -3253,7 +3253,8 @@ def process_player(world: dict, player: dict, now: float, rng: random.Random | N
         burn_fires(world, current["start"] + duration)
         reason = can_start(world, player, action)
         if reason:
-            if next_queued(world, player, current["start"], summary, skipped=current):
+            if next_queued(world, player, current["start"], summary, skipped=current) or \
+                    "order" in current and finish_once(world, player, current["start"], reason, summary):
                 current = player["action"]
                 continue
             stop(player, reason)
@@ -3277,7 +3278,8 @@ def process_player(world: dict, player: dict, now: float, rng: random.Random | N
             # Out of materials: stop now, not once the next bar has filled.
             reason = can_start(world, player, growing(player))
             if reason:
-                if next_queued(world, player, current["start"], summary, skipped=current):
+                if next_queued(world, player, current["start"], summary, skipped=current) or \
+                        "order" in current and finish_once(world, player, current["start"], reason, summary):
                     current = player["action"]
                     continue
                 stop(player, reason)
@@ -3322,7 +3324,7 @@ def queue_add(world: dict, player: dict, action_id: str, qty: int, now: float) -
     reason = queue_reason(world, player, action)
     if reason:
         return reason
-    if not (player["action"] and "left" in player["action"]):
+    if not (player["action"] and ("left" in player["action"] or "order" in player["action"])):
         return start_action(world, player, action_id, now, once=qty)
     player["queue"].append({"id": action_id, "n": qty})
     return None
@@ -3985,16 +3987,10 @@ def remove_orders(world: dict, player: dict, order_id=None) -> str | None:
     return None
 
 
-def claim_order(world: dict, player: dict, order_id, claim: bool = True) -> str | None:
+def claim_order(world: dict, player: dict, order_id) -> str | None:
     order = order_by_id(world, order_id)
     if not order or order["status"] != "open" or order["kind"] != "craft":
         return "No such order"
-    if not claim:
-        if order["claimed"] == player["id"]:
-            order["claimed"] = None
-            if (player["action"] or {}).get("order") == order["id"]:
-                stop(player)
-        return None
     if order["by"] == player["id"]:
         return "That's your own order"
     if order["claimed"] not in (None, player["id"]):
@@ -4005,8 +4001,21 @@ def claim_order(world: dict, player: dict, order_id, claim: bool = True) -> str
     return None
 
 
+def drop_order(world: dict, player: dict, order_id, now: float) -> str | None:
+    """Let go of an order you'd claimed. If you were crafting it: on with the queue, or back to what you were doing."""
+    order = order_by_id(world, order_id)
+    if not order or order["status"] != "open" or order["kind"] != "craft":
+        return "No such order"
+    if order["claimed"] == player["id"]:
+        order["claimed"] = None
+        if (player["action"] or {}).get("order") == order["id"]:
+            finish_once(world, player, now)
+    return None
+
+
 def work_order(world: dict, player: dict, order_id, now: float) -> str | None:
-    """Claim a crafting order and start making it."""
+    """Claim a crafting order and start making it. A make that was running goes back to the
+    front of the queue with what it had left; anything else is what comes after."""
     order = order_by_id(world, order_id)
     had = order and order["claimed"] == player["id"]
     error = claim_order(world, player, order_id)
@@ -4022,6 +4031,12 @@ def work_order(world: dict, player: dict, order_id, now: float) -> str | None:
         return reason
     if previous and previous.get("party") in world["parties"]:
         leave_party(world, player, previous["party"], now)
+    if previous and "order" not in previous:
+        if "left" in previous and queueable(ACTION_BY_ID[previous["id"]]):
+            player["queue"].insert(0, {"id": previous["id"], "n": previous["left"]})
+        elif "left" not in previous:
+            previous = {"resume": previous["id"], "resume_plot2": previous.get("plot2")}
+    player["action"].update({k: v for k, v in (previous or {}).items() if k in ("resume", "resume_plot2") and v})
     player["stopped"] = None
     return None
 
@@ -6576,6 +6591,7 @@ ORDER_RECIPES, ORDER_RAW = _order_sources()
 # line here (new / balance / fix), and a new release a new entry on top.
 PATCH_NOTES = [
     {"date": "2026-10-28", "title": "Queue", "notes": [
+        ("new", "Work orders no longer erase your crafting queue"),
         ("new", "Items link to where they're made: click to jump to the recipe."),
         ("new", "Queue: ▲ on #1 swaps it with the current make."),
         ("new", "Updated Guard kit, added recipes for crafting professions to contribute to defence of town without needing combat-related loot."),