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Dwarf Fortress => DF Bug Reports => Topic started by: damocles on December 10, 2007, 07:56:00 am

Title: Hunter/Ranger bug with crossbows
Post by: damocles on December 10, 2007, 07:56:00 am

I just sat and watched my ranger, who was carrying a quiver and crossbow (and I have hundreds of bolts in storage) chase down a cougar and try and fight it in hand to hand combat.  Naturally my ranger is now a stain on the floor.

I assume this is a bug.  He went to the trouble of picking up a crossbow and quiver, so I assume he wants to use them, so why didn't he?

edit: I should add, latest version (33e is it now?)

[ December 10, 2007: Message edited by: damocles ]

Title: Re: Hunter/Ranger bug with crossbows
Post by: briktal on December 10, 2007, 08:13:00 am

Are you sure he didn't fire any bolts?  He might have just had 1 bolt then ran out of ammo.

Title: Re: Hunter/Ranger bug with crossbows
Post by: Nikinyo on December 10, 2007, 08:14:00 am

Your hunter have probably taken the stack of 1 bolt and used it. Then he started using crossbow as a melee weapon. he would not replenish his ammo until his hunting job is over.

Title: Re: Hunter/Ranger bug with crossbows
Post by: damocles on December 10, 2007, 08:48:00 am

I didn't see him fire any bolts.  And I was watching the cougar for a while before the ranger showed up (I was waiting for my soldiers to get there and kill it).  He definitely didn't fire a single bolt, instead choosing to attack it with his hands.

Even if he did have only 1 bolt left and wasted it, I would still consider it a kind of bug that he would then prefer to take on a cougar unarmed instead of returning to base to re-supply.