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[Butcher Jackson]

I'm using a nonstandard race for fort mode.  They have bows in their entity entry, but I cannot assign bow skill at embarks or tell them to use bows in the weapons menu on the military screen.

Are these portions hard-coded or is there a way to get DF to use other skills?

[Fleeb]

I've been unable to get custom races to use anything other than crossbows in DF mode. I think immigrants can show up with regular bows, but you can only assign crossbows.

[Jay]

It's hardcoded.  Really there's no way to fit anything more on the weapons screen the way it is now anyway.

[Sean Mirrsen]

The "more" that's supported by the game is daggers and bows. I don't see a problem with making a "bow" that uses the Xbow skill (in fact I did it for the MA mod), and a dagger is just a small sword.

[Untelligent]

There's also the "Pike" skill, but those are just big spears, I think.

[Cavalcadeofcats]

And whips.