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Author Topic: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs  (Read 940 times)

derriesen

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Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« on: March 01, 2009, 09:34:55 am »

Hello forums, my first post! ^^

As many DF playeres i came across a bug that makes wrestlers hold wrestled off clothing and

armorparts in their hands even when beeing assigned to use crossbows... which prevents them from

practicing their marksdwarf skill.


I dont know if anyone posted a method to workaround this  bug.. if so, please delete this post.


How I got the problem solved:
1st - select dwarf who refuses too practise

2nd - go into inventory

3rd - dump the item he helds in his offhand (if he has both hands fild and hasnt picked up a x-bow yet dump the other item tooo)

4th - profit


i hope this helps someone, at leas it worked for me^^
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magic dwarf

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Re: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2009, 11:14:32 am »

Thank you. I was wondering why my dwarfs wouldn't use the archery ranges.

Hagadorn

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Re: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2009, 11:21:45 am »

Yeh, Its irritating.

But its also a pain in the ass to do it... I normally just label those dorfs as 'Special' and send them in to fight anything and everything that bothers me.
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Pilsu

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Re: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2009, 12:44:35 pm »

Isn't the clothing owned and thus unable to be really dumped?

Modding dwarves to have no hands would be a temporary workaround for making them drop something they otherwise won't. Including artifacts
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LegacyCWAL

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Re: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2009, 01:25:09 pm »

Owned or not, it's worked for me.
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djp

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Re: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2009, 03:36:20 am »

Owned or not, it's worked for me.

I have a dwarf who's somehow holding his own cap in his right hand. Unable to be dumped it seems. An exceedingly irritating bug.
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BirdoPrey

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Re: Workaround for non-shooting Marksdwarfs
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2009, 06:26:41 am »

Owned or not, it's worked for me.

I have a dwarf who's somehow holding his own cap in his right hand. Unable to be dumped it seems. An exceedingly irritating bug.

It seems you may have to flood his right hand in magma :[
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