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0000617Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Militarypublic2010-04-06 07:082014-04-21 03:40
ReporterZZ 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusresolvedResolutionunable to reproduce 
PlatformWindowsOSWindowsOS Version7
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000617: Material preference on military dwarves doesn't work correctly.
Descriptionsetting dwarves to steel only equipment with enough equipment available still makes them wear the old (the equipment they've been carrying) iron equipment.
forcing them to go naked didn't work either, only unassigning the whole squad and training room did.
they then proceeded to go around completely naked. readding them to a squad with only steel equipment allowed makes them pick up nothing or the old iron equipment again.
exact match was enabled though not sure if that's actually used in the way i think it is.
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child of 0000535acknowledged Toady One Equipping weapons/armor on military is erratic 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-06 07:08ZZNew Issue
2010-04-06 10:01FootkerchiefRelationship addedchild of 0000535
2010-04-22 18:42Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-06-12 04:31Toady OneNote Added: 0008189
2010-06-12 04:31Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One
2010-06-12 04:31Toady OneStatusnew => acknowledged
2010-06-12 07:35Rafal99Note Added: 0008195
2010-06-22 19:38JkovNote Added: 0008995
2010-06-22 19:39JkovNote Edited: 0008995bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0008995#r3441
2010-06-25 17:18JkovIssue Monitored: Jkov
2011-02-26 23:35Hieronymous AlloyIssue Monitored: Hieronymous Alloy
2011-04-14 13:42RhenayaNote Added: 0017373
2012-03-20 19:48FootkerchiefNote Added: 0021624
2012-03-26 08:10thvazIssue Monitored: thvaz
2014-01-27 09:16FootkerchiefStatusacknowledged => resolved
2014-01-27 09:16FootkerchiefResolutionopen => unable to reproduce
2014-01-27 09:16FootkerchiefAssigned ToToady One => Footkerchief
2014-04-21 03:40thvazIssue End Monitor: thvaz

Notes
(0008189)
Toady One   
2010-06-12 04:31   
Equipment doesn't update automatically. Are the updates not working at all? I'll need more information or a save or something to get at this one.
(0008195)
Rafal99   
2010-06-12 07:35   
My experience with previous versions (haven't tried fortress mode in 0.31.06 yet) is that equipment assigned by Arsenal Dwarf never gets unassigned. Changing uniform, dumping equipment etc has no effect.
The only way to unassign equipment from a dwarf was to delete all squads, remove all military officers and delete barracks, then do everything from scratch.
(0008995)
Jkov   
2010-06-22 19:38   
(edited on: 2010-06-22 19:39)
I can confirm a similar problem as of 0.31.08, but using a save imported from 31.05 or so. If I create a new squad, assigning a uniform with all steel armor, the squad commander seems to consistently get exactly the right equipment (the best available steel for each location). This may be a coincidence, but it has happened consistently for me.

If I add a single dwarf to a squad containing one or more dwarves that are already equipped, with partial matches enabled, the arsenal dwarf will often assign one or two pieces of steel and assign leather armor for the other slots. With exact matches, he only assigns a few pieces of steel and leaves the armor assignment incomplete despite the availability of the correct armor.

The arsenal dwarf also does not seem to consistently assign flasks or backpacks to the dwarves, i.e. he will assign one flask to one other dwarf when updating the equipment upon addition of a new dwarf to the squad. The dwarves do not seem to immediately pick up the backpacks or flasks once assigned as they usually do with armor.
(0017373)
Rhenaya   
2011-04-14 13:42   
this should be resolved for a while now, as i didnt notice the "get new equip" bugs since the workaround release with aresnaldwarf going inactive
(0021624)
Footkerchief   
2012-03-20 19:48   
Toady may need an up-to-date save (0.34.02+) to fix this problem. It would be helpful for someone to upload a save to http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^] and post the link here.