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0000648Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Interface, Military Screenpublic2010-04-06 11:572010-07-13 17:36
Reporteranomaly 
Assigned ToToady One 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilitysometimes
StatusresolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version 
Target VersionFixed in Version0.31.11 
Summary0000648: militarydwarves holding many sets of weapons, shields
DescriptionFortress of 0000055:0000040 dwarves with a squad of 8 recruits. Made some training axes and wooden shields for them to spar with while i worked on metal equipment. Assigned the first two axes and shields manually, then discovered the uniform menu and decided to try that out. Made a new uniform with training axes and shields and assigned globally to squad. Currently, 1 dwarf is holding 3 axes and 3 shields, another dwarf is holding 2 axes and 2 shields, and the rest are equipped normally or did not have enough equipment to finish their uniform. Cannot confirm that the two dwarves I manually equipped earlier were the same ones that are doubling/tripling their equipment, HOWEVER I *can* verify that their current uniform list includes only 1 training axe and 1 shield, and there are checkmarks next to them to indicate that their uniform should have equipped successfully.

The dwarves with equipment duplication issues are holding 1 axe in 1 hand and everything else in the other hand. nothing is being 'hauled.'

dumping their weapons or unassigning them and reassigning them does not seem to work.
Steps To Reproducesince this happened, the save I was using was corrupted and unrecoverable with no backups. I will try to reproduce the error in the next fortress I attempt.
Additional Information
TagsEquipment, Military, multi wield
Relationships
has duplicate 0001636closed Logical2u Dwarves equip multiple copies of armor and weapons 
has duplicate 0001892closed Logical2u Dwarves do not drop equipment on uniform change 
child of 0000535acknowledged Toady One Equipping weapons/armor on military is erratic 
Attached Files
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-06 11:57anomalyNew Issue
2010-04-06 12:43FootkerchiefRelationship addedchild of 0000535
2010-04-07 22:12Rafal99Note Added: 0001942
2010-04-07 23:34anomalyNote Added: 0001962
2010-04-08 19:36Rafal99Note Added: 0002225
2010-04-08 19:37Rafal99Issue Monitored: Rafal99
2010-04-08 19:38Rafal99Tag Attached: Equipment
2010-04-08 19:39Rafal99Tag Attached: multi wield
2010-04-08 19:39Rafal99Tag Attached: Military
2010-04-08 19:42thvazNote Added: 0002229
2010-04-08 19:50Rafal99Note Added: 0002230
2010-04-08 20:37Draco18sNote Added: 0002243
2010-04-08 21:03bloodystumpIssue Monitored: bloodystump
2010-04-09 10:22Rafal99Note Added: 0002353
2010-04-11 10:15FootkerchiefRelationship addedparent of 0001000
2010-04-11 10:16FootkerchiefRelationship deletedparent of 0001000
2010-04-15 16:10Jiri PetruNote Added: 0003768
2010-04-17 16:23OzoneGrifNote Added: 0004005
2010-04-18 16:11maximusfiveIssue Monitored: maximusfive
2010-04-28 19:10Granite26Note Added: 0005617
2010-04-28 19:19IggybooIssue Monitored: Iggyboo
2010-04-29 06:34Logical2uRelationship addedhas duplicate 0001636
2010-05-02 13:25barukNote Added: 0005944
2010-05-16 06:21Logical2uRelationship addedhas duplicate 0001892
2010-06-12 02:20GravenIssue Monitored: Graven
2010-06-13 15:51oliverIssue Monitored: oliver
2010-07-13 05:32Toady OneNote Added: 0010116
2010-07-13 05:32Toady OneStatusnew => resolved
2010-07-13 05:32Toady OneFixed in Version => 0.31.11
2010-07-13 05:32Toady OneResolutionopen => fixed
2010-07-13 05:32Toady OneAssigned To => Toady One
2010-07-13 08:06bloodystumpIssue End Monitor: bloodystump
2010-07-13 11:05Rafal99Issue End Monitor: Rafal99
2010-07-13 17:36maximusfiveIssue End Monitor: maximusfive

Notes
(0001942)
Rafal99   
2010-04-07 22:12   
It seems that multiple shields in one hand happen because dwarves don't drop them when upgrading to better ones. I have several dwarves with 2 or 3 shields, but none of them has 2 shields of same material/quality, so it seems that they were upgrading earlier.
(0001962)
anomaly   
2010-04-07 23:34   
I wish I had my old fortress so I could test what effect "cover" and "replace" would cause when they are toggled.
(0002225)
Rafal99   
2010-04-08 19:36   
I did some tests.
It seems that once a dwarf grabs a weapon or shield he is bound to it for all eternity...

Tried removing both weapon and shield in "Equip" tab in military screen from the multi-wielding dwarves, no effect.
Tried dumping all weapons and shields. No effect. Once I unforbid them dwarves rush and grab all of the shields and weapons they had equipped before dumping, ending up with the same equipment.
Tried both of the above and additionally removed the offending dwarves from their squads. No effect. They still grab all that stuff again when I unforbid it.
Also if I lock the offending dwavers in a room so that they can't grab their stuff other military dwarves won't touch anything, the equipment waits for its owners...
It is just bound to them and no way to remove it.
(0002229)
thvaz   
2010-04-08 19:42   
Had this problem too, it's really annoying. And they carry all the weapons in the same hand.
Besides that, if your military commander dies and you assign another, he will use the same weapons the old one used...but this could be another unrelated bug.
(0002230)
Rafal99   
2010-04-08 19:50   
Yeah it is very annoying. And can't be worked around...
A few dwarves are holding 3 weapons each while all others are running into combat unarmed...

I can't play properly until this bug is fixed. :(
(0002243)
Draco18s   
2010-04-08 20:37   
Had this problem too. Crossbow and two spears in one hand, another spear in the other.

(And still training "dodge")
(0002353)
Rafal99   
2010-04-09 10:22   
Ok I finally found the workaround:
1. Remove all squads
2. Remove all militia commanders and captains in the nobles screen
3. Remove all barracks, archery ranges and armory
4. Redo all military stuff from scratch.

At least they finally forgot about the all their equipment assignments... Three shields they was going to never drop... Ufff...

Now they will go and grab only 1 weapon and 1 shield, so awesome!
(0003768)
Jiri Petru   
2010-04-15 16:10   
This seems to be caused by repeatedly assigning uniforms. I had a squad with the default "metal armor" uniforms (let's call it "set A"). I removed a shield manually from a couple of dwarves, which worked perfectly (making a "set B", which is the same as A but without a shield).

But when I wanted them to take the shield again, I just set them back to the metal armor uniform... it seems they put the uniform ("set A" on top of the equipment they wore previously ("set B"). Instead, they should have canceled the old setup ("set B") and worn only the new uniform ("set A")

Hope this was not confusing :)
(0004005)
OzoneGrif   
2010-04-17 16:23   
I confirm what Jiri said...

Also to fix this,
- Disband your military squad
- Redo it directly with the right uniform
- Don't touch the equipment/uniform anymore...
(0005617)
Granite26   
2010-04-28 19:10   
Unlike Jiri, I started a new game from scratch and created a custom outfit. I created the squad with this custom outfit (mail and breastplate).

I currently have a dwarf refusing to wear her breastplate because she's got 3 mail shirts on. (Not that I'm complaining)

Sounds like this might be a second aspect of the same problem.
(0005944)
baruk   
2010-05-02 13:25   
I may have found a simpler workaround that actually deletes the duplicated pieces of equipment - no need to reform the entire military.
  If you check (m)military - (e)equip - (P)Pri/Assignments you see every individual piece of equipment assigned to each squad position - here you can actually see the multiples of equipment that have been assigned. Unfortunately you can't delete them from this screen. You have to specifically assign the duplicated equipment on the (e) equip screen, before deleting it. This will remove the assignment from the Pri/Assignments page, and the duplicate should get dropped.
 In summary, my new workaround is to:
- identify the duplicate equipment on the Pri/Assignments page (via the military/equip menu).
- On the equip menu, assign the duplicated item to the dwarf "specifically", by finding the correct item in the list.
- Delete the assignment you just made. The duplicate should now disappear from the dwarf's equipment complement on the Pri/Assignments page, and the dwarf should drop the item.
(0010116)
Toady One   
2010-07-13 05:32   
Yeah, "assign uniform" wasn't properly killing old assignments. Until 0.31.11, manually changing out slots should work fine. Squads that are already bugged will need to be disbanded though, yeah.