0002946: Crossbow dwarfs prefer melee - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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0002946

Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Mode -- Military

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2010-08-04 04:32

2014-01-22 11:57

Reporter

ZaZ Amari

Assigned To

Footkerchief

Priority

normal

Severity

major

Reproducibility

sometimes

Status

resolved

Resolution

no change required

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OS

OS Version

Product Version

0.31.12

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0002946: Crossbow dwarfs prefer melee

Description

As it says, my crossbow dwarves are rushing forward to bash enemy creatures instead of shooting them with bolts I've checked and they do indeed have ammo but unless they encounter the target at long range they will not shoot ammo at it.

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has duplicate	0004562	resolved	Footkerchief	Marksdwarfs will charge and use crossbows as meele weapons
child of	0003028	new		Marksdwarves don't carry enough ammunition into combat.

Notes
(0011483) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-08-04 07:17 edited on: 2010-08-04 07:19	"Long range" as in how many tiles? It would be helpful to upload a save where a marksdwarf equipped with crossbow/quiver/bolts is melee-charging an enemy who is more than one tile away. http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]

(0011486) schlappi (reporter) 2010-08-04 07:46 edited on: 2010-08-04 07:46	I also had Marksdwarves charging into melee, but it turned out they were out of ammo available to pick up.

(0012375) ZaZ Amari (reporter) 2010-09-03 05:58	You can close this i found out the only ammo they were carrying was supposed to be used for training not combat...

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-08-04 04:32	ZaZ Amari	New Issue
2010-08-04 07:17	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0011483
2010-08-04 07:19	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0011483	View Revisions
2010-08-04 07:46	schlappi	Note Added: 0011486
2010-08-04 07:46	schlappi	Note Edited: 0011486	View Revisions
2010-08-14 17:31	Dwarfu	Relationship added	child of 0003028
2010-09-03 05:58	ZaZ Amari	Note Added: 0012375
2012-03-28 07:49	Footkerchief	Relationship added	has duplicate 0004562
2014-01-22 11:57	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2014-01-22 11:57	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => no change required
2014-01-22 11:57	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief

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