0001161: Soldier fight with training weapons even with real ones equipped

(0003546)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-04-14 14:18

Assigning them two weapons at the same time is probably a bad idea. I believe they're supposed to switch to training weapons automatically, although I have no idea whether that works or not.

(0003548)
Marconius (reporter)
2010-04-14 14:21

Did some experimenting in the arena. It seems some dwarves with both weapons used the training sword, others used the real one. Dwarves with only a real weapon used it properly. I'm not sure what determines which weapon a dwarf uses, my guess is it's whichever comes first in inventory or some other place.

I'm gonna try removing the training weapons from the uniforms, see if my soldiers operate properly that way. (Not that most of them do currently, heh... train you lazy dwarves!)

(0010350)
Footkerchief (manager)
2010-07-15 08:31

Does anyone have a save demonstrating this problem? http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]

(0021633)
Footkerchief (manager)
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.

(0022901)
Kogut (reporter)
2012-06-08 03:42

I see no problem: "I've equipped a squad with iron swords and wooden training swords." resulted in expected "It turns out most of my dwarves were using their training swords to clobber the kobold, though there were some occasional strikes with iron swords."

(0022919)
Footkerchief (manager)
2012-06-08 08:43

Yeah, I can agree with that.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-14 14:04	Marconius	New Issue
2010-04-14 14:18	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0003546
2010-04-14 14:18	Marconius	Issue Monitored: Marconius
2010-04-14 14:18	Footkerchief	Relationship added	child of 0000535
2010-04-14 14:21	Marconius	Note Added: 0003548
2010-04-22 18:44	Khym Chanur	Issue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2010-07-15 08:31	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0010350
2012-03-20 19:48	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0021633
2012-06-08 03:42	Kogut	Note Added: 0022901
2012-06-08 08:43	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0022919
2012-06-08 08:43	Footkerchief	Status	new => resolved
2012-06-08 08:43	Footkerchief	Resolution	open => no change required
2012-06-08 08:43	Footkerchief	Assigned To	=> Footkerchief

Notes
(0003546) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-04-14 14:18	Assigning them two weapons at the same time is probably a bad idea. I believe they're supposed to switch to training weapons automatically, although I have no idea whether that works or not.

(0003548) Marconius (reporter) 2010-04-14 14:21	Did some experimenting in the arena. It seems some dwarves with both weapons used the training sword, others used the real one. Dwarves with only a real weapon used it properly. I'm not sure what determines which weapon a dwarf uses, my guess is it's whichever comes first in inventory or some other place. I'm gonna try removing the training weapons from the uniforms, see if my soldiers operate properly that way. (Not that most of them do currently, heh... train you lazy dwarves!)

(0010350) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-07-15 08:31	Does anyone have a save demonstrating this problem? http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]

(0021633) Footkerchief (manager) 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.

(0022901) Kogut (reporter) 2012-06-08 03:42	I see no problem: "I've equipped a squad with iron swords and wooden training swords." resulted in expected "It turns out most of my dwarves were using their training swords to clobber the kobold, though there were some occasional strikes with iron swords."

(0022919) Footkerchief (manager) 2012-06-08 08:43	Yeah, I can agree with that.