0001318: Dwarf refuses to hunt - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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(0004183) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-04-18 21:59 edited on: 2010-04-18 22:01	He needs bolts and a quiver, and you have to assign the ammo to the Hunters squad in [m]ilitary -> Ammo. He also needs butcherable prey (i.e. non-sentient animals). Also, if you used Dwarf Therapist to turn on his hunting labor, that may cause problems. If none of that solves the problem, it may be helpful to upload the save where he's failing to hunt to http://dffd.wimbli.com/ [^]

(0004253) Hugna (reporter) 2010-04-19 10:54	http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2161 [^] I have bolts assigned to the hunters, iron crossbows ready to use, at least 8, and so on.

(0005479) Hugna (reporter) 2010-04-27 23:42 edited on: 2010-04-27 23:44	I think i just figured out why they refuse to hunt. During their time in need of hunting, they gather their equipment, and prepare to kill off all things wild. However, if the original npcs are all dead/runoff the map/hunter runs out of ammo, he's on a permanent invalid in hunting, and continues to refuse to hunt. However, because of that, it will end up with the workaround, if it does work. The workaround is basically assigning him to a squad, and moving him into a station. After he becomes a military dwarf, remove the station, and he should hunt again. It's worked before, but the workaround seems to randomly work. There is probably a bug which got lodged into the hunting code, and it prevented hunters from hunting correctly, and always. As for version 28, it was fine. Maybe the new military structure might've made some of the hunting code invalid. Edit: God, i misspelled and typoed a lot.

(0009714) Toady One (administrator) 2010-07-07 05:37	The only huntable animals in the save are the four mountain goats, and they are all across the river and inaccessible. You need to build a bridge or tunnel under. That said, there are issues with ammunition, and I've been fixing those up for 0.31.09.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-04-18 21:07	Hugna	New Issue
2010-04-18 21:59	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0004183
2010-04-18 22:01	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0004183	View Revisions
2010-04-18 22:01	Footkerchief	Relationship added	child of 0000076
2010-04-18 22:01	Footkerchief	Issue Monitored: Footkerchief
2010-04-19 10:54	Hugna	Note Added: 0004253
2010-04-19 20:42	Hugna	Tag Attached: hunting
2010-04-27 23:42	Hugna	Note Added: 0005479
2010-04-27 23:44	Hugna	Note Edited: 0005479	View Revisions
2010-07-05 07:05	xrogaan	Issue Monitored: xrogaan
2010-07-07 05:37	Toady One	Note Added: 0009714
2010-07-07 05:37	Toady One	Status	new => resolved
2010-07-07 05:37	Toady One	Fixed in Version	=> 0.31.09
2010-07-07 05:37	Toady One	Resolution	open => no change required
2010-07-07 05:37	Toady One	Assigned To	=> Toady One