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[Urist Sonuvagimli]

The game drives me insane... It literally trolls me. Or else, how do you explain the following:

After starting a new game, an Axedwarf-Wood Cutter is created. He is then appointed to the squad  and given an order to chop down some trees. But the moment I hit "t" (inactive) to cancel military duty, Axedwarf simply dropps the copper axe on the ground and enters the "No Job" status, as obviously, the wood chopping job cannot be carried out without an axe.

It is impossible to  chop wood from now on. I've tried switching squad to active and back, but it only repeated the above situation. What's worse, no other dwarf picks the said axe up even if appointed to Wood Cutting job. Help! I dont want to trade with elves (yuck)!

P.S: DF 0.34_11

[WoobMonkey]

This happens because once you set the axe as part of his military uniform, it is marked as part of the uniform, a weapon, and no longer a tool.

Moral of the story: don't draft your woodcutters or miners, at least not until you have backup axes/picks made for civilian use.

[Urist Sonuvagimli]

Ugh, I guess dwarf logic goes against common sense in that one can use the same axe for woodcutting and for killing... Ok, I  will take it into account. Any suggestions on how to fix current situation? I have 2 copper axes in storage.

[MeTekillot]

Manually set his military uniform not to feature an axe.

[WoobMonkey]

Disband the squad, and reform it without your woodcutter.  Alternately, set another civilian up with the wood-cutting job; he or she should pick up one of your spare axes and go to work.

[Urist Sonuvagimli]

Disband the squad, and reform it without your woodcutter.  Alternately, set another civilian up with the wood-cutting job; he or she should pick up one of your spare axes and go to work.

Thankyou very much. It worked!

[WoobMonkey]

No problem.  Military setup and command can take a bit to learn; once you do, however, it'll open a whole new vista of opportunities in your future play.  May your axe bite deep, whether in elf or tree!