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i2amroy

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Skill Questions
« on: May 27, 2009, 10:50:16 pm »
I am currently working on some non-weapon skill weapons and I ran into two questions.
1. What skill is used to create bows in fortress mode? Not crossbows, but bows. I would figure this out myself, but my DF files are a little bit spread out right now to be able to gen a world.

2. Does anyone know what the skill token TRACKING corresponds to, as in what skill does it give to its wielder in-game and what is that skill used for normally?
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Re: Skill Questions
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 11:16:46 pm »
1. Dwarves with the bowyer skill will make bows, but only as an artifact. If you play as a human, they can make bows normally with the bowyer skill.

2. Not sure what tracking is, but I'd guess it has to do with hunting.
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Re: Skill Questions
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2009, 11:23:38 pm »
Okay, thanks.
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Re: Skill Questions
« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2009, 11:24:53 pm »

Quote from: ein on May 27, 2009, 11:16:46 pm
1. Dwarves with the bowyer skill will make bows, but only as an artifact. If you play as a human, they can make bows normally with the bowyer skill.

2. Not sure what tracking is, but I'd guess it has to do with hunting.

yeah 1 is correct. just tested it.

2- ambusher is the relevant tag for hunting. TRACKING corresponds to the skill TRACKER, but i've never seen the tag in-game and, looking at the string dump, there doesn't seem to be a profession attached. Could be associated with worldgen historical figures (such as animal hunters or wanderers)
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