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[Innominate]

I have not yet tested this with a barracks designated from an armour stand or weapon rack, but I have established one annoying little fact: dwarves will not spar in a bed-designated barracks full of beds. At least, they will not initiate sparring in such a barracks. I invite further testing.

EDIT: To clarify, there must be at least one non-bed tile in the barracks area. I haven't tested whether it can be some other occupied type.

[Rolan7]

That is interesting.  If there's one free tile, do they start sparring there?  They'll roam over beds of course, but they'll roam right out of the barracks (and down wells, I hear) so that isn't surprising.

[orbcontrolled]

Along similar lines, they will not begin sparring when the only available "floor" space consists of retracting bridges.

So much for my self-cleaning barracks. 

[Innominate]

That is interesting.  If there's one free tile, do they start sparring there?  They'll roam over beds of course, but they'll roam right out of the barracks (and down wells, I hear) so that isn't surprising.

Nope, when I deconstructed one bed in a corner they immediately ran to the centre of the room to begin sparring. I'm wondering whether there might be an interesting way to trick the system (internal door in the room set to forbidden, for example) to allow sparring as well as fully occupied floors.

[Grendus]

Along similar lines, they will not begin sparring when the only available "floor" space consists of retracting bridges.

So much for my self-cleaning barracks. 

Flood it with water magma. It's like dwarf Comet, it even gets out those tough stains...