I had this posted in another thread but decided I didn't want to thread-jack, so here's my own post. Basically I can't get dwarves to train, whether it's individually or in a group. Here's a list of what I've done to get them to train:
Built a Weapon Rack (Via mason workshop)
Built the weapon rack in an 11x11 room. Designated the whole room as a barracks. (Via q, then r)
Built Training Swords (Via Carpenter workshop)
Made a custom uniform called Training, the only thing added to this uniform is the Training Sword, nothing else. (Via m key)
Added a dwarf to Militia Captain via the nobles screen (Via n key)
Created a squad off of that Militia Captain using the Training uniform from above, then added another dwarf to the squad. (Via m key)
Changed their supplies so they don't need food or water (In the military screen)
Changed their schedules so that each month, they were set to training. I also modified so that it was a 2 dwarf minimum, not 10 (Via s key from the military screen)
Closed out of the military screen, then opened up the Squad screen (Via s key)
Activated the squad via the A key, then hit "t" to set them to active/training.
Hit "q", went over to the earlier weapon rack, then hit "t", "i" and "q" for the squad training stuff.
I watch the dwarves move around, pickup their equipment, then move to the barracks room. They then just stand there and do nothing at all. Looking at their jobs from the "u" key, the militia captain is "Organize Combat Training" and the other dwarf is "Wait for Combat Training"
Things I've tried:
Resizing the barracks room, with them in it. They just move to the new designated area.
Using 4 dwarves instead. Same thing, except I get 3 that are "Wait for Combat Training" instead of 1. Schedule still set to 2 minimum
Using just 1 dwarf, the militia captain. He also just stands there "Organize Combat Training". Schedule set to 1 minimum.
Adding armor to the uniform. They go and get it before heading to the barracks but still will just stand there.
Seriously, how does this work? Coming from 40d, this new military stuff is getting to be very frustrating, to the point that I don't want to even play.