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[Togre]

After watching my Elite Marksdwarf attempt to punch out a Deer, I've decided I'm not arranging my barracks right, or something.  How do you insure that your military dwarfs equip their armor and weapons before fighting enemies?

[Scott Cee]

I've just had my marksdorfs beating enemies to death with thier leather bucklers.

Anyway, go to the military tab, press e to go the the equip screen, shift+w for weapons and either assign specific weapons or just crossbow.

Also, the unseen uniforms of miners, woodcutters and hunters interfere with military equipment.
Which is a shame because hunting is one of the best ways I know to train marksdwarfship.

[Panando]

Hunting is a good way to train marksdwarves, but having marksdwarf squads shoot at animals manually (use attack rectangle) is just as effective and works on animal men too.

[Garath]

note that soldiers need time to pick up equipment too, sometimes a lot of time

[dexxy]

It takes them a long time to wander around and pick up all their equipment. I allow a month or two for them to get that done. Before they have picked it all up, they sometimes turn up for training with 1 sock, a mitten, and a spear, stuff like that. If you send them to fight before they are equipped, they'll get into fistfights and stuff.

[Togre]

Thanks for all the help.

I checked on this particular dwarf.  I had assigned it a specific weapon, but it came up listed as "no weapon found" or something.  I have a problem with weapon bins being hauled all over the place.

But a follow up question:  How do I make sure a dwarf has his full kit on before he charges into battle?  Is there a "get your act together" command I don't know about? Or should they do it automatically if they aren't too close to the fighting?

[dexxy]

You have to plan ahead, give them plenty of time to get equipped.

[Garath]

well, in the military equipment screen you can see if everything was available, in inventory you can see if he actually got everything. Besides that, no, no way to be sure

[snoop]

Also if you're cycling training and inactive periods, make sure they remain in uniform when inactive.

[greycat]

But a follow up question:  How do I make sure a dwarf has his full kit on before he charges into battle?  Is there a "get your act together" command I don't know about?

Issuing a "Station" order usually does the trick.  Or it used to, before the no-clothing-trauma and shaped-caps changes were made.