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Author Topic: Military command? Uniforns, et al.  (Read 477 times)

rdwulfe

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Military command? Uniforns, et al.
« on: April 04, 2010, 03:26:04 am »
Okay, I hope I'm not the only one having problems with this.

I can't seem to get Uniforms working properly. One, how do I assign uniforms to specific squads? I made a squad and started it with the Leather template, but later made another Uniform with training equipment instead. No way to easily switch a squad's uniforms?

Also, I go through and I assign things individually to each dwarf, but they never seem to go pick up the new equipment? Do they need to be off duty, on duty, what?

So I decided to make a thread for us to discuss how the military screen works. I scanned through the wiki entry, and not much information is there yet.

Have others been more successful in figuring out how this stuff works?
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Re: Military command? Uniforns, et al.
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2010, 03:45:47 am »
Okay, so I figured out how to change which uniform is assigned to them, but they still don't switch anything out. How do I get them to pick up their weapons?
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"   So the gods discussed it and created elves. The Elves were beautiful, Mistral Thrax admitted, in and elvish way, but it was his belief that the gods grew disappointed after a time because the elves -- being elves -- were essentially decorative but not particularly functional. They were content simply to live long lives and to exist. They did not nothing of any real value, in the opinion of Mistral Thrax."
   -- The Covenant of the Forge by Dan Parkinson, a Dragon Lance Novel

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Re: Military command? Uniforns, et al.
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2010, 04:15:29 am »
I think you have to have an arsenal dwarf assigned, a barrack, and a well-configured weapon rack.
Someone, correct me if I'm wrong.

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/dwarffortress/comments/blhkj/how_to_use_the_new_military_screen/


« Last Edit: April 04, 2010, 04:19:55 am by dorf »
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Re: Military command? Uniforns, et al.
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2010, 04:48:01 am »
Wait. Wait wait wait.

You mean to tell me weapon racks DO SOMETHING now, rather then just sit there making your nobles happy, or a sorce of a barracks? This is a new and strange age...
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