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Wh1tefang12

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Hunters
« on: April 18, 2010, 02:53:12 pm »
I'm playing DF 0.31.03, and i have a herbalist who i made a hunter, he picked up is crossbow, (not the bolts) and isn't hunting what should i do, i have already made deselected hunting and reselected it. Yes there are animals on my map.
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GaxkangtheUnbound

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Re: Hunters
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 02:55:00 pm »
Did you assign him bolts in the military screen?
If not, press f to go to the ammunition menu, then press c on the "Hunters" squad. Select bolts.
If you HAVE assigned bolts to him, deselect his hunting labor, unpause for a few seconds, pause again and set his hunting labor on again.
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Re: Hunters
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 03:00:21 pm »
Don't forget:
In .31+ bolts cannot be held in hand anymore,
they really need quivers now to use crossbows.
(Probably all missile weapons.)
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Wh1tefang12

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Re: Hunters
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2010, 03:02:11 pm »
But why won't my guy hunt though, does he need a crossbow, with bolts to hunt?
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Re: Hunters
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 03:07:10 pm »
Apparently they require crossbows and bolts now. No more wrestling hunters :(
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Re: Hunters
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 03:09:35 pm »
And sometimes they still can't figure it out.  Probably related to marksdwarves not really working properly either...
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Wh1tefang12

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Re: Hunters
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2010, 03:10:29 pm »
yeah I was just about to post how i answered my own question, Butched the cat i got from cat in a box (aka cage o cats, copper cage with cats, or the ancs (anti nuclear catsplosion system), made a quiver and now he hunts.
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Hmm whats that smell... Oh hi Urist still taking that nap, its been 5 months I can only manage to sleep 3 days. You might want to get that Axe wound checked out though; you are in the Hospital.