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[NonconsensualSurgery]

Fixed it by assigning a forth dwarf who was already caring an axe. That's the second time I've had pickup equipment problems.

EDIT: Of course, I start looking at my carpenters and detail and suddenly a bunch of dwarves get out and chop trees.

It's easy to forget that this isn't your typical RTS and dwarves follow your orders when they feel like it.

Drop the truly lazy ones into the cavern layers, and if you ever have a problem like this where you need something done sooner rather than later then follow the advice about temporarily enabling the labor on every dwarf. DwarfTherapist is awesome like that.

[kaenneth]

Sadly, whenever I turn on a labor for 'everyone' that includes the limbless wonders who will slowly worm their way to the forest, clencing an axe in their mouth and/or give cancel spam.

I probably should use heat therapy on them, but so far I've avoided deliberatly killing any dwarfs.

[Nan]

Put cripples in a cripple burrow. Problem solved .

[Callista]

I made my paraplegic dwarf the broker and put him in a burrow next to the depot, with food and booze stockpiles. Best broker I've ever had--actually got to the depot before the traders left.

[Kumquat]

Enabling mining or woodcutting (or hunting?) with dwarf therapist doesn't work properly since it misses an internal trigger that makes a dwarf pick up equipment for those jobs.

You need to use the in-game UI for those to work "reliably".

[Starver]

I've must say I've never noticed that problem, but I'll keep an eye out for it.  My miners are generally ultra-dedicated miners[1] that aren't messed with.  But my woodcutters are generally more flexible in the job assignments, so I'll keep a heads up next time I switch them in or out.


[1] If anything, I use DT to strike off all other labours, hauling included, from those immigrants that arrive with a decent mining skill, to add to the original top two miners I always bring with me.  I'm very particular about who gets to dig my fortress out.

[Azure]

Job orders are first in last out order. In addition, stuff like hauling piles up for everyone with the labor active. Personally, i like my bookie/broker cutting wood when i don't need him trading. Also, Disable wood hauling on your woodcutter and he'll cut A LOT faster.