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kuki

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How do you equip arena dwarves with ranged ammunition?
« on: October 23, 2012, 04:26:33 pm »
I want to test some things about crossbows/bows/arrows/bolts but when I hand arena dwarves ammo for their crossbows, they just hold it in their other hand. "Quiver" turns up no results when I search for items to add to the dwarves. How are people doing arena tests wtih ranged weapons?
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Re: How do you equip arena dwarves with ranged ammunition?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 04:40:09 pm »
Before bringing a question here, I suggest you check the wiki

But here you go:
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Object_testing_arena
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Quote from: Ultimuh on October 30, 2012, 02:02:43 pm
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Re: How do you equip arena dwarves with ranged ammunition?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 04:40:29 pm »
In Arena mode, ammo doesn't need to be stored in your quiver - having it in your other hand works just fine.
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Re: How do you equip arena dwarves with ranged ammunition?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2012, 05:02:26 pm »
Quote from: Burnup on October 23, 2012, 04:40:09 pm
Before bringing a question here, I suggest you check the wiki

To be fair, that information is a little buried in the wiki; and it's not like I don't know how to use a search function (I spent over half an hour with google search trying to answer this for myself). This is dwarf fortress; I've read literally HUNDREDS of pages of forums and wiki entries over the past weeks, before coming to the forums to ask a handful of questions myself.

Thanks for the answer though!
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Re: How do you equip arena dwarves with ranged ammunition?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2012, 11:32:20 am »
I don't mean anything by it, kuki. I know how some information can be hard to come by.

I'm happy to help. And I'm sure the community is too. Never stop asking questions ^^
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Quote from: Ultimuh on October 30, 2012, 02:02:43 pm
Just tell her that you were merely doing what the voices in your head were telling you to do.