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[Stiefel]

I have a squad of 10 swordsdwarfs. They all have gem breastplates, longswords, round shields, greaves, boots, gauntlets, and helms. I also want them to wear leather hoods and cloaks until the time that I find adamantine. I have the cloaks made and set up, but they're not wearing them. I already trained them in a gym (room full of weight benches) to be strong enough to wear all the armor, so what gives?

[kamikazi1231]

Hmm check out your uniform selection.  There are many types of leather in masterwork.  It could be you accidently told them to use a certain leather type for their cloaks.  Try checking that it's any leather type allowed.  The same thing happens with archers.  A lot of people will choose bolts without realizing that broadhead bolts and piercing bolts are a whole different thing on the list.

Your best chance is probably to tell them to use a specific cloak each then station them right on top of the stockpile.  That way there won't be any confusion as they go grab things.

[Stiefel]

Hmm check out your uniform selection.  There are many types of leather in masterwork.  It could be you accidently told them to use a certain leather type for their cloaks.  Try checking that it's any leather type allowed.  The same thing happens with archers.  A lot of people will choose bolts without realizing that broadhead bolts and piercing bolts are a whole different thing on the list.

Your best chance is probably to tell them to use a specific cloak each then station them right on top of the stockpile.  That way there won't be any confusion as they go grab things.

Most of the cloaks aren't showing up for some reason. Maybe my leatherworker is cancelling his labors? I have plenty of raw leather.

[kamikazi1231]

Well for the hoods make sure to use padded hoods.  They are specifically armor compared to clothing.  As for cloaks I don't know if there is a armor vs clothing difference there.  But you might want to look at that and see if you see a padded cloak or something.  On the computer I'm on the newest version I have is 4c to look at.  I could check when I'm back at my main computer.

You could also extract metal strands and make them metal cloaks though.  Would be pretty cool.

Besides that it could be an issue with stockpiles.  Either burrows or maybe crates.  Maybe try having a stockpile for leather cloaks near your barracks that doesn't accept crates then disable it everywhere else.

Hopefully someone with more military setup experience helps out.  I tend to just use massive war animals armies, golem squads, and stupidly dwarfy large traps.

[CptCrunchy]

It's possible that your civilians are wearing them instead, check the location of the cloaks from your stocks menu

[sjohne]

Is gem armor any good anyway? :-x

[Stiefel]

Is gem armor any good anyway? :-x

It depends entirely on the quality of the them you're using. You have gems that are worse than iron, gems that are middle between iron and steel, and gems that are better than steel.