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[Immortal-D]

Here, we can see my Speardwarf claiming to have all his gear;

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And here, we can see he is missing gauntlets, boots, and helm (greaves & weapons are on the second page of inventory). Dwarf Therapist thinks so as well.

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I am rather stumped.  I can make more gear, but why would the military equipment screen show everything available?

[Insert_Gnome_Here]

the tick means 'has access to' not 'is waring'

[SyrusLD]

I had it that my dwarves would not equip armor as long as they were still wearing normal clothes.
So, when designating a new squad and their equipment I'd first set it to "replace clothing" and then when they equiped their armor I'd turn it back to "over clothing".

[Immortal-D]

the tick means 'has access to' not 'is waring'

Ah, that explains it.  Which I suppose begs the question; Why is my stupid Dorf not retrieving is gear?

[Borge]

the tick means 'has access to' not 'is waring'

Ah, that explains it.  Which I suppose begs the question; Why is my stupid Dorf not retrieving is gear?

Because he is set to equip over clothing not replace clothing. Probably still wearing cloth gloves.

[Skullsploder]

You have your uniform set to "over clothing" so he won't equip anything that conflicts wih what he has on already, ie useless clothing. Set it to replace.

[Corona688]

...which causes them to wear pure armor, unfortunately, but once they've stripped, the 'over clothing' setting should work again.

I think gloves are okay.  Mittens on the other hand...

Also:  If you have a dwarf who acts the opposite of the others -- wearing armor properly while the others strip down or vice versa -- that one has a labor like mining or treecutting still enabled.  It conflicts with military uniforms.

[NullForceOmega]

There is nothing wrong with a dwarf wearing only armor, as long as the uniform contains full coverage it will not cause stress.  The added defense from cloth items is negligible in fortress mode.

[Corona688]

But the chafing, my god D:

[Immortal-D]

Edit: Damn you to hell Corona688.  Freaking 2 seconds.

Derp, I missed the setting for that squad.  Ok last question; How do armored Dwarves avoid chafing without cloth underneath?

[Corona688]

I suppose the real question is, how do they wear an entire dress under a set of platemail?  The world will never know.

[Immortal-D]

I suppose the real question is, how do they wear an entire dress under a set of platemail?  The world will never know.

You're missing the big picture.  Why is my male Dwarf wearing a dress at all?  Plus fluffy wool mittens and boots... thanks a lot Corona, now I need to bleach my brain

[Corona688]

Dwarves aren't dimorphic.  To figure out a dwarf's gender, one must ask.

It seems to be random what clothes they end up with on embark, though.  My last fort started with a complete set of dresses and didn't have the know-how to make shirts.

[Corona688]

Wait wait wait.  Does your biome freeze?  And they arrive in winter...

[NJW2000]

My guard captain is currently wearing a dress, but then again, he has a bronze halberd stuck in his leg, and doesn't sppear able to think, or forget, is experiencing everything he has ever experienced after a certain point right now, and requests meaningless diagnosis every 4 seconds. So he's understandably confused.