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[nimbus25]

So, I'm having the classic "dwarves won't equip armor bug", but this time I have absolutely no clue what's wrong.
I have plenty of armor to be equipped, I've selected everything right, but some of my dwarves (especially the captain) refuse to wear the proper clothing
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Even forbade her dress in case it was armor size, and she kept it on. Made a clothing/cloth armor stockpile, kept it on. And there are a few dwarves that picked up half the uniform, then just gave up partway through.
This is rather irritating, as I want them fully armored up for emergencies/danger room training...
Also noticed it's only the female dwarves having uniform problems, so should I make a males-only squad or something? I have a feeling it's the dresses after all, but not sure. Could be a coincidence.

[Naryar]

set all your squad to wear armor replacing clothes, wait for your dwarves to be naked under all that metal (yeah i wince at doing that as well), and then set all your squad to wear armor over clothes. They will add clothes under their armor then.

[Larix]

Can it be that your carpenter is also a woodcutter? Dwarfs with the woodcutter, hunter or miner labours active will default to their job uniform when civilian, i.e. wear normal civilian clothes and their job-appropriate weapon/tool. Disable the woodcutting job. And check the equipment listing for each squad position, to make sure each of them has the actual parts assigned and "replace clothing" on. The uniform list and green mark for squad uniform don't really say that _this carpenter_ actually has all those items actually assigned.

All dwarfs wear dresses, male and female alike. It's not a gender issue. Forbidding worn clothing has no effect, either, there must be a clear equipment-change job that forces clothes off a dwarf.

[nimbus25]

I tried seeing if it was a woodcutter issue, tried removing her, tried removing miners as well, still had difficulties. Now I tried disbanding the squad and am letting all the armor stockpile up, then going to try and re-make the squad after it's all settled down.

set all your squad to wear armor replacing clothes, wait for your dwarves to be naked under all that metal (yeah i wince at doing that as well), and then set all your squad to wear armor over clothes. They will add clothes under their armor then.

You seem to misunderstand, I WANT my dwarves to replace their clothing with armor, but they won't actually do it, or only put on half their armor then walk around wearing only a glove and 2 high boots.

EDIT: The stockpile trick worked, everybody seems to have all their equipment. Finally.

[jturnera]

Sometimes it's just a matter of getting everything to refresh like that, disbanding the squad and reforming it (and detaching the armor from all jobs) can be the best way to do this sometimes, even if it is a hassle.

Regardless, glad you got it all worked out!

[Albedo]

Semi-related...

Started w/ some leather, so made leather armour as a starting point, then added bronze helmets to the mix, but can't get them to mix materials, even when specifying "bronze helmet" and "leather armour" in custom uniforms - is that a known problem?

Any fixes other than the above suggestions?

[nimbus25]

Semi-related...

Started w/ some leather, so made leather armour as a starting point, then added bronze helmets to the mix, but can't get them to mix materials, even when specifying "bronze helmet" and "leather armour" in custom uniforms - is that a known problem?

Any fixes other than the above suggestions?

No, think that's the same problem, since after a little bit I added Cloaks to the uniform after a few dwarves had their ears/lips cut during a danger room session, and after I made some (granted it took like 20 of them for 10 to equip), it worked out fine. The refresh thing is the only solution I've found, though.