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TheDorf

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Soldiers carrying too few bolts?
« on: March 17, 2018, 05:09:31 am »
So I've told my marksdwarves to carry quite a few bolts (a few hundred), but they only seem to pick up 25-50 bolts. How can I make sure they grab as many bolts as I tell them to? I've got plenty of wooden bolts in my craftsdwarf's workshop.
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Re: Soldiers carrying too few bolts?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2018, 10:48:18 am »
The military screen's ammunition screen allows you to choose how many bolts are assigned to the squad, but the dwarfs may not be able to carry them all. This is similar to how you can assign a uniform with two helms but the dwarf will only wear one helm. Some of those bolts in your shop are already assigned to your squad. I suspect that when a dwarf carries 50 ammo, it is a bug, just like when a dwarf is carrying two items in their right hand.
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Re: Soldiers carrying too few bolts?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2018, 12:01:46 pm »
anyone know how to mod this? I think there is a soft cap for 25 bolts, I would like to increase this to 50-51 or something
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Re: Soldiers carrying too few bolts?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2018, 01:26:53 pm »
Quote from: anewaname on March 17, 2018, 10:48:18 am
The military screen's ammunition screen allows you to choose how many bolts are assigned to the squad, but the dwarfs may not be able to carry them all. This is similar to how you can assign a uniform with two helms but the dwarf will only wear one helm. Some of those bolts in your shop are already assigned to your squad. I suspect that when a dwarf carries 50 ammo, it is a bug, just like when a dwarf is carrying two items in their right hand.

I take it then that ordering them to wear 2 quivers won't work?
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Re: Soldiers carrying too few bolts?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2018, 01:30:52 pm »
Quote from: Lord Shiteblast on March 17, 2018, 01:26:53 pm
Quote from: anewaname on March 17, 2018, 10:48:18 am
The military screen's ammunition screen allows you to choose how many bolts are assigned to the squad, but the dwarfs may not be able to carry them all. This is similar to how you can assign a uniform with two helms but the dwarf will only wear one helm. Some of those bolts in your shop are already assigned to your squad. I suspect that when a dwarf carries 50 ammo, it is a bug, just like when a dwarf is carrying two items in their right hand.

I take it then that ordering them to wear 2 quivers won't work?

Time to organise a dwarven machine gun, quivers aren't affected by the weight of the objects put in them are they? so we can have dwarves walking around with a bottomless amount of arrows so they don't have to reload.
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Re: Soldiers carrying too few bolts?
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2018, 05:48:38 pm »
Just be aware that bolts are pretty heavy - 25 steel bolts show up as 29Γ, which is as much as a steel mail shirt and a steel shield.
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