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[Sergio_Morozov]

It looks like when military dwarves are assigned a uniform, they continously search if a better item is available, internally claim it as it is available, discard the item they currently wear with the purpose of equipping the better item.

However, it seems that items so claimed can become "stuck" and the warrior goes without pants for a year. (Maybe because "claiming" of one item can be done by several dwarves at a time, or because hauling jobs interfere with equipping.)

Hence, the only sure way to get a large military equipped is to give them all "specific" items.

Also checking all the time for better high boots is not healthy for the perfomance I suppose.

Finally, the suggestion:

rework the military uniforms scripts so that

• Dwarves only shuffle their uniform on command, or only weekly/monthly/yearly
• Dwarves always equip items they have "claimed" for their uniform (and not go barefoot while there are over 9000 high boots in storage)

A separate suggestion:

When a dwarf names a weapon or a shield, and uniforms are reassigned, it is hard to track whose that "growling ashes of midnight" willow training spear really belongs to. Would be cool if a decoration with the name and the owner was added to the item (dwarf could even carry his item to the fortress' best available engraver/jeweler for the occasion!)

[Shonai_Dweller]

You should report bugs to the bug tracker (part 2 of your suggestion).

Control over how often dorfs upgrade equipment without micromanagement would be very nice, yes. A check daily /check once option on the scheduler would be a good start.

[recneps]

Additionally, even if an update schedule system isn't added, units should definitely not perform equipment upgrade checks with active station/kill orders.

[anewaname]

The attempt to assign new items to military uniforms appears to be triggered primarily by item status changes (item was created or maybe someone else upgraded and dropped) and by modifications to the uniform (made on the military 'e'quip screen). There is a scheduled attempt that appears to be triggered once a month.

From a test embark...

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Embark with 20 copper bars and 20 coke, build a forge in a room and stock all of the bars there, craft 4 pairs of high boots, put 4 boots in a locked room and leave 4 in the forge. Lock the armorer in the forge room as he is crafting the last pair of boots (the other dwarfs should be at the wagon).

Create a 4-dwarf squad, including the trapped dwarf as the fourth member, with a high boot uniform ('r'eplace and exact 'm'atch, but not specific boots). The trapped dwarf's uniform will get a green checkmark next to the item and he will take the best two boots from the forge. Because the remaining six boots are unpathable, the other 3 dwarf uniforms will not receive a green checkmark.

Unlock the doors and the three dwarfs will continue to idle until the first of the next month, then the green checkmarks appear and the three will run to get their boots as soon as their current job completes (in the test, one was sleeping).

Queue more high boots and lock the armorer in before he finishes the first pair. Make boots until some of them are better than the ones currently worn by the 3rd squad member. When the armorer is done, he will upgrade if there are better boots, but once you unlock the door, the other three dwarfs will not attempt to upgrade until the next start of month.

Repeat the last step but before the next start of month arrives, adjust the squad leader's uniform by adding some foreign weapon to it. As you unpause, you will see other dwarfs upgrade their boots.

That was in 44.11.

[Miles_Umbrae]

Military dorfs should only check for uniform-upgrades in a designated "Armory".

And I would also suggest a hierarchy turn-order where higher ranked/skilled military gets to look first if there is something there that is better than what they already are wearing.

And also a hand-me-down type of system where if the dorf discards a piece of armour for a better one the old one is added to the armory for others to have a look at to possible upgrade THEIR uniform.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Military dorfs should only check for uniform-upgrades in a designated "Armory".

And I would also suggest a hierarchy turn-order where higher ranked/skilled military gets to look first if there is something there that is better than what they already are wearing.

And also a hand-me-down type of system where if the dorf discards a piece of armour for a better one the old one is added to the armory for others to have a look at to possible upgrade THEIR uniform.

Heirarchy selection is the system we have right now.

Assigning weapons and armor to an armory seems like it'd get annoying quickly. Also kind of unrealistic. What dwarf is going to train all year naked just because the overseer forgot to move leggings from the armor pile to the armory? And what is an armor pile anyway, if not an armory?

[SixOfSpades]

Military dorfs should only check for uniform-upgrades in a designated "Armory".

Assigning weapons and armor to an armory seems like it'd get annoying quickly. Also kind of unrealistic. What dwarf is going to train all year naked just because the overseer forgot to move leggings from the armor pile to the armory? And what is an armor pile anyway, if not an armory?

I would support an Armory idea, either a stockpile-specific or even item-specific flag that designates whether or not something is available to be claimed, especially by civilians. My new fort is only in its 3rd year, and I've got an apparently kleptomaniac Miner who's already wearing an *«☼obsidian ring☼»* and a similar bracelet, which are clearly intended for export, but now I'll never see them again until the dude dies.

Anyway, being able to turn an item's Claimable flag(s?) on/off could help do things like tidy up cast-off clothing, or alert military units that a high boot is available without having to wait for the 1st of the month.

[Shonai_Dweller]

Military dorfs should only check for uniform-upgrades in a designated "Armory".

Assigning weapons and armor to an armory seems like it'd get annoying quickly. Also kind of unrealistic. What dwarf is going to train all year naked just because the overseer forgot to move leggings from the armor pile to the armory? And what is an armor pile anyway, if not an armory?

I would support an Armory idea, either a stockpile-specific or even item-specific flag that designates whether or not something is available to be claimed, especially by civilians. My new fort is only in its 3rd year, and I've got an apparently kleptomaniac Miner who's already wearing an *«☼obsidian ring☼»* and a similar bracelet, which are clearly intended for export, but now I'll never see them again until the dude dies.

Anyway, being able to turn an item's Claimable flag(s?) on/off could help do things like tidy up cast-off clothing, or alert military units that a high boot is available without having to wait for the 1st of the month.

Is there a solution to this problem which doesn't require micromanagement? It's nice to have extra options, sure, very helpful when bugs arise too, but I really don't want to have to tell my military there's a boot available or suffer the consequences of forgetting.

I've set a uniform, I've ordered hundreds of armour pieces, now I just want the squads to figure out how to ensure they get upgraded equipment once in a while without the constant stream to the forges.

[Descan]

Military and armories specifically are not working as intended and need a bug-fixing pass, if not a rework to some degree or another. This has been acknowledged by Toady.

That said, an armory Location (with a quartermaster who maintains and stocks the armory, perhaps) with armour stands, weapon racks, and misc. containers (ones that that actually work and can hold a couple axes or a suit without failure and without dfhack), along with standing orders of what items of what material and quality to stock (similar to hospitals* and taverns, just with more control) and from which Military dwarves take equipment from... That would be nice.

*though more control over the hospital, such as "prefer animal hair, disallow giant cave spider silk and HFS strands, and stop auto-loom when below ## of threads" would also be welcome.

[anewaname]

Reassigning a uniform to a dwarf or to a squad solves most problems. It forces the re-assessment of the currently assigned items and resolves the issue of a dwarf with no leg armor, if you have accessible leg armor that will match their uniform. It also forces military to notice that stray high boot before the 1st of the month.

[Miles_Umbrae]

A "hospital" with available storage furniture will automatically start collecting supplies up to the limit set by the player.
Same goes for the inn and the library, so why not have something similar for barracks, we could finally get some actual use out of the armor-stands and weapon-racks...

[Radircs]

Well, we already have the options to say, soldiers to store their items in the barrack why we don´t get the options for pick from the barracks or personal quarters or anywhere in the fort? This+an error message if a Dwarf can´t find all Items to fulfill equip need every time he starts a Militare related job and it would be perfect.

[fonzacus]

i usually set basic clothing armour until i have a bunch of masterwork gear on hand, then mass switch the uniform with shift enter. it eases the pain of having almost all of them constantly picking up equipments, and the new bug pf demanding a specific equipment after returning from an offsite mission.

[fonzacus]

A "hospital" with available storage furniture will automatically start collecting supplies up to the limit set by the player.
Same goes for the inn and the library, so why not have something similar for barracks, we could finally get some actual use out of the armor-stands and weapon-racks...

Military and armories specifically are not working as intended and need a bug-fixing pass, if not a rework to some degree or another. This has been acknowledged by Toady.

That said, an armory Location (with a quartermaster who maintains and stocks the armory, perhaps) with armour stands, weapon racks, and misc. containers (ones that that actually work and can hold a couple axes or a suit without failure and without dfhack), along with standing orders of what items of what material and quality to stock (similar to hospitals* and taverns, just with more control) and from which Military dwarves take equipment from... That would be nice.

*though more control over the hospital, such as "prefer animal hair, disallow giant cave spider silk and HFS strands, and stop auto-loom when below ## of threads" would also be welcome.

these 2 suggestions sound awesome. ive just started using bins again and many of my dwarves are missing a ton of missing specific backpack/flask/quiver.

or a new noble position. having additional reequipment checks like the update stockpile record converted to reassign equipments and schedule pickups. and probably (as others stated) force reequip on demand.

[SixOfSpades]

ive just started using bins again and many of my dwarves are missing a ton of missing specific backpack/flask/quiver.

Then you're braver than I. I got sick of my dwarves not being able to find anything that I just restarted, not going to build a single damn bin this time. I've always eschewed quantum stockpiles before, but until bins get fixed, I think it's only fair.