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[Glass Hand]

When played in fortress mode, humans seem to have difficulty equipping halberds, whether for wood cutting or soldiering.  Humans attempting to pick up a halberd will pick it up successfully (it momentarily appears in their inventory), but immediately drop it.  They will then take a few steps away and then attempt to pick it up again, leading to an infinite loop of picking up/dropping the halberd until the human quits for whatever reason (food, rest, etc).

I was able to work around this for wood cutters by disabling the wood cutting labor, drafting the human, then un-drafting them, then turning wood cutting back on.  Unfortunately this does not work for humans who can't be undrafted (heroes and champions).

I have not observed this behavior for any other weapons.  I realize this is not a very major bug, but I might as well mention it.  It wouldn't be that annoying except that humans use halberds by default for wood cutting (they embark with them).

[Loctavus]

This is related to the two handed weapon bug someone mentioned in another thread. I believe the solution was to set him to carry two weapons, as a double handed weapon apparently counts as two.

U : I need a halberd, that one looks nice
U : *picks up halberd*
U : I'm carrying too many weapons, I have two, I'm only allowed one
U : *drops halberd, runs away a few steps*
U : I need a halberd....

etc.

EDIT : Tested and confirmed. I Just tried out 39e for the first time and had this happen.

[muwahahaha]

My only advice would be to get rid of the two handed things as quickly as possible, or I suppose you could set their labour menu so that they don't have woodcutting enabled until you need it and they will stop the 'halberd dance'.

[Mephansteras]

I also get this problem with my Dwarven War Axes that I modded in. My wood cutters like to use them, and apparently picking them up is a problem. Even setting them to use two weapons causes problems. I get the grab, drop, grab, drop dance.

I should note, though, that migrant woodcutters who show up with war axes are fine. So, apparently it's only when they don't have a two-handed axe already equipped and they go pick it up that this issue is occurring. Once it's equipped, I guess they don't check to see if it's valid.