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[BigD145]

Most likely it's DT. People really need to turn off all the 3rd party software before complaining about DF.

[Stik]

Definatly not DT, i dont have anything named Dwarf therapist on my computer.

[cww256]

I had this same problem with 0.31.03.

I was also using Dwarf Therapist.

I disabled and re-enabled woodcutting through Dwarf Therapist, but the dwarf would not pick up an axe that was in stockpile.

However, if I manually disabled and re-enabled woodcutting though the game itself, he took off straight to the stockpile and grabbed the axe.

Hope this helps.

[Duuvian]

Another thing may be that you need to assign a quartermaster dwarf in the nobles screen.

[TheMirth]

I'm going to go with this probably bein a military\civilian equip issue.

I've had similar wierdness issues with my axe dwarf\wood cutter. He was able to toggle between cutting trees and killing zombie warthogs just fine but then I activated him to kill once and he dropped or unequipped the axe to wrestle a skelephant. Since then
he's stuck with an axe hauling labor and a wood hauling labor. I had to dequip him and re-enable everything before he was acting normally again. I did have a supply of axes but the hybrid woodcutter\axe dwarf starting template is a bit more tempermental in this version with the new uniform code. (Which I'm very excited about once it works reliably).

*Caveat: I do use DT but only to setup custom professions for migrants and to read my dwarfs to see what they're doing. Not proof that DT isn't a factor in the problem. But it'd effect wasn't a direct job issue with the axe. Although I have experienced instances where DT assign tasks don't work until you disable them and then reenable them within DF proper.



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[Flenser]

Yeah I had this problem just now. In the military equip screen I turned off Battle Axe and also turned off the unspecified weapons. Then my woodcutter went into action.

[greycat]

Ooof, wow, thread necro.  I didn't realize it at first, until I saw the "quartermaster" mentioned, and then I saw "2010" on all the posts.

The quartermaster doesn't exist any more, so ignore that part.

The rest is still legitimate -- military gets first pick of axes, and then wood-cutters can get whatever is left over, if anything.  If your wood-cutter isn't doing her jobs, first check her inventory to see if she's actually got an axe.  If she doesn't, then make some more.  Metal axes are obviously preferred, but wooden training axes made at the carpenter's shop can cut down trees, and wood-cutters will happily use them.

If you're absolutely out of lumber and therefore can't even make any training axes, then you may have to unassign axes from your military, as Flenser noted.

[ink_runner]

Hello brothers of the anvil,

I don't know whether I'm committing the same kind of mistake (which I'm still unaware of) but my woodcutter dwarves are idling even there are accesible axes at hand, wood stockpile and designated trees to cut.

Hope there will be an answer soon.

[fluffhead]

I've had this issue with miners and woodcutters.  the problem for me, stemmed from the fact that i was melting goblinite and accidently designated the picks and axes that they were using for melting.  the metal workers then tracked down the dwarfs and forcibly removed said axes and pickes to take them for melting.  Said dwarfs being lazy and having never recieved a new order from their manager to get another axe or pick they just stop working.  I've found removing their labor, then re-enabling it causes their manager to tell them to get another pick/axe.

[Flying Dice]

Yeah, this is why you don't draft your woodcutters or use the same axes for your woodcutters and soldiers.

[Dyaxt]

I had the same problem with both woodcutters and 2 out of 4 Miners not cutting/picking.

I am sure I have figured the problem out for good. So, read on.

The idle ones had no weapons equipped. I tracked down all individual picks and axes via "z", "Stocks", "Weapons", "TAB", choose individual weapon and press "z". I guess you need a bookkeeper first who counts your stocks.

What I found out is that 2 picks had been used by my 2 non-idle miners. All the other weapons got a zoom on a built spike trap at the entrance of my fortress. I found that very strange. I then removed the trap ("q", go to specific trap and press "x").

As soon as the trap had been removed, all the missing weapons got spilled out around the old trap spot.

All my idle Woodcutters/Miners went straight for those weapons and started working as there was never any problem.

I hope that helps you guys. Have a nice play.