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[Maxxeh]

So I have 43 weapons in my fort.. and now the time has come that I need to use them..

on the squad equip screen,  I can only equip 1 battleaxe, and 2 crossbows.. that's all there is listed! for everyone! (in the 'specific weapon' section)

So I have only 1 dwarf worth anything.. turns out he's the only one who's been training too! 


what can I do to resolve this?

I have an arsenal dwarf.. and I made another squad, who also have no weapons listed.

[Maxxeh]

bump..

is it a bug, or something I'm missing?

[gtmattz]

Make sure the weapons are not forbidden maybe?  Not sure what else would cause this tbh.

[Maxxeh]

damn

no all the weapons are available.. I was even making new ones.

ANOTHER promising fort dies due to bugs    this is my 5th one in 2010 that has..


anyone else got a suggestion?

[Leesin]

play 40d until 2010 bugs are fixed, lol

[culwin]

When you say "none are listed"... did you choose "specific weapon" for each dwarf, and what is listed there?
Are these normal metal weapons?

[Maxxeh]

in my stocks screen theres 43 weapons listed, of many materials and varieties. all of which would usually be useabke in any other fort I've played

In my squad equip screen there's only 2 wooden crossbow's and 1 axe.

I may have to stick to 40d, I'm getting a CTD error now everytime I play! even from old saves on this fort..      I loved this fort aswell!

[Eric Blank]

in my stocks screen theres 43 weapons listed, of many materials and varieties. all of which would usually be useabke in any other fort I've played

In my squad equip screen there's only 2 wooden crossbow's and 1 axe.

I may have to stick to 40d, I'm getting a CTD error now everytime I play! even from old saves on this fort..      I loved this fort aswell!

You could probably fix the error by reinstalling the game, assuming it happens on other forts. Backup all the modifications you've made so you don't have to do it again.

[Hyperturtle]

Another weird thing I noticed, just today and for the first time... I send a squad out to deal with a wolf that has been shredding the children.  It even got named.

I have a small new squad, 3 guys.  I made the leader a master lasher I have, who is not so useful deep in the caverns.  he has two trusty followers.

SIX dwarfs show up.  equipped, armored and ready to go.  3 in the group.

I go through the all the military lists, those three extra guys are not in any of my squads.  I don't even remember seeing these guys before.  I scroll through the list of dwarfs I can use to add to the squad, and they are not there either... With a recent small wave of migrants, I added a few more guys, and 7 are listed in the group and 10 show up for combat.  I have no idea how to properly select them and change weapons armor etc.  The arsenal dwarf is doing his job--these guys are equipped.  But I have no idea who they are and they don't ever train. 

[Maxxeh]

I reinstalled the game (I have no mods other than a tileset) and it still doesn't work..   must be a bug!

also, the goblins I wanted weapons to kill, just seem to be hanging out near the entrance, not attacking.. which I suppose is a good thing.. but its pretty weird..


would anyone like a gamesave folder to test the weapons and see if you get a CTD error if you leave it running? I can upload the RAR somewhere

[alexwazer]

Uploading the save never hurt.

I never met dociles goblins, but you are not the first to report that.

Did you try not assigning specific weapons? I always assigned generic weapon type to avoid giving the same sword to 2 dwarves or something like that. I never had issues*, unless I had 20+ population without an AD. My dwarves even upgrade their weapons when better ones are available.


* Well, once in a while, a dwarf will only grab 1 boot/gauntlet instead of both and they always take off their clothes when taking armor no matter the settings I use. Those are minor issues.

[Maxxeh]

The goblins arent exactly docile.. they'll attack if approached, they just won't enter the fortress.
I have a series of ramps as an entrance in a sprial. perhaps they can't 'see' around the corners? they stand on my initial cage traps, as if they're trying to free thier friends lol

Yeah, the other 3 guys in my 4 dwarf squad were all set to use battle axes, and they use nothing. Thats what made me realise something was wrong! (individual choice melee didn't work either)


the save folder is taking a while to upload, it's only 35mb but I have a terrible upload speed
I'll post it when it's done. ETA 20mins

[Maxxeh]

http://www.multiupload.com/RGE7N7EG2J

here you go. press M E to access the equip screen and see the limited weapons.. and Z to look at the stocks to see how many I have!

leave it running in the background for a while and see if you get a crash before the first pause like I do

Also, as a reletivey new player, any fortress critiques are very welcome 

[slothen]

http://www.multiupload.com/RGE7N7EG2J

here you go. press M E to access the equip screen and see the limited weapons.. and Z to look at the stocks to see how many I have!

I have encountered this before and found it very frustrating, however I'm not sure exactly if its a bug.  I think it has somehow to do with the way the arsenal dwarf, bookkeeper, and weapon stockpiles interact.  I think this can be resolved if you make sure your bookkeeper and arsenal dwarf have no other jobs, then make sure you have plenty of haulers so that the equipment that gets removed or discarded carelessly in the process of adjusting equipment orders gets hauled to the stockpile correctly.  I suspect that if equipment is dropped or scattered about outside of a stockpile or a barracks, its possible it won't show up.

I say this because I've had this issue at one point, but then later the weapons did show up.

[Maxxeh]

ok.. well with this information, it could be a result of, or a combination of these things:

theres a seige in progress, so warrens are enabled. I'm getting alot of 'stockpile' messages, so perhaps the haulers arent working properly? even though the burrow covers all but the refuse pile..

and that the arsenal dwarf is also the bookeeper..


but this still doesnt help because the game keeps crashing. does the save crash on anyone else's game?