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Author Topic: How to equip items from a general category?  (Read 417 times)

twinsin82

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How to equip items from a general category?
« on: July 24, 2010, 11:44:02 am »

The default uniforms in the military screen are Metal Armor, Leather Armor, and Archer. In these uniforms the equipment is listed generally like Metal Armor or Metal Footwear or Metal Handwear... So my question is how do you get these general equipment sets when you make your own uniforms?

So instead of having to put metal gloves and metal gauntlets and metal mittens i can just put Metal Handwear?
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Re: How to equip items from a general category?
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2010, 12:49:21 pm »

Instead of making your own uniforms, just modify the existing ones so they include whatever you're putting on, as well as "metal armor". I haven't messed around much with equipping the military, so that's the best I got.
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Re: How to equip items from a general category?
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2010, 01:53:59 pm »

I had some luck in 31.10 with assigning the specific top layer and a generic under-layer listing. If I had just one entry for metal armor, they'd pick out a breastplate or mail shirt, but when I added metal breastplate and left metal armor on, they'd pick up one of each. Not sure how this would work for non-formed pieces that can't be stacked (as far as I know) like metal greaves and metal chain leggings. Granted this becomes a pain if you want a full kit with formed outer clothing worn over mail mid-layer and padded with leather foundation wear, but you only have to define the uniform once per setup and protection from all that is pretty sturdy. Leather from caravans is dirt cheap and every little bit helps.
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Re: How to equip items from a general category?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2010, 09:12:04 am »

Bumping this for 0.31.12.

Anybody find out how to do what the OP says?
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